Flotsam And Jetsam "Doomsday For The Deceiver"

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. It is the only album by Flotsam and Jetsam with Jason Newsted before his departure for Metallica. Most lyrics were written by Newsted; his songwriting contributions also appeared on the band's next album No Place for Disgrace and their 2012 album Ugly Noise. 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.

Doomsday for the Deceiver was ranked at number six on Loudwire's top ten list of "Thrash Albums NOT Released by the Big 4".

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.

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. (Ugly Lying Stinking Wench)" 4:23
9. "Der Fuhrer" 5:46
10. "Flotzilla" (This song does not appear on the vinyl LP format.) 6:07

"She Took An Axe" relates the story of Lizzie Borden who had been suspected of murdering her parents in 1892. The song has a jump-rope rhyme written about her at the time as a refrain.

"Der Fuhrer" refers to Adolf Hitler. The lyrics are more or less a story about Hitler, in which he is portrayed as being evil and a 'demon'. The lyrics were not meant to be sympathetic towards Hitler or the Nazi Party.

The original version of this album, vinyl/cassette/European CD, had the first nine songs. An extra track, "Flotzilla", appears on the American CD version and the 1992 remastered CD re-release by Metal Blade Records, while the European CD edition on Roadrunner Records in 1987 contained just the first nine tracks.

On the back cover of the French CD from 1992 the letters of songtitle 8 are mixed up as U.S.L.W.

A picture disc version was released in June 1987.

There was a 3-disc box-set version of "Doomsday For The Decevier" released in 2006, for the 20th Anniversary.

Disc one consists of the album and bonus tracks from the '85 Iron Tears demo:

11. Iron Tears (demo) (4:05)

12. I Live You Die (demo) (6:06)

Disc two has the album remixed and released and with bonus tracks from the '85 Metal Shock demo:

11. Hammerhead (demo) (6:34)

12. The Evil Sheik (demo) (5:26)

13. I Live You Die (demo) (6:26)

14. The Beast Within (demo) (4:09)

Disc three is a DVD with a live recording from Bootleggers 1985, with a tracklist as follows:

1. Iron Tears

2. Fade To Black

3. Metal Shock

4. She Took An Axe

5. Children Of The Night (Unreleased)

6. The Executionar (Unreleased)

7. Those Who Defy (Unreleased)

8. On The Attack (Unreleased)

9. I Live You Die

10. Hammerhead

11. The Beast Within

The Early Years:

01. Interview Part 1 (1983-84)

02. Iron Tears (Live at Palace West, New Years 1984)

03. Interview Part 2 (1983-84)

04. Hammerhead (Live in Jason's apartment 1985)

05. She Took an Axe (Live at The Pony Express 1985)

06. Photo History

Recording information:

Recorded at Music Grinder Recording Studios, Eldorado Recording Studios & Track Recording Studios, all in Hollywood, CA.

Mastered at Holland Cutting Room, Netherlands.