| The Crucible | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | John Zorn |
| Cover: | The Crucible (John Zorn album).jpg |
| Released: | November 25, 2008 |
| Length: | 44:22 |
| Label: | Tzadik TZ 7372 |
| Producer: | John Zorn |
| Chronology: | John Zorn |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
The Crucible is an album by John Zorn. It is the fourth album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following (2005), Astronome (2006) and Six Litanies for Heliogabalus (2007). It also features Marc Ribot on guitar and Zorn on alto saxophone.[1]
Allmusic called it "a mad mélange of modern classical music, doom-laden metal, power chord-driven rock, and freely improvised jazz."[2] All About Jazz reviewer Mark Corroto noted "The exchanges are crisp and the musicianship (no surprise here) is top rate. The band displays a gentle beauty in the excess that is this music."[3] Consequence of Sound stated "No matter how far Zorn experiments out into the ether, he always keeps grounded in the same place. And that place is always breathtaking, full of weird wonderment, amazing power and lithe musicianship."[4]
All compositions by John Zorn