| Hosannas from the Basements of Hell | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Killing Joke |
| Cover: | Hosannas from the Basements of Hell.jpg |
| Recorded: | Studio Faust (Prague, Czech Republic) |
| Length: | 62:23 |
| Label: | Cooking Vinyl |
| Producer: | Killing Joke |
| Prev Title: | Killing Joke |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Absolute Dissent |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Hosannas from the Basements of Hell is the twelfth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released on 3 April 2006 by Cooking Vinyl.
The album title refers to the location of the album recording. The band recorded the album in "Hell", the darkest basement studio at Studio Faust Records, run by Richard "Faust" Mader in Prague, Czech Republic. It was engineered by Jerry Kandiah, who also worked on the band's previous, self-titled, album. They made extensive use of Faust's vintage recording equipment from the late 1970s to achieve the atmosphere of the album. It was mixed by Mark Lusardi, who previously worked with the band on their very first release, Turn to Red, in 1979. Originally the sessions were meant to last 3 months, but this got greatly extended.[1]
This was Killing Joke's last studio album to feature bassist Paul Raven, who died in October 2007.
The cover artwork is taken from a painting by Russian artist Victor Safonkin entitled Inhuman Rearing. The artwork featured in the inside booklet is taken from Society of Good Inventions and Hidden Aims by the same painter.
Hosannas from the Basements of Hell was released on 3 April 2006 by Cooking Vinyl. It reached number 72 in the UK Albums Chart.[2]
The track "Hosannas from the Basements of Hell" was released as the album's first single, and reached number 72 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The tracks "Invocation" and "Implosion" were also released on a promo CD-R, both receiving radio air time.