Buried Secrets (EP)

For other uses of Buried Secrets, see Buried Secrets.

Buried Secrets is the second album by American band Painkiller originally released by Toy's Factory in Japan and Earache in the UK, featuring guest appearances from Justin Broadrick and G. C. Green from Godflesh. Broadrick described the release as the result of various jams and improvisational sessions.^[1]

Buried Secrets
Studio album by Painkiller
Released	October 1992
Recorded	August & October, 1991 at Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, grindcore, avant-garde metal
Length	26:24
Label	Toy's Factory, Earache
Producer	John Zorn
Painkiller chronology
Guts of a Virgin (1991) Buried Secrets (1992) Rituals: Live in Japan (1993)
John Zorn chronology
Heretic (1992) Buried Secrets (1992) Grand Guignol (1992)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey states "Although this is experimental music, it works quite well — it's actually more sinister and menacing than many death metal groups. Very dark and very disturbing, 27 minutes is almost too much to handle."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tortured Souls"	1:52
2.	"One-Eyed Pessary"	1:50
3.	"Trailmarker"	0:03
4.	"Blackhole Dub"	3:29
5.	"Buried Secrets"	6:13
6.	"The Ladder"	0:22
7.	"Executioner"	2:48
8.	"Black Chamber"	2:28
9.	"Skinned"	0:54
10.	"The Toll"	7:26

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto saxophone, vocals
• Bill Laswell – bass
• Mick Harris – drums, vocals
• Justin Broadrick – guitar, drum machine, vocals on "Buried Secrets" and "The Toll"
• G. C. Green – bass on "Buried Secrets" and "The Toll"