Danzig (album)
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| Studio album by Danzig | ||||
| Released | August 30, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | September 1987–April 1988 | |||
| Studio | Atlantic Recording Studios and Chung King Metal, New York City | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, blues rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 40:57 | |||
| Label | Def American, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
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| AllMusic |
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| College Music Journal | (favorable) |
| Melody Maker | (favorable) |
| Rock Hard |
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| Thrasher | (favorable) |
| Trouser Press | (mixed) |
Danzig is the debut album of the American heavy metal band Danzig, released in August, 1988. The album was the first release on producer Rick Rubin's new label Def American Recordings. Def American's successor, American Recordings reissued the album in the United States and United Kingdom in 1998. It remains the band's best-selling album having been certified Gold in the U.S. in 1994, and has since been certified Platinum.
Danzig was recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios and Chung King Metal, and mixed at Smoke Tree and Village. These sessions took place between September 1987 and April 1988.
The song "Mother", retitled as "Mother '93" and with live audience overdubs, became a hit on radio and MTV in 1993-94 after a new video-single with live footage was created to mark its inclusion on Thrall: Demonsweatlive. The song was also later included on various hard rock and heavy metal music compilations, and featured in the video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, True Crime: New York City, the Guitar Hero series, and F.E.A.R. 3. It also appeared on the soundtrack to the 2013 film The Hangover Part III.
Glenn Danzig originally wrote the songs "Twist of Cain" and "Possession" for his previous band, Samhain. Lyrically, "Twist of Cain" is inspired by the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Guitarist John Christ described the recording of "Twist of Cain": “We started writing that song even before [drummer] Biscuits joined the band. At first we started recording it in G, then at the last minute we decided that A was better. We kept the drum tracks as they were and re-recorded the guitars, bass and vocals. Not many people know this, but James Hetfield (of Metallica) came down and recorded some backing vocals on that track.” Hetfield also recorded backing vocals on "Possession", however, due to contractual reasons he could not be credited in the album insert. A backwards piano track is used during the intro to "Possession".
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