Sacrifist

Infobox Album
Name = Sacrifist
Type = studio
Artist = Praxis


Released = 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Avant-garde, Rock, Experimental, Heavy metal, Electronic music
Length = 44:41
Label = Subharmonic
Producer = John T. Matarazzo on the reissue
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifoxqwhldse link]
Last album = "A Taste of Mutation" (1992)
This album = "Sacrifist" (1994)
Next album = " Metatron" (1994)

Sacrifist is the second disc of Bill Laswell and Buckethead's project Praxis.

For this project Laswell calls in some of his associates for various tracks, many tracks are speed/thrash metal at their noisiest; most notable of these is "Rivet" which combines Buckethead's ultra-heavy guitar riffs and shredding solos with sounds of shattered glass for an especially aggressive experience. There's also a short dub interlude in the song "Iron Dub" and a hip-hop freakout with lots of scratching and high-pitched shrieks as in the song "The Hook".

Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell (both also featured on the first disc, Transmutation) each contribute one lengthy track:
* "Deathstar," with Bootsy's free-form bass explorations.
* "Crossing," featuring Bernie's psychedelic improvisation on a distorted Hammond organ.

Also thrown into the mixture are Mick Harris from the bands Napalm Death and Scorn and Yamatsuka Eye from the band Boredoms screaming at the top of their lungs, plus John Zorn on some shrill alto parts and game calls, the band Blind Idiot God, and lots of frightening ambient sounds, noises, and samples out of Shinya Tsukamoto's cult movie . In the song "Nine Secrets" a sample is used which most likely is taken from "joy" from the album "Shakti with John McLaughlin".

There's been a particular CD reissue that should be avoided: all of the tracks are put into one lengthy CD track, with very low sound quality, and half of "Crossing" is missing. This reissue can be easily identified by looking at the back cover, which has the name of producer John T. Matarazzo listed; he was not credited on the first release.

Track listing

tracklist

title1 = Stronghold
length1 = 1:34

title2 = Cold Rolled/Iron Dub
length2 = 6:22

title3 = Suspension
length3 = 2:19

title4 = Rivet
length4 = 5:23

title5 = Deathstar
length5 = 9:47

title6 = The Hook
length6 = 6:17

title7 = Nine Secrets
length7 = 3:16

title8 = Crossing
length8 = 9:43

Credits

*Praxis:
**Bootsy Collins - bass and vocals
**Buckethead - guitar
**Brain - drums
**Bernie Worrell - keyboards
**Mick Harris - drums
**Yamatsuka Eye - vocals
**John Zorn - saxophone
**Bill Laswell - bass