Samhain reunited for the fourth time to play Riot Fest in September 2014. At that show, they played their debut album Initium in its entirety. The band also played a series of West Coast and East Coast shows from September to November. Peter Adams of the bands Baroness and Valkyrie…
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Samhain would reunite again in October 2011 and 2012 as part of a series of shows called the Danzig Legacy performances. The shows consisted of a set from Danzig, Samhain, and a set of Misfits songs with Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein . Both London May and Steve Zing were part…
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Another partial reunion took place in 2011 on the Danzig Legacy television special during a set of Samhain songs; “Samhain”, and “To Walk the Night”. The lineup remained the same with London May and Steve Zing sharing bass and drum duties, and with Tommy Victor playing guitar.
When the Samhain box set was released in 2000, these remixes were given a CD of their own, taking the place of the original Unholy Passion EP, while the backend of Final Descent was filled out with four unreleased Samhain Grim era tracks, all featuring London May on drums. Among…
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The band briefly reunited in November 1999 to celebrate the release of the Samhain box set . They went on one national tour with the band Danzig headlining. The lineup consisted of Danzig, Zing, May, and then Danzig guitarist Todd Youth . Marshall was initially asked to play guitar, but…
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In 1990, Samhain’s final album, Final Descent , was released. Material for the album was completed in stages from 1986 to 1990, with one song (“Death… in its Arms”) recorded by the band Danzig, including drummer Chuck Biscuits (who had never been a member of Samhain) during the sessions for…
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In 1986, Samhain was signed by Rick Rubin to his Def Jam Recordings label. Rubin at first wished only to sign Danzig. He had hoped to assemble a “super-group” with the talented vocalist at the center, but Danzig refused and also refused to agree to the record deal unless bassist…
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In 1985, Samhain released their only EP, Unholy Passion . That next year, they released their second studio album titled Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire . The album contains a re-recorded version of the Misfits’ ” Halloween II “. AllMusic wrote that the album “continues to be an influence for both punk…
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Samhain’s debut album, Initium , was released on Danzig’s independent record label, Plan 9 , in August 1984. In various interviews Danzig states that the album’s title, which translates from Latin to English as “beginning”, represents his new start after disbanding his prior band, The Misfits , in 1983. Most…
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Following the 1983 breakup of his band the Misfits , vocalist Glenn Danzig approached the band’s photographer Eerie Von about forming a new band. They began rehearsing as a duo, before recruiting Brian Baker and Lyle Preslar , whose band Minor Threat had also just disbanded. This lineup lasted less…
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