Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6 is an album of instrumental works released by Daniel Dumile under the Metal Fingers moniker. As with the other installments of the Special Herbs series, each track is named for a herb or similar flora.

This album, aside from the bonus tracks, also forms the last thirteen tracks of the Metal Fingers series' previous volume, Special Herbs, Vols. 4, 5 & 6, due to the different record labels the various albums in the series were released on. This is the last volume of the series with such track listing overlaps.

[edit] Track listing

"Pennyroyal" – 3:11
- Produced by Metal Fingers
- Sounds from the classic Doom game are used in the background.
"Lavender Buds" – 3:05
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"White Willow Bark" – 4:24
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Orange Blossoms" – 1:59
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Coffin Nails" – 2:56
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Kava Kava Root" – 4:07
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Valerian Root" – 4:53
- Produced by Metal Fingers
- Contains a sample from "Do It Again" by New Birth, from the album Comin from All Ends.
"Jasmine Blossoms" – 2:58
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Black Snake Root" – 3:44
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Horehound" – 3:07 Contains samples from the end credits of 1970's Sesame Street theme
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Dragons Blood" – 4:07
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Myrtle Leaf" – 5:16
- Produced by Metal Fingers
"Patchouly Leaves" – 3:46
- Produced by Metal Fingers
- Contains a sample from "Our Day Will Come" by Isaac Hayes, from the album ...To Be Continued
"My Favorite Ladies" (bonus track)
"All Outta Ale (live)" (bonus multimedia track)
"Special Blends DJ Set (live)" (bonus multimedia track)
MF Doom Photo Gallery (multimedia extra)

[edit] Other versions

"Orange Blossoms" is an instrumental version of "The Instructor" by B.I., from the Spark the Sound split 7" with Chris Craft featuring MF DOOM. It was also used on "Underwater" by Ghostface Killah, from the album Fishscale.
"Kava Kava Root" is an instrumental version of "Anarchist Bookstore Pt. 1" by MC Paul Barman, from the album Paullelujah!. It is also used on "Stress Box" by MF Grimm, from the MF DOOM collaboration album Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1.
"Valerian Root" is an instrumental version of "Anarchist Bookstore Pt. 2" by MC Paul Barman, from Paullelujah! .
"Jasmine Blossoms" is an instrumental version of "Rapp Snitch Knishes (Rap Snitches)" by MF DOOM featuring Mr. Fantastik, from the album MM..Food?.
"Horehound" is an instrumental version of "Kookies" by MF DOOM, from the same album. It is also used on "Tonight's Show" by MF Grimm featuring Invisible Man and Lord Smog, from Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1.
"Dragon's Blood" is an instrumental version of "Fig Leaf Bi-Carbonate" by MF DOOM from MM..Food?. It is also used on "1000 Degrees" by MF Grimm, from Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1. It is also used on "Guns N' Razors" by Ghostface Killah from More Fish.
"Myrtle Leaf" is an instrumental version of "Monster Zero" by King Geedorah, from the album Take Me to Your Leader.
"Patchouly Leaves" is an instrumental version of "Operation: Greenbacks" by MF DOOM featuring Megalon, from Operation: Doomsday.