Hosannas from the Basements of Hell is the thirteenth studio album by Killing Joke released on April 3, 2006 under Cooking Vinyl Records. The track "Hosannas from the Basements of Hell" was released as a single, and made it to #72 in the UK. Tracks "Invocation" and "Implosion" were also released as singles, both receiving radio-air time, and were released on a promo single CDr. Along with "Hosannas from the Basements of Hell", the single was labeled by Cooking Vinyl.
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.
The album title refers to the location of the album recording. The band recorded the album in a dark basement studio in the Czech Republic. They also used recording equipment from the late 1970s to achieve the dark, brooding atmosphere of the album.
This was Killing Joke's last studio album to feature bassist Paul Raven, who died in October 2007.
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