Archive de la Morte

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Archive de la Morte (French for "Archive of Death") is the title of the DVD released in 2004 by Glenn Danzig's band Danzig. The DVD contains 12 videos for the US release and 13 videos for the European release. The videos became available to Glenn Danzig after he won a lawsuit against Rick Rubin, in which he regained the right of ownership for the videos.

The contents of the DVD chronicle the band's video singles from their third album, How the Gods Kill (1992), their first EP Thrall-Demonsweatlive (1993), and their fourth album, Danzig 4P (1994). This continues the collection that began with their first two VHS releases, "Danzig" (1989) and "Lucifuge: The Video" (1991).

The "R-Rated" version of "How the Gods Kill" differs slightly from that released in 1992 as part of the "How the Gods Kill: Special Limited Edition" CD/VHS box set. According to Danzig, the earlier edit and all other videos officially released by Rubin's Def American Recordings (later renamed simply American Recordings) remain the property of the label.

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1. Dirty Black Summer
2. Dirty Black Summer - GD performance
3. Dirty Black Summer - Band performance directed by Anton Corbijn
4. How the Gods Kill - R version
5. How the Gods Kill - Band performance
6. Sistinas - Unreleased
7. Bodies - Camera1 - Unreleased
8. Bodies - Camera2 - Unreleased; directed by Glenn Danzig
9. It's Coming Down - MTV version
10. It's Coming Down - R-rated version broadcast on The Box in 1993
11. It's coming down - Totally uncensored version directed by Jonathan Reiss
12. Mother '93 (live video footage; studio music) - directed by Glenn Danzig

bonus track on European release
13. Left Hand Black (recorded live in Irvine, CA, 31 October 1992 at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre (now called the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre).