This will appeal to metal fans like a shaven head! Painkiller, the brainchild of artist extraordinaire John Zorn, are another of those excruciating and truly disturbing bands, featuring the talents of bassist Bill Laswell, Mick Harris, formerly of Napalm Death, and the bewildering Yamatsuka Eye on 'vocals', which are in fact only comparable to Mike Patton at his most alienating and indecipherable. Very much in the Naked City vein, and rarely providing any melody but merely a torturous, epileptic jazz fusion of insane punk and total, horrifying noise, mashed up like some backwards cartoon. I was surprised that the earache label released such a pile of incomprehensible violence, but after the eerie strains of the mighty Mr Bungle there were many groups forming to possess our minds, for instance the manic O.L.D., the dub horror of Scorn, and various Mike Patton projects. Quite beyond the realms of music I guess and certainly not a gig I'd even think of attending, Painkiller are saxophonic destruction for the unhinged. Even Naked City remain more entertaining than this, so track titles are pointless from here...enjoy at your peril.
6/10
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