Killing Joke - Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell Lyrics

Beefcake almighty describes them as what ministry and nine inch nails wished they were and I would agree

These guys are a part of music history!Thanks for all.

Nice old NIN riff there. Sounds like Wish to me

Yeah yeah it does. I thought they sounded a lot like nin. Requiem sounds similar

It's slightly different but yeah I can see where you're going there

Raven Williams I mean even the vocal rhythm is similar. Just a lil different and slower

My second education was that the insane are all God's people.

I'm having thoughts of killing you.....

Is there another band that evolved as much as Killing Joke? Maybe Swans.

I only learned about this band from watching them with Tool. They were very dynamic and super fucking heavy. Hearing their music from the 80s juxtaposed with this is really fascinating. Both have elements I can really appreciate, especially the heavier stuff. Happy to be a new fan and explore them further.

Same here amigo. They caught my ear in PHX & finally found "Seeing Red"on here.(playing it after I finish typing)
As far as progression these dudes are Chameleons . enjoy

Haha. Looks like a lot of London front rooms after the pubs shut.

I wish I was stoned when I say "this is probably the best (and certainly MOST influential) band that I have EVER heard in 52 years of loving the heavy". But I am not. And they are just as good. They emit so many creative channels that they have spawned almost everything we consider new and original. Killing Joke is NO joke. But they do kill, every time. By FAR the most under-rated group of amazing musicians to stick it out for over 40 years. LISTEN TO MORE KILLING JOKE!

Joker origins

They get what they fucking deserve.

Makes me wanna drink my beer and bang my hearrrrhhrdaa hahaha 🍻😭😭😭🍺🍻😂😭😭. Leeeeeet gooooo. Love it! Just enjoy

Terrible.

2006 was not a good period for KJ. Raven was rather with Ministry than with KJ,Jaz was in a desolate State,drinking far too much,fat and very unbelanced. I will never understand, why Geordie praised this Drummer...OK,Live,he was able to capture BPFs Stuff more or less pretty neat. But his Studio Contributions on this particular Record are not more than a Good Drummachine would`ve done as well.Anyway,it`s a brutal Album with a very special Mixing...Walking with Gods will always be one of my fav. KJ Tunes ever.as it is so bombastic and full of truth.
Saw `em in Cologne on that Tour and it was alright...but deep in my mind I had the feeling,to watch the Torso of KJ..and that could`nt come close to the Unit they used to be.
It was a dark period,cos they hardly talk to each other...I had a conversation with Raven via a chat room where he told me :I will not be on the Hose Anus Tour". And later he used to insuld Jaz and Geordi...it was sad.
A year later....
Geordie hates the Album!
But it`ll always be a special part of history...and inholds a handful of realy good songs...the Title Track is not included...for me.
Thanks for listening...erm..reading! Ha!

Sensacional

https://youtu.be/trRM5ZVUMwY

What the fuck is this noise???? Those who call it a song should be hung to death...

Up! :D Tinja&Markku

Killing Joke goes first Slipknot goes after !!! we love you Jaz !!! come to Brazil soon !!! we welcome you !!!

Jaz Colman has a lot in his mind , try to chill mate , you worry tooo much .

Follow the leader. The sound of Armageddon.

I love killing joke!! I love jaz Coleman!

Israel!!! bagno!!!

Can anyone suggest any other bands that sound like this? From this era of KJ, not their post-punk (I already listen to a lot of post-punk).

Killing joke is one of my favorite bands. But this video lol. Is this a depiction of what happens when hoards of schizophrenic hobos get spun on meth?

Yeah, it's exactly the way you noticed. Even Jaz admitted later that he wasn't to proud of himself in this clip, that he was kinda falling apart, overweight and always drunk that time.. And created masterpiece with his band!

Damn...THAT'S a fricking jam right there! Woo-hoo!

Sounding fantastic after its initial release in 2005

Got see these guys live.

That closing shot, awesome.

Jz coleman is both brilliant and highly eccentric as lead singer of the one of the most influential rock bands of the last 30 years

This song has been getting SO MUCH PLAY these past two years.

I bet I am not the only one that thinks Jaz Coleman could play the Joker...

Hahahaha no you're not

Flame me all you want this is my favorite of all their tracks. It is extremely aggressive and it is made to incorporate Jaz's voice and madness.
And the bass.... oh this bass on this track?!

completely agree. One of my top of them.

Porco Dio.... Who's with me

i can see the madness in your area. love that line lost in the noize we are free......

