Doomsday for the Deceiver

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Doomsday for the Deceiver
FlotsamAndJetsam-DoomsdayForTheDeceiver.jpg
Studio album by
Flotsam and Jetsam
ReleasedJuly 4, 1986
Recorded1986
StudioMusic Grinder Studios, Eldorado Studios and Track Records, Los Angeles, California
Genre Thrash metal, speed metal
Length55:05
Label Metal Blade
Producer
Flotsam and Jetsam chronology
Doomsday for the Deceiver
(1986)		 No Place for Disgrace
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rock Hard 9.5/10 [2]
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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. [4] It is the only album by Flotsam and Jetsam with Jason Newsted before his departure for Metallica. [5] Most lyrics were written by Newsted; his songwriting contributions also appeared on the band's next album No Place for Disgrace (1988) and their 2012 album Ugly Noise .

Contents

Overview

While most of their later albums focused more on politics and society in general, the lyrical content of Doomsday for the Deceiver is centered around themes related to history and literature, as well as Satanism and the occult. "She Took an Axe" relates the story of Lizzie Borden, who had been suspected of murdering her parents in 1892, and has a jump-rope rhyme written about her at the time as a refrain. "Der Fuhrer" refers to Adolf Hitler; the lyrics are more or less a story about him, in which he is portrayed as being evil and a "demon", but were not meant to be sympathetic towards Hitler or the Nazi Party.

The album was re-released in 2006, including a re-mixed and 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 .

Reception and awards

Doomsday for the Deceiver was ranked at number six on Loudwire's top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4". [6] Doomsday was also inducted into Decibel Magazine ’s Hall of Fame in 2021. [7]

Track listing

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.

No.TitleLength
1."Hammerhead"6:15
2."Iron Tears"3:52
3."Desecrator"3:49
4."Fade to Black"2:05
5."Doomsday for the Deceiver"9:12
6."Metalshock"8:17
7."She Took an Axe"5:15
8."U.L.S.W. (Ugly Lying Stinking Wench)"4:23
9."Der Fuhrer"5:46
10."Flotzilla" (This song does not appear on the vinyl LP format.)6:07
20th-anniversary special edition bonus tracks
CD 1: Doomsday for the Deceiver bonus tracks from Iron Tears demo
No.TitleLength
11."Iron Tears"4:05
12."I Live You Die"6:06
CD 2: Re-mixed and Re-mastered bonus tracks from 1985's Metal Shock
No.TitleLength
11."Hammerhead"6:34
12."The Evil Sheik"5:26
13."I Live You Die"6:26
14."The Beast Within" (Stormtrooper cover)4:09

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Stratmann, Holger (1986). "Review Album: Flotsam and Jetsam — Doomsday for the Deceiver". Rock Hard (in German) (18). Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver Review". Metal.de . December 11, 2006. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Smith. "Original FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Drummer Recounts Band's History". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 12 October 2006.
  5. ↑ Sharpe-Young, Gary (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death. Jawbone Press. p. 110. ISBN   978-1906002015.
  6. ↑ "Top 10 Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4". Loudwire.com. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Stewart-Panko, Kevin (October 28, 2021). "Flotsam and Jetsam – Doomsday for the Deceiver". Decibel Magazine . Retrieved December 7, 2022.


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