Danzig - Danzig 4p

I know it must have been a challenge for the band to release something as good as their first three albums (especially 'III-How the gods kill'), but this album gives me the impression that they are simply going through the motions. Whilst Danzig's vocals are still charming (in a way) and the tone is generally doomy and melancholic throughout, many of the songs don't seem to be as enjoyable as they should. 'Bringer of Death' and 'Going down to die' are both superbly written, and 'Dominion' is largely helped by some enigmatic guitar work, but the other songs unfortunately can't quite match that quality. Maybe I'm overlooking something here, but this album disappointed me a bit.

Very well put - I agree this doesn’t measure up and do remember being disappointed at the time. I assume the whole project was falling apart by this point and it was clear from later releases that he needed talent around him to make his ideas shine.

I like the opening track and Invocation is cool. Some of the others have had some decent airtime on my stereo (Going Down To Die). But the dreaded repetitiveness has crept in leaving some of the tracks that should have been killers feeling empty by comparison to similar tracks on the earlier albums.

Still one of my favourite metal bands, but this was the turning point of a long slide downhill.

That said, I’ve got a lot of respect for Circle of Snakes that came out a decade later and Red Deth Saboath has a few belters.

But for me those first three albums defined the artist that we all know and love.

Written by musicalkaratekid on 15.05.2013 at 17:33

I know it must have been a challenge for the band to release something as good as their first three albums (especially 'III-How the gods kill'), but this album gives me the impression that they are simply going through the motions.

Maybe I'm overlooking something here, but this album disappointed me a bit.