BALLS TO THE WALL

Jaz looks like a factory worker who went AWOL and started his own cult in an abandoned place, like Thelema. You see the crescent moon grafitti at 0:13? Looks like Egyptian mythos.

No joke this music is fantastic .

Nothing personally..but the Drummer...ruins the Album...nothing special,nothing that makes you say Aww...it`s like a good Drum Machine on Geordie`s Demos...

Thank goodness Big Paul came back.

@Discoid yup big paul back

And what band is more interesting and heavier ? The answer these days is NONE.

You don't listen to much music, do you?

i like it

I can tell you brother there were not like that that church helped to beat the Nazi regime for us.

C w C Lites no they didn’t . The Russians did .

highest budget video ok!!!!!!!!!!!!

KJ might have been popular if they made good videos. Glad that never happened. They are for listening.

I'm still not a murderer yet.

A lot of commenters are really interested in KG's music, their imagery, their energy. I ask that maybe if you really want to understand, then read these cover to cover: Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Agrippa. Magick without Tears, Regardie. Book Four, Crowley. In the video, the magician's alter has the traditional chalice, sword, book, disk, and wand (bone) or Hermetic Magick. This is not some random stage dressing to "look cool."

....there is no magick without tears.....

Always end up comng back to Killing Joke and falling in love all over again. What's mental is that their songs have been proven to be very prescient especially in recent years which gives their entire back catalogue a new lease of life. Probably dismissed as conspiracy theorists like many were in the 80s, 90s and 00s but proven right in the end. They're one of the most under-rated bands of all time.

The Jaz Coleman prophecies have come true , Killing Joke fans knew that . And originality is often under-rated , not everyone can understand their genius .

Killing Joke confirm your worst fears 😊

Think the video would be more awesome if it was in black and white

This looks like a britbong Marilyn Manson music video

what's michael hordern doing down there?

Noel fielding inspiration?

<3 KJ.........

Julian from the Trailer park boys, looks like he snapped. Ricky must of have gotten to him..I kid, but Great song.

Heavier than most metal. And with a clean guitar tone. That my friends is a unique band.

Fantastic to see this video again , the kids of today make such passive boring music compared to the output of bands like KJ.

They are corporate whores. KJ is the opposite.

KJ can hardly be called boring or passive.

Demon cleaner...harvest the crust off the mind. I am not a murderer yet. Nuff said. Great performance!

Ultra expressive face and voice.

Its so different then their early stuff..i prefer this however

These guys are really smart and fun people. I love them.

And the band goes psycho! If this is catharsis, give me a shed load!

The video quality looks like it was made in the 90's. I love it!

Killing Joke venham logo ao Brasil nos enlouquecer com o som mais metal de todos os tempos...

Taí uma excelente e deliciosa opção pra enlouquecer os roqueiros e metaleiros nas próximas edições do Rock in Rio...

This fucking band, I swear.

Amazing! F#%*NG INSANE!!!

That was intense. If methamphetamines were music they would probably sound like this. Great song!

These guys had very little money to produce the album and barely edited the songs, what you hear is almost exactly what they recorded on their first take

These guys still kick arse after ..how long? well I bought my 1st KJ vinyl mid 80's.Great video I still haven't seen them live..on my list before I pop my clogs!

Enter the basements you never get out.

Anyone ever notice how much Nine Inch Nails' "Wish" sounds like this?

Great band. Bad video.

I love how the joke have become really heavy and politically pissed and jazz has really gone angst gravel

they were always super political

53 people should be sent down to the basements of hell!

The bass player who appears in this video was a stand-in for Paul Raven who pretended to be him.

rip raven

Jaz is at the podium again........ is he running for office?

My mistake - I thought this was the new Lidl Christmas advert!

Just another Friday night in Wetherspoons

Hahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭👌. All rattling for next drink😫

Geordies guitar sounds like an orchestra from hell in this track. So fucking awesome.

It always sounds like an orchestra from hell

I wish I had Jaz Coleman's voice.

the basis for this character is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cool_Ghoul

the refrain is simply sex

Wow, Jaz looks like the evil ice cream man from Coal Chamber's "Loco" video. The big difference would be that this song is good and that one is not.

He also looks a bit like Mortiis here, which is pretty impressive considering he isn't wearing a mask. It's that aristocratic schnozz of his.

NOTE: I LOVE KILLING JOKE.

Aww, I like Coal Chamber, and Devildriver. I agree with the evil ice cream truck driver though. Hehe, spooky

Err, I meant that I agree that this looks like the evil ice cream truck driver dude, not that I agree with the evil ice cream truck driver dude....(though that's a funny thought too!)

