Guts of a Virgin

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{{Infobox album

| name = Guts of a Virgin

| type = studio

| artist = Painkiller

| cover = Guts of a Virgin.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1991

| recorded = April 1991 at Greenpoint, Brooklyn

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazzcore, grindcore, avant-garde metal

| length = 24:15

| label = Toy's Factory
Earache{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-zorn-jazz-metal-interview-naked-city-1015329/|title='He Made the World Bigger': Inside John Zorn's Jazz-Metal Multiverse|first1=Hank|last1=Shteamer|work=Rolling Stone|date=June 22, 2020}}

| producer = John Zorn

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Buried Secrets

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = John Zorn

| type = studio

| prev_title = Filmworks 1986-1990

| prev_year = 1991

| title = Guts of a Virgin

| year = 1991

| next_title = More News for Lulu

| next_year = 1992

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}[http://www.allmusic.com/album/guts-of-a-virgin-r206742 AllMusic album entry] accessed July 22, 2011

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=877}}

|rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

|rev5score = 5/10{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=450}}

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Guts of a Virgin is the first album by American band Painkiller, a band featuring John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Mick Harris.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYzb_q_xKDgC&dq=guts+of+a+virgin+painkiller+1991&pg=PA263|title=Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia|first=Todd S.|last=Jenkins|date=December 7, 2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313333149|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FOSAgAAQBAJ&dq=guts+of+a+virgin+painkiller+1991&pg=PA2380|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound|first=Frank|last=Hoffmann|date=November 12, 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135949501|via=Google Books}} It contains twelve tracks and was released in 1991 on Toy's Factory in Japan and Earache Records in England.

Harris later recalled the album was recorded during a three-hour session in New York City, and all the songs were entirely improvised and composed in the studio. This recording session also led to Harris's departure from Napalm Death, as working with Zorn and Laswell made him realize he wanted to explore different genres of music.https://thequietus.com/interviews/mick-harris-interview-scorn-napalm-death/