Buried Secrets is the second EP by Painkiller

Painkiller (band)

Painkiller is a band originally formed in 1991. Their style can be described as a mix of avant-garde jazz and grindcore; later albums also incorporated elements of ambient and dub....

 released by Toy's Factory in Japan and Earache in the UK, featuring guest appearances from Justin Broadrick

Justin Broadrick

Justin Karl Michael Broadrick is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and industrial music.-Biography:Broadrick was born in the council estates of inner...

 and G.C. Green from Godflesh

Godflesh

Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham, England. Originally known as Fall of Because, they formed in 1988 by Justin K. Broadrick and G.C. Green and disbanded in 2002. Godflesh's innovative music is widely regarded as a foundational influence on industrial metal and post-metal...

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Reception

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"

Track listing

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" – 6:25
    • Recorded at Greenpoint, Brooklyn in August and October 1991

Personnel

• John Zorn
  John Zorn
  John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
  
   – alto sax, vocals
• Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell
  Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
  
   – bass
• Mick Harris
  Mick Harris
  Mick Harris commonly known and credited both as Mick Harris or occasionally M.J. Harris, is an English musician....
  
   – drums, vocals
• Justin Broadrick
  Justin Broadrick
  Justin Karl Michael Broadrick is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and industrial music.-Biography:Broadrick was born in the council estates of inner...
  
  – guitar, drum machine, vocals on "Buried Secrets" and "The Toll"
• G.C. Green – bass on "Buried Secrets" and "The Toll"