Songs From the Earth is the first album by horrorpunk/deathrock

Deathrock

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 supergroup

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 Son of Sam

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. The album was a tribute to Glenn Danzig

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's former band Samhain

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, though there are no cover songs on the album. Danzig himself plays backup guitar on "Stray," and plays backup guitar and keyboards on the title track "Songs from the Earth." Allmusic notes "Evernight" as sounding like 'Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

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-like art noise' and the title track as being 'very much in the classic Misfits vein.' The album closer "Invocation" bears similarity to the Danzig

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 song of the same name from the album Danzig 4

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Track listing

1. "Of Power" – 3:31
2. "Stray" – 2:53
3. "Evernight" – 3:12
4. "In the Hills" – 2:25
5. "Songs from the Earth" – 4:12
6. "Satiate" – 2:40
7. "Of Man" – 2:46
8. "Michael" – 3:14
9. "Purevil" – 3:07
10. "Invocation" – 2:16

Personnel

• Davey Havok
  Davey Havok
  David Paden Marchand , more commonly known by the stage name Davey Havok, is the lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI and the electronic music band Blaqk Audio....
  
   – vocals
• Todd Youth
  Todd Youth
  -Biography:Youth grew up in New York and started playing as young as 12 years old in several New York City hardcore bands. He made his playing debut with Agnostic Front in 1983 but did not play on any recordings. Youth also appeared for New York City act Warzone until around 1986...
  
   – guitar
• London May
  London May
  London May , is a rock musician best known for playing drums in Glenn Danzig's post-Misfits/pre-Danzig punk/goth band Samhain, which he joined in the summer of 1985...
  
   – drums
• Steve Zing
  Steve Zing
  Steve Zing drummed for Implosion, Mourning Noise, and The Undead before joining Samhain and a Pale Horse Named Death....
  
   – bass
• Nick 13
  Nick 13
  Nick 13 is the guitarist, vocalist, and main songwriter of psychobilly band Tiger Army as well as a solo artist in the Americana/Country genre....
  
   – backing vocals on "Stray", "Songs from the Earth" and "Satiate"
• Ricky Mahler – extra lead guitar on "Of Power" and backing vocals
• Joey C.
  Joey Castillo
  Joseph Willam "Joey" Castillo is an American drummer currently playing with Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal...
  
   – drums on "Satiate" and backing vocals
• Howie Pyro
  Howie Pyro
  Howie Pyro on 28 June 1960 is a Queens, New York City based rock musician and bass player. He is a founding member of D Generation.-With D Generation:*No Way Out - Single - **Re-released in 1994 and 1996....
  
   – bass on "Satiate" and backing vocals
• Crazy Craig – backwards vocals on "Invocation"
• Produced by Todd Youth
• Engineered by Andrew Alekel
• Assisted by Chad Essig
• Mixed by Nick Raskulinecz
  Nick Raskulinecz
  Nick Raskulinecz is a Grammy-winning American record producer. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.-Production career:Raskulinecz is from the Bearden area of Knoxville, Tennessee. He first produced and recorded bands in Knoxville on a 8-track recorder that his grandfather bought for him...
  
  
• Mastered by Tom Baker
• Photography by BJ Papas
• Layout by Chris Nitro
• Band logo by Linas Garsys