2008 studio album by John Zorn
The Crucible is an album by John Zorn . It is the fourth album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton , Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn , following Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2005), Astronome (2006) and Six Litanies for Heliogabalus (2007). It also features Marc Ribot on guitar and Zorn on alto saxophone.[1]
Reception [ ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] Consequence of Sound [3]
Allmusic called it "a mad mélange of modern classical music, doom-laden metal, power chord-driven rock, and freely improvised jazz."[2] All About Jazz reviewer Mark Corroto noted "The exchanges are crisp and the musicianship (no surprise here) is top rate. The band displays a gentle beauty in the excess that is this music."[4] Consequence of Sound stated "No matter how far Zorn experiments out into the ether, he always keeps grounded in the same place. And that place is always breathtaking, full of weird wonderment, amazing power and lithe musicianship."[3]
Track listing [ ]
All compositions by John Zorn
"Almadel" – 7:10
"Shapeshifting" – 3:19
"Maleficia" – 8:13
"9x9" – 5:37
"Hobgoblin" – 2:54
"Incubi" – 7:44
"Witchfinder" – 3:44
"The Initiate" – 5:41
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