seemingly one of the most unlikely ones: the guest appearance of Pantera/Down vocalist Phil Anselmo on 2008's MahaKali : How did it happen that Phil Anselmo ended up on the song 'Overthrown'? Jarboe: There's weird connections in places that are not traditional, and he and I have a lot of connections. Half of my family was raised in Louisiana and he is a Louisiana guy, and I was looking for a metal vocalist who would sing with no effects, nothing at all, a naked vocal, upfront and raw, no harmonizer. The whole album is about environmental upheaval, and since he lived in New Orleans and saw Katrina, he seemed the perfect choice. So I approached him about that, he was enthusiastic and said 'Oh I've got you on my iPod, man!' And so we hit it off! Our connection was very romantic in a novel way, like something from a book or a movie. We were having long conversations on the phone while I was on the subway in New York between the studio and where I lived, talking about things we had in common, and so I felt really good about using him on the album. How did you end up in the Atlanta area? J: I'm down here because my father and my mother were both in the FBI. My father, he was from Chicago and was transferred to this region, and I came back down here because my mother became ill. I came back down here to