Samhain : Initium/Unholy Passion/Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire/Final Descent
Samhain
was an
American
Rock band
formed by
singer
in 1983,
immediately following
his departure
from
The Misfits.
Glenn Danzig
originally planned
Samhain
as a side project
with
Eerie Von.
After the Misfits'
contentious
1983 dissolution,
Samhain
became Danzig's
full-time band.
Samhain catalogs a
transitional period
in Glenn Danzig's
musical career,
bridging the gap
between the
punk rock/horror punk
of the Misfits
and the dark,
heavy metal
and
blues-influenced sound
of Danzig.
Samhain's lyrics
were much darker
than those of
the Misfits,
with themes rooted
in paganism
and the occult
and eventually
the horrors of reality,
as opposed to
the sometimes
cartoonish ghouls
and ghosts of
the Misfits.
Both Samhain
and its successor,
Danzig,
use the same
horned skull image
originally drawn
by artist
Michael Golden
for the cover
of the 1984
comic book
The Saga of Crystar No. 8,
published by
Marvel Comics.
The font often used
in the wordmarks of
Samhain,
and later Danzig,
is taken from the film
The Giant Gila Monster.
Danzig took the name
of the band
from the Irish month
of November
and pre-Christian,
Celtic festival
Samhain,
the origin of the
modern Halloween.
Despite the
festival being
pronounced
"sau-win",
the band's name
is often pronounced as
"sam-hane".
Glenn Danzig
has said that
both pronunciations
are correct.
Samhain released
two full-length albums
and one EP
during their
three-year career
as an active band.
Danzig has said
that he wrote
two songs
("Death Comes Ripping"
and "Bloodfeast")
with the intention of
using them on
the first
Samhain album,
but instead
recorded them
with the Misfits
for the
Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood album
in order to
round out that
band's final series
of recordings and
release a full album.
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Initium
Unholy Passion (EP)
is the first EP
and second
overall release
by American
deathrock band
Glenn Danzig's band
after the disbanding
of the Misfits.
According to bassist
Eerie Von
in his photographic book
Misery Obscura,
the album was
"a departure from
our first release:
more underground,
more tribal.
A step back
further into the darkness".
The song
"All Hell"
is a
re-recorded version
of the Misfits'
"All Hell Breaks Loose".
The original 12" vinyl EP
was pressed twice:
once on black vinyl
and the
classic tan cover,
and then again in 1986,
on both
red and black vinyl
(with a maroon sleeve)
and white vinyl
(with tan cover).
In 1987,
Danzig re-recorded
the guitar
and some
vocal tracks
for the songs,
removing the
original work done by
Pete "Damien" Marshall.
The recordings were
given new mixes and,
with the addition of
"Misery Tomb",
were released as
part of
Final Descent
in 1990.
The remixed versions
were released as a
standalone CD
for the first time
as part of
the Samhain box set
in 2000
and as an
individual CD
in 2001.
Samhain III:
November-Coming-Fire
November-Coming-Fire
(or just November-Coming-Fire)
is the second
studio album
by American
deathrock band
Samhain.
It was released in
February 1986,
through lead singer
Glenn Danzig's
independent record label,
Plan 9.
Background
November-Coming-Fire
was Samhain's
last album
before Danzig
signed the group to
Def American Recordings
and changed
the band name to
Danzig.
The album contains a
re-recorded version
of
"Halloween II"
by Glenn Danzig's
previous band,
the Misfits
TRACKLIST
Initium/Samhain
Black Dream
All Murder, All Guts, All Fun
Macabre
He-Who-Can-Not-Be-Named
Horror Biz
The Shift
The Howl
Archangel
Unholy Passion
All Hell
Moribund
The Hungry End
Misery Tomb
I Am Misery
Diabolos '88
In My Grip
Mother Of Mercy
Birthright
To Walk The Night
Let The Day Begin
Halloween II
November's Fire
Kiss Of Steel
Unbridled
Human Pony Girl
BONUS CD
Final Descent
Final Descent
(2001 Release)
is the third
and final
studio album
by American
deathrock band
Samhain,
first released in 1990,
more than three years after
lead singer
Glenn Danzig
and bassist
Eerie Von
had recruited
guitarist
John Christ
and drummer
Chuck Biscuits
to form
Danzig.
Original Release
Tracks 1-5
are previously
unreleased songs,
at least some of which
had been intended
for the
Samhain Grim album
before it was aborted
when the band
changed its personnel,
and finally its name, to
Danzig.
Tracks 6-11
had been released
in 1987
on the first pressing
of the Initium CD.
These songs were in
fact overdubbed
(partially re-recorded)
and remixed versions
of those o
n the 1985
Unholy Passion E.P.
Eerie Von
has confirmed that
"Death...In Its Arms"
was recorded during
the sessions for
Danzig's second album,
Danzig II: Lucifuge,
and features the
full original Danzig lineup:
singer
Glenn Danzig,
guitarist
John Christ,
bassist
Eerie Von,
and drummer
Chuck Biscuits.
Like all of Samhain's
discography,
and most of
Danzig's prior work
with the Misfits,
Final Descent
was originally released
on Danzig's
independent record label
Plan 9,
distributed by
Caroline Records.
Apart from the
band's reissues in
2000–01,
this is the only
Samhain release
that does not have a
12" vinyl counterpart.
Glenn Danzig
said that some
vinyl sleeves
were made,
but further plans
to release the album
on vinyl in 1990
were scrapped
because he was not
pleased with them.
TRACKLIST
Night Chill
Descent
Death...In Its Arms
Lords Of The Left Hand
The Birthing
Twist Of Cain
Possession
Trouble
Lords Of The Left Hand
(2nd Version)
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