Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

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.

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
Studio album by John Zorn
Released	March 27, 2007
Genre	Avant-garde jazz avant-garde metal noise rock free jazz a cappella
Length	44:34
Label	Tzadik TZ 7361
Producer	John 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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Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto sax, composer, conductor
• Joey Baron – drums
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• Ikue Mori – electronics
• Mike Patton – voice
• Jamie Saft – organ
• Martha Cluver – voice
• Abby Fischer – voice
• Kirsten Sollek – voice