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Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

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Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2007
Genre
Length44:34
LabelTzadik TZ 7361
ProducerJohn Zorn
Moonchild Trio chronology
Astronome
(2006)
Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
(2007)
The Crucible
(2008)
John Zorn chronology
Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6
(2006)
Six Litanies for Heliogabals
(2007)
From Silence to Sorcery
(2007)
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Six Litanies for Heliogabalus is an album by John Zorn. It is the third album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2005) and Astronome (2006) and the first to feature additional performers. The promotional notes that accompany the US CD Release indicate that the concept for the recording was inspired by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Litany I"7:53
2."Litany II"7:06
3."Litany III"10:36
4."Litany IV"8:13
5."Litany V"4:30
6."Litany VI"6:16
Total length:44:34
All compositions by John Zorn

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