Danzig (album)
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| Released | August 30, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | September 1987 – April 1988 | |||
| Studio | Atlantic Recording Studios and Chung King Metal (New York City) | |||
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| Length | 40:58 | |||
| Label | Def American | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
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Danzig is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Danzig, released in August 1988. The album was the first release on producer Rick Rubin's new label Def American Recordings. Def American's successor, American Recordings, reissued the album in the United States and United Kingdom in 1998. It remains the band's best-selling album having been certified gold in the U.S. in 1994, and has since been certified platinum. Danzig promoted the album with a successful world tour in 1988–1989.