Editing Danzig (album) (section)

==Music and recording==
''Danzig'' was recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios and [[Chung King Metal]], and mixed at Smoke Tree and Village.<ref>''Danzig'' liner notes</ref> These sessions took place between September 1987 and April 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/danzig/sessions.php|title=Danzig Recording Sessions|publisher=misfitscentral.com|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

The song "[[Mother (Danzig song)|Mother]]", retitled as "Mother '93" and with live audience overdubs, became a hit on radio and [[MTV]] in 1993–94 after a new video-single with live footage was created to mark its inclusion on ''[[Thrall-Demonsweatlive]]''.<ref name="Kerrang!" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301185,00.html|title=On the Same Track|date=February 18, 1994|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=December 29, 2011|archive-date=April 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421092941/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301185,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song was also later included on various hard rock and heavy metal music compilations, and featured in the video game series ''[[Guitar Hero]]''. It also appeared on the soundtrack to the 2013 film ''[[The Hangover Part III]]''.

[[Glenn Danzig]] originally wrote the songs "Twist of Cain" and "Possession" for his previous band, [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]].<ref name="PennyBlood">{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblood.com/danzig.html|title=Glenn Danzig - Horror Business|last=Cipollini|first=Christian|publisher=Penny Blood|access-date=April 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821145247/http://www.pennyblood.com/danzig.html|archive-date=August 21, 2008}}</ref> Lyrically, "Twist of Cain" is inspired by the biblical story of [[Cain and Abel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/rip87_2.jpg|title=Glenn Danzig: Resurrection of a Misfit|last=Gitter|first=Mike|date=October 1987|publisher=RIP magazine|access-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017174656/http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/rip87_2.jpg|archive-date=October 17, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Guitarist [[John Christ]] described the recording of "Twist of Cain": "We started writing that song even before [drummer] [[Chuck Biscuits|Biscuits]] joined the band. At first we started recording it in G, then at the last minute we decided that A was better. We kept the drum tracks as they were and re-recorded the guitars, bass and vocals. Not many people know this, but [[James Hetfield]] (of [[Metallica]]) came down and recorded some backing vocals on that track."<ref name="Guitar School">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=gschool.94|title=Prime Cuts: John Christ|last=Kitts|first=Jeff|date=July 1994|publisher=Guitar School|access-date=August 23, 2010}}</ref> Hetfield also recorded backing vocals on "Possession"; however, due to contractual reasons, he could not be credited in the album insert.<ref name="CityPages">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2013/08/glenn_danzig_interview.php|title=Glenn Danzig: Democrats are Fascists Disguised as Liberals|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=August 16, 2013|newspaper=[[City Pages]]|access-date=September 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828201136/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2013/08/glenn_danzig_interview.php|archive-date=August 28, 2013}}</ref> A backwards piano track is used during the intro to "Possession".

John Christ has described "She Rides" as "Our first sex song...it's such a stripped-down song, just a couple of guitar tracks and almost no bass. "She Rides" probably has the best vocal performance on the album, though. There are also some really weird background noises and moaning sounds on it."<ref name="Guitar School" /> Generally the song refers to mythology on [[Lilith]]. References to "she rides/from the daylight in chains" reflect traditional methods for binding demons.<ref>Black Koltuv, Barbara. (1986). ''The Book of Lilith'' (p.91).</ref> The song also appears to take inspiration from the poetry of [[Christopher Brennan]], in particular part xiii of the "Lilith" sequence of The Forest of Night: "She is the night: all horror is of her..."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/brennan-christopher/iii-the-shadow-of-lilith-0020035|title=Australian Poetry Library|website=Poetrylibrary.edu|access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref>

While the album's liner notes expressly state "All songs written by Glenn Danzig", the song [[The Hunter (Albert King song)|"The Hunter"]] was written by [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] and Carl Wells. Originally recorded by [[Albert King]], the Danzig version of the song only features slightly modified lyrics.