Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Painkiller - Execution Ground (1994)


The final studio album from the brilliant Painkiller, a trio composed of John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Mick Harris (of Napalm Death and Scorn). Execution Ground's first disc represents an excellent melding of the freeform jazz-grind that those familiar with their early material might expect, and murky, dissonant dub. The second disc drifts further into the aether with ambient, soundscape-y reinterpretations of two songs from the first. Shrieking saxophone, disjointed drums, inhuman howls, pulsing bass, and samples -- all given a delay- and reverb-heavy dub treatment. Awe-inspiring psychedelic music. This version includes a third disc - a live recording from a show in Osaka - that's more musically in line with their first two records.

Track listing:
-Disc One-
1. Parish of Tama (Ossuary Dub)
2. Morning of Balachaturdasi
3. Pashupatinath
-Disc Two-
1. Pashupatinath Ambient
2. Parish of Tama Ambient
-Disc Three-
1. Gandhamadana
2. Vaidurya
3. Satapitaka
4. Bodkyithangga
5. Black Bile
6. Yellow Bile
7. Blue Bile
8. Crimson Bile
9. Ivory Bile

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9 comments:

  1. kingpossumMarch 30, 2014 at 10:58 PM

    No comments for Painkiller? Really? One of the greatest combos of all time. Don't miss letting this one split your skull open people.

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  2. ReimerMay 10, 2014 at 10:52 AM

    Thanks - am on a bit of a Zorn jag currently, and like the sound of this.

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  3. UnknownJune 6, 2014 at 1:30 PM

    Link one is dead, re-post please :)

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    1. DEAR_SPIRITJune 6, 2014 at 8:24 PM

      The link is fixed. Strange, the file was still there but the link wasn't working. Should be good now though.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 1, 2014 at 7:57 AM

    Man, your blog is awesome! Been looking for Painkiller for years...

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  5. bubblefootballSeptember 17, 2015 at 2:28 AM

    We should not e addicted of pain killers,..
    addicted to pain killers

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  6. ABSCURAMarch 6, 2016 at 5:30 PM

    Just found this awesome blog today and thank you for all this killer music, especially this one! Scorn is an all time fave. Cheers.

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  7. AnonymousNovember 18, 2016 at 9:24 AM

    Thanks! Painkiller is one of my favourites Zorn's projects. Great music and great musicians!

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  8. aboynamedstewDecember 3, 2024 at 6:09 PM

    One cool thing about your blog is following it for 12+ years, and getting curious about (or fully into) an artist way later, and then coming back and searching for them and DL'ing an album to explore. For example, Painkiller. I was definitively not into Zorn for my whole life until last year when i finally got into his Masada quartet. Then reading about a new Painkiller release in 2024 and thinking hmmm that sounds interesting. And being 100% certain that I immediately passed over this the first time you posted it. So, not only thanks for posting such a wide range of albums but for keeping the links updated. You might be the real-est one still kickin' it from the golden age of blaaaaarrrggghhhhs. Thank you.

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