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DANZIG Hard At Work On New Album; Lyric Book To Finally See Light Of Day
- May 1, 2009
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Glenn Danzig is currently in the studio working on the new DANZIG album, tentatively due before the end of the year. Drummer Johnny Kelly ( TYPE O NEGATIVE, SEVENTH VOID) and Tommy Victor ( PRONG, MINISTRY) will appear on most of the tracks, according to a posting on DANZIG's official web site. Although Johnny Kelly has been performing live with DANZIG off and on since 2002, this will mark the first time he has recorded with the band. Tommy Victor, of course, played guitar on 2004's "Circle Of Snakes" album. The CD will feature a song called "Long Dark Road", which is decribed by Glenn as "very creepy and echo-y. It's like an old kind of '50s-ish kind of song. I've been having in my head probably for about six, seven, eight years. I haven't gotten around to recording it, and I recorded it, so it's pretty cool." For every Danzig fan who was dying to know the lyrics to all the DANZIG, MISFITS and SAMHAIN songs — tracks that never had their "dark verses" printed — well, wait no more. Glenn Danzig's song lyrics, illustrated by longtime Danzig collaborator and friend Simon Bisley, will see the light of day later in the year. Each song gets its own illustration by Bisley, who has painted many album covers for Danzig, including the latest CD, "The Lost Tracks of Danzig", and ex- MISFITS member Doyle Von Frankenstein's solo project GORGEOUS FRANKENSTEIN (which Glenn produced). Bisley's final illustration for the book — for the DANZIG song "When Death Had No Name" — can be viewed below. DANZIG last year toured as part of 2008's "Blackest of the Black" trek which also included DIMMU BORGIR, MOONSPELL, WINDS OF PLAGUE and SKELETONWITCHDANZIG's lineup for the trek was as follows: Glenn Danzig - Vocals Tommy Victor (PRONG) - Guitar Steve Zing - Bass Johnny Kelly (TYPE O NEGATIVE) – Drums Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig at the Musink Tattoo Convention & Music Festival on February 22, 2009 at the Orange County Fair & Expo Center in Costa Mesa, California. Watch the eight-minute chat below. 
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COMMENT | DANZIG RULES
posted by :
5/2/2009 12:17:25 AM
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ITS ABOUT FUCKIN TIME
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/2/2009 12:28:24 AM
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Saw the Blackest of the Black '08 Tour and between Skeletonwitch, Dimmu and Danzig, it kicked ass! Good times!
Looking forward to seeing this tome of darkness......
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/2/2009 1:35:25 AM
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fuck yeah! Hope it will be better than circle of snakes....
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COMMENT | no tommy victor!!!!
posted by :
5/2/2009 1:38:48 AM
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dude is not a talented enough player and has bad tone, atleast for danzig. let him stick to prong and ministry. c.o.s. had the worst guitar sound and leads ever. BRING BACK TODD YOUTH!!!!!! or john christ for fucks sakes.
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COMMENT | Whoo-Hoo!!
posted by : ThayerIsGod
5/2/2009 1:57:15 AM
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Thank Satan! This is good news.
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COMMENT |
posted by : MetallicaPuppet
5/2/2009 2:10:38 AM
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I could play the very first self-titled Danzig album everyday and it never gets old.
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COMMENT | abrandnewhorror
posted by :
5/2/2009 2:18:06 AM
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thinks tommy victor has a bad guitar tone?
Must be a 10 year old. Go back to Britiney Spears records little girl.
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COMMENT | greatness!!!
posted by : abigllama
5/2/2009 2:38:15 AM
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Best news I've heard all fiucking day. Can't wait for the new album.
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COMMENT | I HAD A FEELING THIS WOULD BE GOOD...
posted by :
5/2/2009 3:13:23 AM
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He still remembers not getting paid at CBGB's. Traumatizing for young/hungry bands
Never liked corporate rock, including the Who, which is interesting since other punk bands have mentioned how they love the Who.
The voice is deep as shit. I don't think he smokes/drinks. How did that happen? Breathing really deep there.
MC jacket. Looking like a member of a certain band..... MISFITS??
Marriage? "I'm not an idiot."
Glenn must have appreciated being interviewed by a guy who is his height.
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COMMENT | sorry kdavies....IM JUST NOT A FAN OF
posted by :
5/2/2009 3:14:41 AM
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overdriven solidstate amp gain,which is what tommy uses. that gain is just to numetal for me i like the bite and roundness of tube amps like the tones christ (vht) or youth (marshall) used. even 666 has better tone. i think victor does amazing things with prong, cause thats his sound, thats where his tone belongs. but really have you seen him butcher the leads in the old danzig songs live? ouch youtube tells no lies. the facts are there sorry. the only solidstate tone i can stand would be dimebag or the guys from eyehategod, which is just raw and nasty. and just to clear things up im a 25 year old guitarist who is endorsed by mesa boogie and esp. so i may know something about this kinda thing, or not who knows ( prolly the later). im glad somebody like his tone, its just not my cup o tea.
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COMMENT | GUITARISTS
posted by :
5/2/2009 3:16:26 AM
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T. VICTOR handles the job, so it should be OK, but TODD YOUTH would probably be better at this point.
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COMMENT | also
posted by :
5/2/2009 3:17:32 AM
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the main point which i missed in the earlier posts, fuck yeh for new danzig tunes!!!