GO PSYCHO !!😈😈👍😊💞

AWESOME!

This should have at least 600k views,it's one of the greatest songs ever and I'm not even talking about the rest of the album because it's a work of a art

Art is no longer appreciated in this day! :(

Perfect for Halloween.

Local homeless population recruited, paid in alcohol.

Oh Jaz, we love all the madness in your soul.

Except the bit about being a spook fraud ;)

The fact that he dissappeared for a long time in the desert for writing songs just makes you think that he has more madness in his soul

I often wonder where they got the extras from for this video. Local Job centre Ad: Pensioners Required for Noisy, Blood Drenched Satanic Rite. Bring your own smock.

RNAD Beith.

All fans

...and friends.

Community Service?

Sign me up! I'd just have to put my age on ...

This is Hosana in the highest. I am patita pavanan, patallah lokha. Throw them all down.

from " Chilled Jaz Greats vol 2 "

Killing Joke> Sun> God> Earth> all the rest. Hosannas !

Killing Joke/God/Sun/Sky/Earth you cannot have one without the other.

Only Monthy pythons joke is better !
Killing greets from the Hague. And don't forget to put on your masks and animal skins...

Sick video.

Süper 👍

Holy crap, Mr. Coleman...you're insane! Brilliant as always...but totally insane! I'm not a fan of the majority of their newer music, for me the old stuff is where it's at, but I like this song. Definitely industrial metal I'd say. I like Rob Zombie and Marilyn so...this is pretty good. Enough said.They're still a powerhouse of a band after all these years, and isn't that what really matters? I think yes.

Isabella Roman guys, just try Red Harvest : the mix of Killing Joke and Neurosis.

Neko Shogun I personally met the lead singer Burton C. Bell from Fear Factory and hung out with him for a bit he told me that Killing Joke was a major influence on FF they also covered Millennium By KJ. Cheers

Hmm, okay, to each their own, but, personally, I think they've gotten better and better over the years. Mr. Coleman and the rest of the band feel as though they have too, according to interviews. Don't get me wrong, I *love* their old stuff, "The Wait", "Requiem", "Complications", "The Fall of Because", etc...but their later stuff is unreal...I guess it comes down to personal preference, but "Big Buzz", "Hosannas", "Euphoria", "Pole Shift", "Fema Camp", "In Cythera", "On All Hallows Eve", "Penny Drops", stands up to anything they've ever done in the past. I agree with you that they're not only still a powerhouse band, but to be going so strong - and in my opinion, getting stronger after so many years, is pretty amazing.

Alex Stone Agreed. These guys defy all odds, they just keep get on better and better.

Testament stole this idea,

If you like this you'd also enjoy Fields Of The Nephilim.

Great band!

Definitely! Nephs are awesome! My absolute faves are Killing Joke, Godflesh and Nine Inch Nails

@Charlotte Krasny add Ministry and Skinny Puppy to that and i´ll marry you ;-)

@Father Ted Haha, I love them too and have even a Skinny Puppy tatoo. I'm already fucking 55 years old and in a relationship but thank you 😘

My new favourite band....

strange how ppl so opposed to religion cant help but use religious (usually Christian) imagery...
Gary Numan is the same way....

Now I understand your point much clearer.

You'll probably have to look into countries under former soviet rule for those kind of topics in music and of modern era only. I think the fear of Stasi and KGB' of that era has been instilled even upon the generations by the adults of the era, and the myth of all-knowing , never failing leaders is a prominent feat of socialism that does carry on even in the current age of information.

@ydin9
 good points....they still have an instilled fear of the 'secret police'...

ever heard of "satire"?

@Ytrearneindre
yes, ever hear of "fixation"?
=/= not the same thing.

Well, this was quite a read. I give this conversation a rating of 9/10.
It would have been a perfect score, but now I have to start the video all over again because I was too busy reading through this conversation.

This reminds me of working at RNAD Beith, it was just like it is in this vido.

All kinds of kick ass going on here.
These guys are so historically underrated IMO.

Dj Thrift Absolutely. Killing Joke are fucking amazing.

Underrated???!! By assholes yes.

Hosannah's to Metallica

been 2 years since anyone's commented but take and google killing joke and on the right side you'll find members, one being Dave Grohl, killing joke i believe are one of the profounder of grunge before nirvana, nirvana stole the guitar sound from killing jokes 80s song. if i ever owned a nirvana album i would trade it for a killing joke album in a heartbeat. killing joke underrated big time, nirvana over rated ? definitely !