Reissue of the 1994 double LP from NYC's Painkiller--avant-jazz grindcore meets dark ambience--the album aptly titled Execution Ground from a band led by saxophonist John Zorn, drummer Mick Harris and bassist Bill Laswell, with contributions from Boredom's Yamatak Eye, guitarist Haino Keiji, vocalist Makigami Koichi, guitarist Justin Broreick and bassist GC Green.
Format: 2 LPs Condition: New Released: 2021 Country: Germany Packaging: 2 LPs in a Gatefold Sleeve Recorded at Greenpoint Studio, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1994, by Oz Fritz, Robert Musso and Layng Martine. Mastered by Rashad Becker.
"2021 repress forthcoming, in May. The seminal 1994 double album Execution Ground, by the original Painkiller with the line-up of Bill Laswell, John Zorn and Mick Harris on vinyl for the first time.
When Painkiller started in 1991, their first two albums Guts Of A Virgin (1991) and Buried Secrets (1992) (both released on extreme metal label Earache) were heavy attacks blending grindcore and free jazz that brought together the musical backgrounds of the three protagonists: drummer Mick Harris had just left grindcore legend Napalm Death, John Zorn explored new extremities with his Naked City project while Bill Laswell had as a member of roaring free jazz quartet Last Exit (with Peter Brotzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Ronald Shannon Jackson) proven that he was not only a visionary producer but also an accomplished bassist.
But it is their 1994 double album Execution Ground remains the opus magnum of the brilliant trio: Zorn's unmistakable shrieking saxophone, Harris's pounding drumsand Laswell's growling sub-bass lines were given heavy mixing desk treatment, resulting in extended tracks that are no less intense than their early works but display the full range of the musicians's skills.
Avant-jazz, grindcore, dub and ambient melt into eerie tracks of haunting atmospheres - even more so in the "ambient" versions of the second disc. -KARLRECORDS