Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness)

| type = Album

| artist = Praxis

| cover = Praxis-Profanation cover.jpg

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| released = January 1, 2008

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| genre = Experimental rock, alternative rock

| length = 47:46 (Normal Edition)
60:43 (Bonus Tracks Edition)

| label = NAGUAL, M.O.D. Technologies

| producer = Bill Laswell

| prev_title = Tennessee 2004

| prev_year = 2007

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/profanation-preparation-for-a-coming-darkness-mw0002089510 | title=Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness - Praxis| publisher=AllMusic | access-date=March 21, 2015 | author=Freeman, Phil}}

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Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) is the last album by Praxis, released in Japan on January 1, 2008. The album features guest appearances by Iggy Pop, Mike Patton, Serj Tankian and Killah Priest among others; notably it features some of the last known recordings of Rammellzee.[http://www.boople.com/bst/BPCDdispatch?av_cd=1071088505 (in Japanese)]{{Cite web|date=2011-01-31|title=Album Review: Praxis - Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness|url=https://consequence.net/2011/01/album-review-praxis-profanation-preparation-for-a-coming-darkness/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Consequence|language=en-US}} The album had a US release via M.O.D. Technologies in 2011.

For more than a year the album was only available for purchase by ordering it from Japan. Japanese website "Neowing" released samples of each song.[http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=COCB-53688 Neowing.co.jp] On February 3, 2009 it was available as a download.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Profanation-Preparation-Coming-Darkness/dp/B001U0QR5G/ |title=Profanation: Preparation for a Coming Darkness: Praxis: MP3 Downloads |access-date=March 6, 2012}}

A US version was released on January 25, 2011, through Bill Laswell's new label, M.O.D. Technologies.{{cite web |url=http://blurt-online.com/news/view/4508/ |title=Praxis Teams w/Iggy, Serj, more on LP on Blurt Online |publisher=Blurt-online.com |access-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222103111/http://blurt-online.com/news/view/4508/ |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} The re-release features two new live tracks "Wedge" and "Subgrid". Not long after this re-release, Laswell commented on the likely end of the band and that he considered the band as a "closed chapter".[http://www.innerviews.org/inner/laswell2.html Interview with Bill Laswell by Anil Prasad (1/11)] M.O.D. Technologies also slated (through their distributor Redeye Distribution) a vinyl version for April 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.redeyeusa.com/artist/14357/albums/LP-MOD-0005/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411174513/http://www.redeyeusa.com/artist/14357/albums/LP-MOD-0005/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |title=Redeye Praxis LP page |publisher=redeyeusa.com |access-date=February 25, 2013 }}