Danzig (Album)

Occupation

• Glenn Danzig - Vocals
• Eerie Von - Bass
• John Christ - Guitar
• Chuck Biscuits - drums
• James Hetfield (uncredited) - Background voice with Twist of Cain and Possession

Gdansk is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Danzig. Produced by Rick Rubin album is now considered metal classics.

Formation and style

The time of writing the album of the new band of Samhain and Misfits singer Glenn Danzig was eagerly awaited. The style was similar to his previous bands, but was now mixed with bluesy, hard rock, which is determined by some Doom -influenced riffs of guitarist John Christ. Danzig's vocals are influenced by Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison. With Mother, the album contains the greatest hit of Danzig, who was in a live version to chart success in 1993/94.

The pieces Twist of Cain and Possession had originally been written by Danzig for his former band Samhain. James Hetfield of Metallica sang background vocals on just those pieces, Twist of Cain and Possession, but could not be called in the booklet for contractual reasons.

Reception

The record reached the Billboard 200 place 125 In 1994 she was certified in the U.S. with gold. The magazine Rock Hard put the album in 2007 on the 214th place selected by the editorial team leaderboard. Marcus Schleutermann spoke of a " legendary debut". In addition to Mother enthusiastic mainly Twist of Cain and the " great sung " Soul on Fire. In the original issue of the magazine, however, Thomas Copper awarded just 7.5 out of ten. He described the " unusual " music as " dirty, street -oriented rock and roll, which conjures up a more than gloomy apocalyptic atmosphere and has a high recognition value. "

Title list

All pieces were written by Glenn Danzig, except The Hunter by Booker T. & the MG's and Carl Wells