Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
Studio album by John Zorn
Released	March 27, 2007
Genres	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
John Zorn chronology

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]