Danzig discography

Danzig discography

Photograph of frontman Glenn Danzig, the founder of the band.
Releases
↙Studio albums	9
↙Live albums	1
↙Compilation albums	1
↙EPs	2
↙Singles	23

This is a comprehensive discography of Danzig, an American rock project, started in 1987 by former Misfits and Samhain vocalist Glenn Danzig. The project has released nine studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, two EPs and twenty-four singles.

History

Danzig traces its beginnings back to July 14, 1986, when Samhain performed at The Ritz in New York City. In attendance was Rick Rubin, who was scouting for potential bands to sign to his record label, Def Jam. Upon viewing Samhain's performance, Rubin was impressed with Glenn Danzig's powerful stage persona and vocal abilities. He met him after the show and propositioned him. At first, he wished only to sign Danzig, with the intent of making him the vocalist for a hard rock supergroup that Rubin envisioned. However, Danzig refused to sign to Rubin's label without Samhain's bassist, Eerie Von, with whom Danzig had become great friends. Rubin agreed to sign Samhain, and he began making suggestions for the new direction he felt the band should take. Rubin felt the music should be stripped down, and that Danzig's vocal talents should become the focal point for the band.

In 1987, the band evolved into a solid hard rock act, with the addition of John Christ on guitar and Chuck Biscuits on drums. To reflect the change in musical direction, and to avoid having to ever start anew in the event of future lineup changes, Danzig decided to change the name of Samhain to his own surname, Danzig. In 1988, the band issued its eponymous first album on Rubin's then-new label Def American (later renamed to American Recordings). The album featured polished production by Rubin, with heavy, blues-based guitar riffs and Danzig's powerful and melodic vocal performance—a harsh contrast to the gritty, raw-sounding production of Samhain's albums. Two years later, Danzig released their second album Lucifuge.

By 1992, Rubin's involvement with the band had waned and Danzig himself took credit for co-producing the third album, Danzig III: How the Gods Kill. In May 1993, the band released the Thrall: Demonsweatlive EP, which contained several live tracks from the band's 1992 Halloween show, as well as three new studio tracks. The EP provided a hit for the band when the live version of "Mother" (a song from the first Danzig album) became popular on hard rock radio stations. A new version of the "Mother" music video was created using live footage, and the video became a hit on MTV as well, pushing Danzig into the mainstream. In the fall of 1994, Danzig issued their fourth album, which was also successful and spawned the singles "Until You Call on the Dark" and "Cantspeak". However, shortly before the release of that album, Biscuits left the band and was replaced by future Queens of the Stone Age drummer Joey Castillo.

In 1995, Danzig began to fall apart when Christ and Eerie Von decided to quit the group, leaving Glenn the only remaining original member. Many lineup changes happened since and Danzig released six more albums albums: Blackacidevil (1996), Satan's Child (1999), I Luciferi (2002), Circle of Snakes (2004) and Deth Red Sabaoth (2010).

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Chart positions						US Sales[1]
		US [2]	AUT [3]	FIN [4]	NZ [5]	SWE [6]	SWI [7]
1988	Danzig Released: August 30, 1988 Label: Def American Formats: CD, LP, CS, DD	125	—	—	—	—	—	747,000 +*
1990	Lucifuge Released: June 26, 1990 Label: Def American Formats: CD, LP, CS, DD	45	—	—	—	—	—	329,000 +*
1992	How the Gods Kill Released: July 14, 1992 Label: Def American Formats: CD, LP, CS, DD	24	39	—	—	—	29	422,000 +
1994	4p Released: October 4, 1994 Label: American Recordings Formats: CD, LP, CS, DD	29	—	—	—	36	—	274,000 +
1996	Blackacidevil Released: October 29, 1996 Label: Hollywood Records Formats: CD, CS, DD	41	—	23	—	49	—	124,000 +
1999	Satan's Child Released: November 2, 1999 Label: E-Magine Records Formats: CD, DD	149	—	32	—	59	—	71,000 +
2002	I Luciferi Released: May 21, 2002 Label: Spitfire Records Formats: CD, DD	158	—	—	—	33	—	45,000 +
2004	Circle of Snakes Released: August 31, 2004 Label: Evilive Records Formats: CD, LP, DD	183	—	—	—	18	—	38,000 +
2010	Deth Red Sabaoth Released: June 22, 2010[8] Label: Evilive/The End Records Formats: CD, LP, DD	35	75	26	—	45	—	11,700+[9]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

