Deth Red Sabaoth

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Deth Red Sabaoth
Deth Red Sabaoth.jpg
Studio album by
Danzig
ReleasedJune 22, 2010 (2010-06-22)
Recorded2008–2010
StudioSunset Lodge, Los Angeles
Paramount Studios, Hollywood [1]
Genre Heavy metal
Length52:04
Label Evilive/The End Records
Producer Glenn Danzig
Danzig chronology
The Lost Tracks of Danzig
(2007)		Deth Red Sabaoth
(2010)		 Skeletons
(2015)
Singles from Deth Red Sabaoth
  1. "On a Wicked Night"
    Released: June 8, 2010
  2. "Ju Ju Bone"
    Released: June 10, 2011
Professional ratings
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The A.V. Club B [4]
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College Music Journal (favorable) [6]
Fearnet (favorable) [7]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Revolver Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
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Ultimate Guitar (8.3/10) [11]

Deth Red Sabaoth is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Danzig, released on June 22, 2010, through Evilive/The End Records. [12] Deth Red Sabaoth marked Danzig's highest-charting album since the release of Danzig 4 in 1994. [13]

Contents

Background

Nearly two years in production, Deth Red Sabaoth is the first release of new Danzig studio material in six years, since 2004's Circle of Snakes . However, in these six years, frontman Glenn Danzig had released his second solo album, entitled Black Aria II , in 2006, while Danzig (the band) released a compilation of previously unreleased material, entitled The Lost Tracks of Danzig , in 2007.

Music and recording

For Deth Red Sabaoth, Danzig took a different approach to recording: "I wanted to have an organic sound, bigger and thicker, so I went out and bought some 1970s Kustom tuck 'n' roll bass amps to play some of the guitar parts through. You'll hear real reverb, real tremolo on this album, which sounds completely different than the stuff that's done with computer chips." [14]

Glenn Danzig produced the album himself, recorded most of the bass tracks, and played drums on the song "Black Candy", [12] his first drumming credit since select tracks on his former band Samhain's 1986 album November-Coming-Fire .

Deth Red Sabaoth is the first studio album to feature drummer Johnny Kelly (who once joined Danzig during their 2002-2003 tour, but became a full-time member in 2005). It is also the second Danzig album to feature Tommy Victor on guitar. Bassist Steve Zing (who joined the touring band in 2006) does not appear on the album, as bass guitar duties were handled by Glenn Danzig and Tommy Victor.

Opening track "Hammer of the Gods" makes reference to Ragnarök, a great battle in Norse mythology. [15]

When asked about various proposed meanings of the song "Black Candy", Glenn Danzig responded "It's a metaphor for so many different things so they could be right and they could be wrong. But it is about a lot of different things, not just one thing." [16]

A song titled "Long Dark Road" was recorded during the Deth Red Sabaoth recording sessions and was talked about prior to being finished, however it is not featured on the final track listing. [17] Glenn Danzig has confirmed that the song was never intended for inclusion on the album. [16]

Album title

According to Glenn Danzig, the word "Sabaoth" found in the album title is the original pronunciation for the word "Sabbath", and is unrelated to the later Hebrew use of the word to mean "armies". [15]

Artwork

The album artwork was designed by American artist Joe Chiodo. [12]

Album editions

Deth Red Sabaoth is distributed in the USA by The End Records, and distributed in Europe by AFM Records.

There are several editions of the album available:

Two limited edition box sets are also available, with the contents held within a Deth Red Sabaoth urn:

Singles

"On a Wicked Night" is the album's first single, debuting at #6 on Billboard's Top Singles chart. [13]

The single has also been released as a:

"Ju Ju Bone" is the album's second single. [19] The single has also been released as a 7" vinyl through AFM Records.

Reception

Music videos

Music videos have been filmed for the songs "On a Wicked Night", [13] "Night Star Hel", [20] and "Ju Ju Bone". [19] The music video for "On a Wicked Night" was shot on location at the 'BatCave' in the Hollywood Hills [13] and features the pornographic actress Layla Rivera. [21] The video for "Night Star Hel" remains unreleased. "Ju Ju Bone" was the third music video from the album and features the use of CGI effects. [15]

Track listing

  1. "Hammer of the Gods" - 5:20
  2. "The Revengeful" - 4:10
  3. "Rebel Spirits" - 3:58
  4. "Black Candy" - 4:08
  5. "On a Wicked Night" - 4:02
  6. "Deth Red Moon" - 3:58
  7. "Ju Ju Bone" - 4:45
  8. "Night Star Hel" - 6:42
  9. "Pyre of Souls: Incanticle" - 3:18
  10. "Pyre of Souls: Seasons of Pain" - 7:17
  11. "Left Hand Rise Above" - 4:22

All songs written by Glenn Danzig

Credits

Production

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 35 [22]
German Albums Chart 48 [23]
Swedish Albums Chart 45 [24]
Finnish Albums Chart 26 [25]

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