Doomsday for the Deceiver
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| Studio album by Flotsam and Jetsam | ||||
| Released | July 4, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Jan - Mar 1986 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 55:05 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade Records | |||
| Producer | Brian Slagel and Flotsam and Jetsam | |||
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Doomsday for the Deceiver is the debut album by Flotsam and Jetsam. It was released on July 4, 1986, on a budget of $12,000, and recorded in two weeks. It is the only album by Flotsam and Jetsam with Jason Newsted before his departure for Metallica. Most lyrics were written by Newsted. The album was re-released in 2006, including a re-mastered version, DVD, and original release. This album was the first of only a handful to ever receive a 6k rating from the influential British magazine Kerrang!. The album cover can be seen in the 1988 movie Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.
Doomsday for the Deceiver was ranked at number six on Loudwire's top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4".
All songs written by Kelly David-Smith, Edward Carlson, Eric A.K., Jason Newsted, Michael Gilbert. All lyrics by Jason Newsted except "Iron Tears" by Jason Newsted and Jennifer Lowe, "Metalshock" by Jason Newsted and Eric A.K., "U.L.S.W." by Jason Newsted and Edward Carlson.
Disc 1: Iron Tears Demo
Disc 2: from 1985's Metal Shock
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