The last time we got a full-length of all-original Danzig tunes was Deth Red Sabaoth in 2010. Granted, we're getting a covers record on November 27 by the name of Skeletons that should tide us over until another LP is released, but when will that be?
In a new interview with the man himself conducted by Noisey, Danzig seems to be aiming for 2016.
“There’s always stuff to write about, but I think that the whole punk thing helped a lot. If it gets boring, change it, fix it, make it exciting, make it relevant again, and that’s what I did without sacrificing the music. That’s what I try to do. I try to do stuff where first thing is I’m excited about the record, and then I hope that the people who listen to my music are gonna dig it too.
That’s pretty much how I go into doing a record, and I don’t do a new record until I have stuff to write about it. I don’t force myself to do a record. Someone doesn’t come to me and say, “Hey, it’s been a year or two since your last record. You’ve gotta write a record and put one out in a couple of months.” No one comes to me and says that to me. The covers record I’ve been working on for a while, but the last new Danzig material came out in 2010.
The new record is about three-quarters done, and by the time that comes out it’ll have been probably about six years since the last time you heard any new original Danzig material. Not a covers record or not this Danzig Sings Elvis record, so it’ll be six years.”
Well, we'll be waiting to hear it! I wonder if he'll end up touring at all on it, or if he'll stay true to his word that he's done touring. Either way, new Danzig in 2016 (tentatively)! I mean, he's already got some of it recorded, as he'd announced back in March. So it's not like the ball needs to initially get rolling on the release.
