Doomsday for the Deceiver

Doomsday for the Deceiver
Studio album by Flotsam and Jetsam
Released July 4, 1986
Recorded Jan - Mar 1986
Genre Speed metal, Thrash metal
Length 55:05
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Brian Slagel and Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam chronology

Doomsday for the Deceiver
(1986)		 No Place for Disgrace
(1988)
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Doomsday for the Deceiver is the debut album by Flotsam and Jetsam. It was released on July 4, 1986, on a budget of $12,000, and recorded in two weeks.[2] It is the only album by Flotsam and Jetsam with Jason Newsted before his departure for Metallica.[3] Most lyrics were written by Newsted. The album was re-released in 2006, including a re-mastered version, DVD, and original release. This album was the first of only a handful to ever receive a 6k rating from the influential British magazine Kerrang!. The album cover can be seen in the 1988 movie Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.

Track listing

All songs written by Kelly David-Smith, Edward Carlson, Eric A.K., Jason Newsted, Michael Gilbert. All lyrics by Jason Newsted except "Iron Tears" by Jason Newsted and Jennifer Lowe, "Metalshock" by Jason Newsted and Eric A.K., "U.L.S.W." by Jason Newsted and Edward Carlson.

No. Title Length
1. "Hammerhead"   6:15
2. "Iron Tears"   3:52
3. "Desecrator"   3:49
4. "Fade to Black"   2:05
5. "Doomsday for the Deceiver"   9:12
6. "Metalshock"   8:17
7. "She Took an Axe"   5:15
8. "U.L.S.W."   4:23
9. "Der Fuhrer"   5:46
10. "Flotzilla" (This song does not appear on the vinyl LP format.) 6:07

20th anniversary special edition bonus tracks

Disc 1: Iron Tears Demo

  1. "Iron Tears" – 4:05
  2. "I Live You Die" – 6:06

Disc 2: from 1985's Metal Shock

  1. "Hammerhead" – 6:34
  2. "The Evil Sheik" – 5:26
  3. "I Live You Die" – 6:26
  4. "The Beast Within" – 4:09

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic Review
  2. ↑ Kelly, Smith. "Original FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Drummer Recounts Band's History". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 12 October 2006.
  3. ↑ Sharpe-Young, Gary (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death. Jawbone Press. p. 110. ISBN 1906002010.