Deliverance (Deliverance album)

See Deliverance (disambiguation) for other uses of this title.

Deliverance is the 1989 self titled debut album by the Christian speed/thrash metal band Deliverance. The original Intense Records pressing is now considered a valuable collectable. It was reissued, minus 2 songs in 1998 on KMG Records as a 2 disc set along with the 1990 album Weapons of Our Warfare. It was officially re-released late 2008 on Retroactive Records. The album was ranked at number 44 on Metal Hammer magazine's top 50 thrash metal albums of all time list.^[1] In 2010, HM Magazine listed Deliverance #31 on its Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of All Time list stating that "'If You Will' into 'The Call' is almost as good as metal gets (-Doug Van Pelt)” and that "this record would forever change and impact me and the Christian metal music scene as we knew it!"(-Bill Balford).^[2] Heaven's Metal fanzine ranked it #3 on its Top 100 Christian metal albums of all time list.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Victory" 3:44
2. "No Time" 4:28
3. "Deliverance" 3:03
4. "If You Will" 4:23
5. "The Call" 4:10
6. "No Love" 3:30
7. "Blood of the Covenant" 4:50
8. "Jehovah Jireh" 3:35
9. "Temporary Insanity" 5:25 (missing on KMG Classic Archives Value Pak)
10. "Awake" 6:03 (missing on KMG Classic Archives Value Pak)

Personnel

• Jimmy P. Brown II - vocals, guitars
• Glenn Rogers - guitars
• Brian Khairullah - bass guitar
• Chris Hyde - drums

References