Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
Studio album by John Zorn
Released March 27, 2007
Genre Avant-garde metal
Experimental rock
Noise music
Length 44 minutes
Label Tzadik
Producer John Zorn
Moonchild Trio chronology
Astronome
(2006)
Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
(2007)
The Crucible
(2008)
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Six Litanies for Heliogabalus is an album by John Zorn. It is the third album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2005) and Astronome (2006) and the first to feature additional performers. The promotional notes that accompany the US CD Release indicate that the concept for the recording was inspired by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Litany I" - 7:53
  2. "Litany II" - 7:06
  3. "Litany III" - 10:36
  4. "Litany IV" - 8:13
  5. "Litany V" - 4:30
  6. "Litany VI" - 6:16
All compositions by John Zorn

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