Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire

Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire
Studio album by Samhain
Released	February 1986
Recorded	June–August 1985 at Reel Platinum, Lodi, New Jersey
Genre	Deathrock, horror punk
Length	28:30
Label	Plan 9
Producer	Glenn Danzig
Samhain chronology
Unholy Passion (1985) Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire (1986) Final Descent (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire (or just November-Coming-Fire) is the second studio album by American deathrock band Samhain. It was released in February 1986, through lead singer Glenn Danzig's independent record label, Plan 9. As of 2025, the album is not available on any streaming services.

Background

November-Coming-Fire was Samhain's last album before Danzig signed the group to Def American Recordings and changed the band name to Danzig. ^[2] The album contains a re-recorded version of "Halloween II" by Glenn Danzig's previous band, the Misfits.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Glenn Danzig ^{[3] [4]}

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Diabolos '88"	1:24
2.	"In My Grip"	2:44
3.	"Mother of Mercy"	3:09
4.	"Birthright"	2:10
5.	"To Walk the Night"	2:11
6.	"Let the Day Begin"	2:36
7.	"Halloween II"	3:15
8.	"November's Fire"	2:47
9.	"Kiss of Steel"	1:29
10.	"Unbridled"	1:48
11.	"Human Pony Girl"	4:57

Legacy

AllMusic wrote that the album "continues to be an influence for both punk and thrash bands". ^[1] The track "Mother of Mercy" was featured in the 2009 video game Guitar Hero: Metallica . Metallica co-founder James Hetfield lists November-Coming-Fire as one of his top ten albums of all time.

Personnel

• Glenn Danzig – vocals, keyboards, drums on tracks 1, 4, 6, 8 and 11
• Eerie Von – bass guitar, background vocals
• Pete "Damien" Marshall – guitar, background vocals
• London May – drums on tracks 2–3, 5, 7 and 9, background vocals

Technical

• Bob Allecca – engineering
• Pa – cutting

References

1. Book, John. "November-Coming-Fire – Samhain : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved February 13, 2013.
2. McPheeters, Sam (May 1, 2010). "Glenn Danzig". VICE. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
3. "November-Coming-Fire – Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved March 20, 2013.
4. "ASCAP Database". ASCAP . Retrieved March 22, 2013.

External links

• Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire at Discogs (list of releases)