• The * marks indicate all sales from June 2007. Danzig and Danzig II: Lucifuge sales are only from May 1991 until June 2007.

Live albums

Year	Title	Chart positions										US Sales (sales thresholds)
		US [2]	AUS [10]	AUT [3]	CAN [2]	FIN [4]	NL [11]	NZ [5]	SWE [6]	SWI [7]	UK [12]
2001	Live on the Black Hand Side Released: May 8, 2001 Label: Evilive Records Formats: CD, DD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Chart positions										US Sales
		US [2]	AUS [10]	AUT [3]	CAN [2]	FIN [4]	NL [11]	NZ [5]	SWE [6]	SWI [7]	UK [12]
2007	The Lost Tracks of Danzig Released: July 10, 2007 Label: Megaforce Records Formats: CD, DD	164	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year	Album details	Chart positions										US Sales
		US [2]	AUS [10]	AUT [3]	CAN [2]	FIN [4]	NL [11]	NZ [5]	SWE [6]	SWI [7]	UK [12]
1993	Thrall: Demonsweatlive Released: May 25, 1993 Label: Def American Recordings Formats: CD, CS, DD	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	Sacrifice Released: 1996 Label: Hollywood Records Formats: CD, DD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Songs

Singles

Year [13]	Title	Chart positions				Album
		US [14]	US Mod. [14]	US Main. [14]	UK [15]
1988	"Mother"	-	-	-	-	Danzig
	"Am I Demon"	-	-	-	-
1989	"Twist of Cain"	-	-	-	-
	"She Rides"	-	-	-	-
1990	"Her Black Wings"	-	-	-	-	Lucifuge
	"Killer Wolf"	-	-	-	-
	"Devil's Plaything"	-	-	-	-
1991	"I'm the One"	-	-	-	-
1992	"Dirty Black Summer"	-	-	-	-	How the Gods Kill
	"How the Gods Kill"	-	-	-	-
1993	"Bodies"	-	-	-	-
	"Sistinas"	-	-	-	-
	"It's Coming Down"	-	-	-	-	Thrall: Demonsweatlive
	"Mother '93"	43	-	17	62
1994	"Until You Call on the Dark"	-	-	-	-	4
	"Cantspeak"	-	40	39	-
	"Brand New God"	-	-	-	-
1995	"I Don't Mind the Pain"	-	-	-	-
1996	"7th House"	-	-	-	-	Blackacidevil
	"Sacrifice"	-	-	-	-
1997	"Serpentia"	-	-	-	-
2000	"Unspeakable"	-	-	-	-	Satan's Child
2002	"Wicked Pussycat"	-	-	-	-	I Luciferi
2010	"On A Wicked Night"	-	-	-	-	Deth Red Sabaoth
2011	"Ju Ju Bone"	-	-	-	-

Danzig on record singles and the bands approach to releasing record singles in America: "Singles? We don’t do that in America. Maybe there will be for the European market. In America only people like Madonna and N’Sync record singles." [1]

References

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13. ^ "Discography of Official Danzig Releases". MisfitsCentral.com. http://www.misfitscentral.com/danzig/discog.php. Retrieved March 20, 2007. 
14. ^ ^{a b c} "Artist Chart History - Danzig". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=4404&model.vnuAlbumId=644098. Retrieved March 20, 2007. 
15. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 140. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.