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Painkiller

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My absolute favorite John Zorn project (yes, like Painkiller even more than I like Naked City). Naked City sound insane at times, but never as much as Painkiller. This is some dark and intense music. Doom-jazz with dub overtones (well you weren't going to escape that part with Laswell behind the bass). Although albums differ greatly from one to the other, the group will mostly be remembered for those including Zorn's apocalyptic saxophone squeals and pending doom bass and drums.

Being fascinated by Zorn through his Naked City project, it wasn't long before I heard of Painkiller. Not only that, but it seemed to be much more difficult to find Painkiller albums as well (which made them all the more fascinating to me). Just looking for the albums became a huge thrill for me and getting a headache from blasting them through my stereo was my reward for finding them. I even remember hassling a "friend" of mine to get him to sell them to me (it didn't work).

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Album Cover Rituals: Live In Japan
Label: Toy's Factory
Release: 1993
Format: CD
Cat. no: TFCK-88627

Song list:

  1. Sound Check (0:37)
  2. First Blood (0:41)
  3. Five Doors (0:36)
  4. Cinnabar (2:40)
  5. Pestilence (3:25)
  6. The Hex (1:20)
  7. Snake Eyes (3:45)
  8. Poisonous Visions (8:15)
  9. Vapors Of Phlegm And Blood (9:47)
  10. Tetragrammaton (9:47)
  11. Prophecy (5:13)
  12. Tantric Bile (0:17)
  13. The Sieve (2:18)
  14. Abcesses (9:16)
  15. Cat's Cradle (6:41)
  16. Demonic Possession (2:48)
  17. Tokyo Lucky Hole (3:00)


Album Cover Execution Ground: Collected Works
Label: Tzadik
Release: 1997
Format: 4CD
Cat. no: TZ7317

Albums included:

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 Album Cover Guts Of A Virgin
Label: Tzadik (Earache)
Release: 1991
Format: CD
Cat. no: TZ 7317/0

Song list:

  1. Scud Attack (3:07)
  2. Deadly Obstacle Collage (0:21)
  3. Damage To The Mask (2:43)
  4. Guts Of A Virgin (1:19)
  5. Handjob (0:10)
  6. Portent (4:00)
  7. Hostage (2:24)
  8. Lathe Of God (0:56)
  9. Dr. Phibes (3:00)
  10. Purgatory Of Fiery Vulvas (0:26)
  11. Warhead (1:12)
  12. Devil's Eye (4:37)


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 Album Cover Buried Secrets
Label: Tzadik (Earache)
Release: 1992
Format: CD
Cat. no: TZ 7317/0

Song list:

  1. Tortured Souls (1:52)
  2. One-Eyed Pessary (1:50)
  3. Trailmarker (0:03)
  4. Blackhole Dub (3:29)
  5. Buried Secrets (6:13)
  6. The Ladder (0:22)
  7. Executioner (2:48)
  8. Black Chamber (2:28)
  9. Skinned (0:54)
  10. The Toll (6:25)
Bonus Track:
  1. Marianne (7:50)


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 Album Cover Execution Ground
Label: Tzadik (Subharmonic)
Release: 1994
Format: 2CD
Cat. no: TZ 7317/1-TZ 7317/2

Song list:

CD 1:
  1. Parish Of Tama (Ossuary Dub) (16:05)
  2. Morning Of Balachaturdasi (14:45)
  3. Pashupathinath (13:47)
CD 2 (Ambient):
  1. Pashupathinath (Ambient) (20:00)
  2. Parish Of Tama (Ambient) (19:19)


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 Album Cover Live In Osaka
Label: Tzadik
Release: 1995
Format: CD
Cat. no: TZ 7317/3

Song list:

  1. Gandhamadana (13:00)
  2. Vaidurya (9:00)
  3. Satapitaka (11:00)
  4. Bodkyithangga (13:00)
  5. Black Bile (1:45)
  6. Yellow Bile (0:58)
  7. Blue Bile (2:40)
  8. Crimson Bile (1:46)
  9. Ivory Bile (1:26)