Rituals: Live in Japan
{{Infobox album
| name = Rituals: Live in Japan
| type = live
| artist = Painkiller
| cover = rituals-live-in-japan.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1993
| recorded = September 26, 1991 at La Mama, Tokyo
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Avant-garde jazz, grindcore, avant-garde metal
| length = 63:34
| label = Toy's Factory
| producer = Painkiller
| prev_title = Buried Secrets
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Execution Ground
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = John Zorn
| type = Live album
| prev_title = Kristallnacht
| prev_year = 1993
| title = Rituals: Live in Japan
| year = 1993
| next_title = Radio
| next_year = 1993
}}
}}
Rituals: Live in Japan is a live CD by Painkiller, a band featuring John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Mick Harris, performing live in Tokyo in 1991 with guest guitar and vocals from Haino Keiji. The album was released on the Japanese label Toy's Factory in 1993.
It contains two performance "sets" by the band: "First Set" tracks 1–10 and "Second Set" tracks 11–17.
Track listing
{{Track listing
|title1 = Sound Check
|length1 = 0:27
|title2 = First Blood
|length2 = 0:42
|title3 = Five Doors
|length3 = 0:37
|title4 = Cinnabar
|length4 = 2:40
|title5 = Pestilence
|length5 = 3:19
|title6 = The Hex
|length6 = 1:21
|title7 = Snake Eyes
|length7 = 3:38
|title8 = Poisonous Visions
|length8 = 7:13
|title9 = Vapors of Phlegm and Blood
|length9 = 9:22
|title10 = Tetragrammaton
|length10 = 6:25
|title11 = Prophecy
|length11 = 5:12
|title12 = Tantric Bile
|length12 = 0:18
|title13 = The Sieve
|length13 = 2:19
|title14 = Abscesses
|length14 = 7:29
|title15 = Cat's Cradle
|length15 = 6:42
|title16 = Demonic Possession
|length16 = 2:49
|title17 = Tokyo Lucky Hole
|length17 = 3:01
}}
Personnel
- John Zorn – alto saxophone, vocals
- Bill Laswell – bass
- Mick Harris – drums, vocals
- Haino Keiji – guitar, vocals (tracks 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17)
= Technical personnel =
- Recorded live on September 26, 1991, at La Mama, Tokyo
- Engineer – Makito Takashi
- Digital editing – Scott Hull
- Mastered by Howie Weinberg
References
{{Reflist|refs=
| last = Robbins
| first = I.A.
| last2 = Sprague
| first2 = D.
| title = The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The All-new Fifth Edition of The Trouser Press Record Guide
| publisher = Simon & Schuster
| series = A Fireside book
| year = 1997
| isbn = 978-0-684-81437-7
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nH9oejneZtQC
| access-date = 26 June 2018
| page = 540
}}
}}
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Category:Painkiller (band) albums
Category:Albums produced by John Zorn