Samhain : Initium

Initium

 is the 1984 

debut album of

 Samhain

released on lead singer

 Glenn Danzig's

 independent record label,

 Plan 9.

 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 of the final track,

 "Archangel", 

was actually recorded

 in March 1981, 

and was originally meant

 to either be a

 Misfits song

 featuring

 Dave Vanian

 (who never did vocals for the song)

 or a track for the band

 The Damned.

 The track

 "Horror Biz"

 likewise dates to

 Danzig's Misfits era,

 as it is a new version 

of 

"Horror Business" 

with different

 musical arrangements. 

The album was recorded 

at Reel Platinum studio 

in Lodi, New Jersey,

 excluding the

 introduction which was

 recorded at

 Eerie Von's home 

on a four track cassette

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