Sacrifist

Sacrifist is the second album of the Bill Laswell led project Praxis, released in 1993 on Laswell's label Subharmonic.

Sacrifist
Studio album by Praxis
Released	1994
Genre	Dub, avant-garde metal, noise rock, hip hop
Length	44:41
Label	Subharmonic
Producer	John T. Matarazzo on the reissue
Praxis chronology
A Taste of Mutation (1992) Sacrifist (1994) Metatron (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Originally, the album was intended to be a Rammellzee project, but soon was converted into the second Praxis album, after suggestions made by John Zorn.[2]

The line-up features the core Praxis trio of Laswell, guitarist Buckethead and drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia. Additionally, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell (of Parliament-Funkadelic), both also featured on the debut album, return for one lengthy track each: "Deathstar" includes Collins' "free-form bass explorations" and "Crossing" features Worrell's "psychedelic improvisation on a distorted Hammond organ".[1] Vocals are handled by Mick Harris from Napalm Death and Scorn as well as Yamatsuka Eye from Boredoms. John Zorn added some saxophone parts, and the band Blind Idiot God is also featured. Some songs also contain sound samples from other places. For example, both the intro and the outro of the song "The Hook" are from the Japanese cult classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

The music itself is a mix of noisy speed/thrash metal with short interludes of dub music and hip-hop.[1]

Different pressings

Some CD pressings of the album have all the songs as one track in a somewhat lower sound quality and parts of the last track are missing. This reissue can be easily identified by looking at the back cover, which has the name of producer John T. Matarazzo listed.[1][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stronghold"	Bill Laswell	1:34
2.	"Cold Rolled/Iron Dub"	Andy Hawkins, Bill Laswell	6:22
3.	"Suspension"	Bill Laswell	2:19
4.	"Rivet"	Buckethead, Bill Laswell	5:23
5.	"Deathstar"	Bootsy Collins	9:47
6.	"The Hook"	Bill Laswell, John Zorn	6:17
7.	"Nine Secrets"	Bill Laswell	3:16
8.	"Crossing"	Bill Laswell	9:43

Personnel

• Praxis:
  • Buckethead - guitar
  • Brain - drums
  • Bootsy Collins - bass and vocals
  • Ted Epstein - drums
  • Yamatsuka Eye - vocals
  • Mick Harris - vocals
  • Andy Hawkins - guitar
  • Gabriel Katz - bass
  • Bill Laswell - bass
  • Bernie Worrell - keyboards
  • John Zorn - saxophone

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Robert White. "FAQ 2.0". Bucketheadland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
3. Robert White. "FAQ 2.0". Bucketheadland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-03-08.