Doomsday for the Deceiver is the debut album by Flotsam and Jetsam

Flotsam and Jetsam (band)

Flotsam and Jetsam is a thrash metal band that formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1982.-1981-1986: The beginning:The band's original name was "Paradox" founded by Drummer Kelly David-Smith and two other guitarists, until 1982 when bassist Jason Newsted joined. Jason had come to Phoenix with his band...

. It was released in 1986. It is the only album by Flotsam and Jetsam which features Jason Newsted

Jason Newsted

Jason Curtis Newsted is an American bassist known for his work with Metallica, Voivod and Flotsam and Jetsam. Joining Metallica in 1986 after Cliff Burton's death, Newsted remained a member until 2001, making him the band's longest-serving bassist...

 before his departure for Metallica

Metallica

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. 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!

Kerrang!

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Track listing

All songs written by Kelly David-Smith, Eric 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. "Metal Shock" – 8:17
7. "She Took an Axe" – 5:15
8. "U.L.S.W." – 4:22
9. "Der Führer" – 5:46
10. "Flotzilla" – 6:07 (This song does not appear on the vinyl LP format.)

20th Anniversary Special Edition Bonus Tracks

Disc 1: Iron Tears Demo

11. "Iron Tears" – 4:05
12. "I Live You Die" – 6:06

Disc 2: From 1985's Metal Shock

11. "Hammerhead" – 6:34
12. "The Evil Sheik" – 5:26
13. "I Live You Die" – 6:26
14. "The Beast Within" – 4:09

Band

• Eric A.K. : lead vocals
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• Edward Carlson : guitars
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  , vocals
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• Jason Newsted
  Jason Newsted
  Jason Curtis Newsted is an American bassist known for his work with Metallica, Voivod and Flotsam and Jetsam. Joining Metallica in 1986 after Cliff Burton's death, Newsted remained a member until 2001, making him the band's longest-serving bassist...
  
   : bass
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  , vocals
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• Michael Gilbert : guitars
  Electric guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Kelly David-Smith : drums
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  , vocals
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Allusions

• She Took An Axe relates the story of Lizzie Borden who had been suspected of murdering her parents in 1892. Actually, the song has a jump-rope rhyme
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   written about her at the time as a refrain.
• Der Führer refers to Adolf Hitler
  Adolf Hitler
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  , as he was called in Germany during his reign as Reichskanzler of the Third Reich. The lyrics are more or less a story about Hitler, in which the story portrays Hitler in a very negative connotation as being evil and a 'demon'. In no way shape or form were the lyrics meant to be sympathetic towards Hitler or the Nazi Party.