Rituals: Live in Japan

Rituals: Live in Japan
Live album by Painkiller
Released	1993
Recorded	September 26, 1991 at La Mama, Tokyo
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, grindcore
Length	63:34
Label	Toy's Factory
Producer	Painkiller
Painkiller chronology
Buried Secrets (1992)Buried Secrets1992 Rituals: Live in Japan (1993) Execution Ground (1994)Execution Ground1994
John Zorn chronology
Kristallnacht (1993) Kristallnacht1993 Rituals: Live in Japan (1993) Rituals: Live in Japan1993 Radio (1993) Radio1993

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

1. “Sound Check” – 0:27
2. “First Blood” – 0:42
3. “Five Doors” – 0:37
4. “Cinnabar” – 2:40
5. “Pestilence” – 3:19
6. “The Hex” – 1:21
7. “Snake Eyes” – 3:38
8. “Poisonous Visions” – 7:13
9. “Vapors of Phlegm and Blood” – 9:22
10. “Tetragrammaton” – 6:25
11. “Prophecy” – 5:12
12. “Tantric Bile” – 0:18
13. “The Sieve” – 2:19
14. “Abscesses” – 7:29
15. “Cat’s Cradle” – 6:42
16. “Demonic Possession” – 2:49
17. “Tokyo Lucky Hole” – 3:01

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto, 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