13 Flavours of Doom

Infobox Album
Name = 13 Flavours Of Doom
Type = Album
Artist = D.O.A.


Released = 1992
Recorded = Profile Studios,
Vancouver, Canada
Genre = Hardcore punk
Length = 43:07
Label = Sudden Death Records
Alternative Tentacles (UK)
Producer = John Wright
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5kuf6j377180 link]
Last album = "Greatest Shits"
(1992)
This album = "13 Flavours Of Doom"
(1992)
Next album = "Loggerheads"
(1993) |

"13 Flavours Of Doom" is the eighth album from Canadian hardcore punk band, D.O.A.. It was released in 1992 on band member Joe Keithley's own record label, Sudden Death Records, and also in the UK on Alternative Tentacles. In spite of its title, the album actually had fourteen tracks – the last one not being numbered on the CD inlay.

Overview

Once dubbed the Canadian Motörhead, it is easy to see why this release contributed to the continued dichotomy surrounding this band. They were almost as long-serving as Motörhead by the time this release came out – and just as prolific in the studio – but while Motörhead were in the metal camp but admired by punks for their attitude and sound, it was the reverse for D.O.A.. They were punk, but admired by metal fans for their hard and heavy sounds and rasping vocals – particularly on this album. Free of all influences from either Californian or East Coast U.S. hardcore punk, they had whittled their own sound which still managed to fit seemlessly into any live setting with bands from elsewhere. Songs on this album are split into two distinct types – those written by Keithley and those written by Goble. Keithley's are the ones with the less than serious titles and lyrics – "Use Your Raincoat" and "I Played The Fool" but two examples – and they tend to be more uptempo and straightforward musically. Goble's tended to be more worldly issue related – "Bombs Away" and "Time Of Illusion" are typical – and musically slower, more technical, and of greater structure. The thing the two songwriters have in common, however, is the sheer heaviness of the music – "Too Fuckin' Heavy" for punk is open to debate, and not just "Beatin' Rock 'n' Roll To Death", but also their instruments.

Track listing

#"Already Dead" (Joe Keithley) – 2:15
#"Death Machine" (Keithley) – 2:22
#"Bombs Away" (Brian Roy Goble) – 4:04
#"The Living Dead" (Goble) – 2:44
#"Played The Fool" (Keithley) – 2:15
#"Too Fuckin' Heavy" (Keithley) – 2:46
#"Hole In The Sky" (Keithley) – 3:59
#"Hey Sister" (Keithley) – 3:25
#"Use Your Raincoat" (Keithley) – 3:14
#"Legalized Theft" (Goble) – 2:19
#"Rosemary's Baby" (Goble) – 4:15
#"Beatin' Rock 'N' Roll To Death" (Keithley) – 2:37
#"Time Of Illusion" (Goble) – 3:28
#"Phantom Zone" (Goble) – 3:24

Credits

* Joe "Joey Shithead" Keithley – guitar, vocals
* Brian Roy Goble – bass, vocals
* Ken Jensen – drums, vocals

* John Wright – keyboards, vocals
* Recorded at Profile Studios, Vancouver, Canada
* Produced by John Wright
* Engineered by Brian Else

External links

* [http://www.suddendeath.com/Band_Pages/Bands_DOA.html Sudden Death Records band page]