{"product_id":"danzig","title":"Danzig","description":"\u003cp\u003eDanzig is the debut studio album by heavy metal band Danzig, released on August 30, 1988 as the inaugural release on producer Rick Rubin's newly founded Def American Recordings label. The album marked a decisive evolution for frontman Glenn Danzig following his years with the Misfits and the gothic deathrock outfit Samhain, moving toward a slower, heavier, and more blues-rooted sound that drew as much from the moody menace of Jim Morrison and Elvis Presley as it did from the horror-punk he had helped invent. The band — Glenn Danzig on vocals, John Christ on guitar, Eerie Von on bass, and Chuck Biscuits on drums — recorded the album in 1987 under Rubin's close supervision, and the producer is widely credited with shaping the record's notably restrained, dry-mixed sound, keeping the vocals forward and the arrangements lean. Metallica — longtime Misfits devotees — championed the band publicly by wearing Danzig shirts during their ...And Justice for All tour and subsequently took Danzig out on the European leg, providing the career boost that radio and MTV, which rejected the band's visuals, had failed to supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross its ten tracks, the album establishes the template that would define Danzig's classic period: grinding, blues-inflected riffs from John Christ, Biscuits' powerful drumming, and Glenn Danzig's operatic baritone delivering occult imagery with theatrical conviction. The opener \"Twist of Cain\" — on which James Hetfield of Metallica appears uncredited on backing vocals, alongside \"Possession\" — became an immediate live staple, while a muscular cover of Albert King's \"The Hunter\" grounds the album's supernatural atmosphere in an earthier tradition. The album's most enduring track, \"Mother,\" initially made little impression upon release, but a live version recorded in 1993 became a surprise MTV hit and drove the original album to platinum certification, a remarkable second life for a record that had been largely ignored by mainstream media five years earlier. The album remains the band's best-selling release and an essential document of late-1980s American heavy metal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album","offer_id":53524143374650,"sku":"38029","price":36.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Indie Excl. White Vinyl","offer_id":53625996902714,"sku":"38496","price":45.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-05-27_at_12.56.55_PM.jpeg?v=1781815828","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/danzig","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}