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COMMENT | abrandnewhorror
posted by : J-House
5/2/2009 3:24:43 AM
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I am in complete agreeance...Tommy Victor not only has an awful tone, he is a fairly awful player as well...especially compared to some of the other people that have held the Danzig guitarist spot. I haven't seen Danzig with Tommy, but I just can't imagine him playing some of John Christs leads. Without a doubt, the worst part of Circle of Snakes. Psyched about Zing and Kelley being involved though.
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COMMENT | knocked...
posted by :
5/2/2009 3:43:21 AM
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the fuck out!
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COMMENT | More of the same..
posted by :
5/2/2009 6:25:03 AM
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Ever the humble man..
1. Journey, The Who, Foreigner.. corporate crap.
2. Everybody was reading "dorky stuff", I was reading Poe.. and watching Elvis.. LOL
3.American Comics are so "retarded" and full of "guys in spandex"
4. A Danzig show is what a heavy music concert should be!
The only thing good out of this is that he does not see himself having offsprings. Lucky for mankind, the douchery stops there.
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COMMENT | aalborg
posted by : motley crue
5/2/2009 6:39:24 AM
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u just gotta respect danzig his music got me trough some tuff times...and more glad to see some new music on the way nice...
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COMMENT | no hope
posted by :
5/2/2009 7:59:57 AM
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There hasn't been a good Danzig album since 4p so I'm not holding my breath for this to be any good either. I do agree though Todd Youth should have been the guitarist his style is more bluesy and fits Danzig over Tommy's industrial type rffing and tones.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/2/2009 9:38:04 AM
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"There hasn't been a good Danzig album since 4p"
777 was great album! And like someone already said, i'd also like to see todd back in the band.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Hellrazor666
5/2/2009 10:00:21 AM
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Tommy may butcher the songs live but not like Glenn does. Glenn never sings into the microphone and sounds like he is out breath when he does. It sounds like ass when the singer only sings bit & pieces of the lyrics . Jerry Only is not the greatest singer by all means but at least he knows when to sing in the the microphone
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COMMENT | ...
posted by :
5/2/2009 10:52:36 AM
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Danzig is not cool.
Tommy Victor IS cool.
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COMMENT | ehhh....
posted by :
5/2/2009 11:10:28 AM
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777 was terrible... poor production... terrible nu-metal guitar tone and riffs... Danzig's voice sounds super blown out and the songs are bland and boring. Compared to any of their classic material it is pathetic.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/2/2009 11:45:48 AM
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Great news .... but didn't he retire? and I know I'm in the minority here but I thought the 666 cd was his masterpiece
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COMMENT | I think old Glenn should get...
posted by : J-House
5/2/2009 1:24:13 PM
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...Doyle to play on his next release. I'm actually listening to Kryst the Conqueror for the first time right now, and I have to say, his playing ain't too bad. I think Doyle might have more chops then he lets on in the Misfits...plus, what a great line up that would be...
Glenn
Zing
Doyle
Kelley
Then, all he would need to get the best 5th member he ever had in the band...Rick Rubin!
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COMMENT | Great news!
posted by : RiotAct666
5/2/2009 1:28:15 PM
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Bring 'em on.
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COMMENT | j-house
posted by :
5/2/2009 2:04:59 PM
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while doyle has some sweet riffage on kryst, the leads are done by snake sabo of skid row as he sat in on the sessions. still would like to see doyle rather than victor, 666 didnt have any real leads and i still perfer it to c.o.s.
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COMMENT | j-house
posted by :
5/2/2009 2:04:59 PM
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while doyle has some sweet riffage on kryst, the leads are done by snake sabo of skid row as he sat in on the sessions. still would like to see doyle rather than victor, 666 didnt have any real leads and i still perfer it to c.o.s.
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COMMENT | abrandnewhorror
posted by : J-House
5/2/2009 2:39:39 PM
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huh...ok...now that I think of if I think I may have heard that at one point. I actually didn't think 666 was too bad. Satans Child, Five Finger Crawl, Thirteen, all good stuff. Hell, after 15 years I've even grown warmer to the one album I thought I could never like in a million years...Blackacidevil. I heard it once when it first came out, and never listened to it again until a couple years ago and I was suprised that I didn't hate it as much. I suppose that it took a while to get over the initial reaction to the drastic change from 4 to 5. 777 is total crap. A hand full of almost good songs, but mostly shit.
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COMMENT | J-House
posted by :
5/2/2009 3:08:40 PM
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I 100% agree with this man...
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COMMENT | 666
posted by :
5/2/2009 3:19:59 PM
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was not that bad good drummer (Joey Castillo now in Queens Of The Stone Age) and some moments here in there that actually sounded like Danzig.
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COMMENT | 666 and 777
posted by :
5/2/2009 5:05:10 PM
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the lineups for 666 and 777 are the best since the original. true they both have their weak moments on these albums but circle of snakes bows down to both of those albums. you have to remember most of these song ideas come from glenn he is the band so what he says goes. but these ideas seem to come to better light with the right players. kudos to having johnny kelly on the new one and i hope steve zing makes his first appearance on this as well.
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COMMENT | abrandnewhorror
posted by : J-House
5/4/2009 5:30:36 PM
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About Kryst the Conqueror...from what I've found, Sabo only plays leads on one track; Spellbound.
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COMMENT | is this real?
posted by :
10/3/2009 8:15:25 PM
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http://i35.tinypic.com/2147143.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4um57GnFnXc
I saw this pop up recently about Danzig's face? Is it real??
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