Blackacidevil
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Original longbox cover.
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| Studio album by Danzig | ||||
| Released | October 29, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | August 24, 1995–September 1996 | |||
| Studio | A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, industrial metal | |||
| Length | 45:09 (1996) 58:06 (2000) | |||
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Hollywood Records (original) E-Magine Music (reissue) The End Records (2nd reissue) |
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| Producer | Glenn Danzig | |||
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Evilive Records/E-Magine Music Reissue, February 2000
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |
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| College Music Journal | (favorable) |
| Rock Hard |
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Danzig 5: Blackacidevil is the fifth full-length album from Danzig. It was released in 1996 on Hollywood Records, and was reissued on E-Magine Records in 2000 with three extra tracks.
The album is the first recorded by Danzig after its departure from producer Rick Rubin's record label, American Recordings. It is also the first album recorded after the demise of the "classic" lineup featuring John Christ, Eerie Von, and Chuck Biscuits. Only the band's leader Glenn Danzig remained, joined by drummer Joey Castillo, who had joined the band late in 1994 after Biscuits' departure, and bassist Josh Lazie, who had previously toured with Danzig as Eerie Von's bass tech and Castillo's drum tech. Guitarist Tommy Victor joined the band shortly after Blackacidevil's completion.
On Blackacidevil, the band's sound shifted from doomy and gothic heavy metal to experimental industrial rock. Glenn Danzig explained: "I wanted to do something that nobody else was really doing. So I took an element of industrial that I liked here, and an element of techno there, then mixed it with what I normally do. I took the best elements of stuff. They're powerful when used properly. Then, I'd still experiment with different directions, which I wanted to do anyway, and then watch what happened when I mixed it together." On several tracks Danzig applied distortion effects to his vocals.
Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains plays guitar on the tracks "See All You Were", "Hand of Doom" and "Come to Silver". This was the first Danzig album to feature Joey Castillo and Josh Lazie, and the only album to feature contributions by Mark Chaussee and Joseph Bishara. Glenn Danzig plays all the instruments on the remainder of the album.
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