Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire

Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire is the second studio album by American deathrock band Samhain. It was released in February 1986, through lead singer Glenn Danzig's independent record label, Plan [9 (record label)|Plan 9].

Background

November-Coming-Fire was Samhain's last album before Danzig signed the group to American [Recordings (record label)|Def American Recordings] and changed the band name to Danzig. The album contains a re-recorded version of "Halloween II" by Glenn Danzig's previous band, the Misfits.

Legacy

wrote that the album "continues to be an influence for both punk and thrash bands". The track "Mother of Mercy" was featured in the 2009 video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.
Metallica co-founder James Hetfield lists November-Coming-Fire as one of his top ten albums of all time.

Personnel

Glenn Danzig – vocals, keyboards, drums on tracks 1, 4, 6, 8 and 11
Eerie Von – bass guitar, background vocals
Pete "Damien" Marshall – guitar, background vocals
London May – drums on tracks 2–3, 5, 7 and 9, background vocals

; Technical

Bob Allecca – engineering
Pa – cutting