Sacrifist

Praxis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Subharmonic
• ASIN: B000003ZN7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,166 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Fave Praxis, July 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sacrifist (Audio CD)

OK, be warned, there's no funk here, it's HEAVY, LOUD and abrasive. The Painkiller edge is a great addition to the intensity. The solo organ track 'Crossing' is the only respite from the aural assault. 'Rivit' grinds, thumps and blares in glorious pain. 'Cold Rolled/Iron Dub' mixes Laswell's Dub taste with Eye's free vocal shreiks. Highly recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heaviness is where you find it, and you'll find it here., July 31, 2001

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Shane Carey "badgerbadgerbadger" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacrifist (Audio CD)

Heaviness as a musical concept has never been probed so thoroughly and with such diversity as on this recording. The first four tracks are, to me, an evolving suite of heavy rock, one which keeps finding new ways to slam a listener's head in a car door by combining chugging guitar riffs, various approaches to metal, punk, and industrial rhythm tracks, and the twin screams of John Zorn's sax and Yamatsuka Eye's surely bleeding vocal cords. That suite, however, merely serves as a launching point for the exploration which follows. There is spacy heaviness between the notes of "Death Star"'s stereo pair of pentatonic bass solos; subtly menacing heaviness in the washes of off-white noise threatening to take the foreground away from the rock organ in "Crossing", or in the creepy-crawly pizzicato string breaks between chunks of punk swagger of "Nine Secrets"; even, in the deep groove of "The Hook", danceable heaviness.

I would actually recommend that a first-time listener listen to the songs in random order until the impact of the entire CD sinks in, because I've had this disc for years and I still let the suite put me in a metalesque mindset that sets my expectations exactly the wrong way to suddenly find myself floating weightless for the fifth song. Continuity and expectation conspire against a good first impression of this disc. But persistence will be rewarded: this disc succeeds, sonically, texturally, artistically, in challenging and elaborating our notions of heavy music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Darker Side of Praxis, May 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sacrifist (Audio CD)

If Praxis and Painkiller got together to make an album the result would most definately be "Sacrifist". The addition of Mick Harris, John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye and Blind Idiot God to the Praxis roster give this album its harder, darker edge. Zorn has his squealing sax, Mick Harris drums like no tomorrow and adds some vocals here and there, Eye yelps, cries and screams his head off and Blind Idiot God add interesting musical nuances on "Cold Rolled/Iron Dub". Given my extreme like of metal/grindcore I latched onto this album pretty quickly. The bottom line is, if you're a Praxis fan and you dig metal or extreme music in any form then chances are you will like this album. If you are expecting another "Transmutation" then steer clear of "Sacrifist". It ain't jazz, it ain't funk but it's way out there...........

An interesting side note: the guitar riffs Buckethead plays on the song "Nine Secrets" were taken from the Sepultura song "Arise".