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 Deliverance is an American Christian thrash metal band which later shifted more towards heavy metal and progressive metal. Founded by [[Jimmy P. Brown II]] in 1985, many members have either stayed in the lineup for a number of years, or left and returned to the lineup. [[Jimmy P. Brown II]] has been the only constant member of Deliverance.
-Deliverance formed in 1985 as a speed metal outfit, where the Christian metal community first encountered them on the compilation album //California Metal//. They released their self-titled debut album //Deliverance// in 1989 with [[Jimmy P. Brown II]] (guitars and lead vocals), Glenn Rogers (lead guitar), Brian Khairullah (bass), and Chris Hyde (drums). In 1989, Deliverance's track "If You Will" from their self-titled album appeared on //Hot Metal Summer II// along with a recorded interview.
+Deliverance formed in 1985 as a Christian metal band when [[Jimmy P. Brown II]] was 15 years old. Joining Brown were Chris Hyde (formerly of [[Holy Soldier]] on drums and Manny Morales on bass guitar. The band didn't have a leader singer at first, as the band wasn't sure they wanted Brown on vocals. However, Brown wanted to do the vocals and soon became their lead singer. They recorded some songs on a ghetto blaster as a three piece band. Brown and Hyde went to see Hyde's old band play one night and noticed they had a guitar player named Larry Farkas that did not fit in with the glam look of that band. They gave Farkas a copy of their //Ghetto Blaster Sessions// tape and he decided to join the band. However, the band went on hold for a few months.
+When the band re-formed after a few months, Brian Khairulla became their new bass player. In 1986, they went into a studio to record a four-song ep. The band was not happy with that recording, so they never released it. Two songs from the //Ghetto Blaster Sessions// and one song from their first demo session were eventually released on the //Back in the Day: The First Four Years// compilation in 2000 by [[Magdalene Records]]. They also decided to get out and play live more, especially at clubs. Their message met with a good amount of resistance in the clubs.
+The band did not really become a speed metal band until 1986. The Christian metal community first encountered them on the compilation album //California Metal// in 1987. Farkas had left the band by this time. Pastor Bob Beeman of [[Sanctuary Church]] had seen Deliverance at a club in 1986 and liked what he saw. He got to know Brown and encouraged the band to contribute tracks to //California Metal//. However, [[Regency Records]] was not sure about having a speed metal band on the compilation. Beeman was able to convince the label to let Deliverance on the compilation, and that was the band's first big break. However, the label still said no to [[Vengeance Rising]].
+At some point by 1988, Glenn Rogers had joined Deliverance on guitar. They recorded 5 demos for [[Intense Records]] to try and convince the the label to sign them. These demos were recorded in studio in the garage used by [[Jordan]]. The last demo was the one that finally convinced Intense to sign the band. That demo was included as the last tracks on //Back in the Day: The First Four Years//.
+The band released their self-titled debut album //Deliverance// in 1989 with [[Jimmy P. Brown II]] (guitars and lead vocals), Glenn Rogers (lead guitar), Brian Khairullah (bass), and Chris Hyde (drums). In 1989, Deliverance's track "If You Will" from their self-titled album appeared on //Hot Metal Summer II// along with a recorded interview.
 Deliverance garnered significant attention in the Christian metal community with their 1990 release //Weapons of Our Warfare//. During this time, the band replaced guitarist Glenn Rogers with George Ochoa. Deliverance released a video on MTV for the title track of //Weapons//. The track was also included on Intense Records compilation album //Hot Metal Summer III Hot Licks - Cold Facts//.
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 Their fourth album was a major change in direction for the band musically. //Stay of Execution// went in a more progressive metal direction, complete with new guitarist Mike Phillips.
-In an interview with Doug Van Pelt of HM Magazine, when asked about the musical change, Jimmy P. Brown explained:
+In an interview with Doug Van Pelt of //HM Magazine//, when asked about the musical change, Jimmy P. Brown explained:
 "I got tired of being labeled 'Oh, there's Deliverance.... the Metallica clones are back.' You know, that got really old. Because in a sense we were kind of ripping them off. But I definitely know that the Lord wants us to be original. I want to be original. So I think it was time."
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 Also in 2005, Jimmy formed an outfit called [[Jupiter VI]] along with Brian Khairullah, Trevor Shannon, Mike Reed, and Tiberius Ahan. This band provided an outlet for Jimmy to express his love for glam rock, cited influences from Bowie, T-Rex, DA, Iggy Pop and others from the genre. They released two albums: //Back From Mars// in 2006 and //Moveable Walls// in 2014.
+[[Jimmy P. Brown II]] has made several references to Queensrÿche throughout his career in Deliverance, not the least of which is the band name itself, taken from the title to track 3 on Queensrÿche's 1984 album, //The Warning//. Jimmy has never been bashful about honoring other musicians who have influenced him greatly. Along with his true musical heroes, David Bowie and [[Terry Scott Taylor]], there is no question that Jimmy's greatest band influence will always be Queensrÿche.
+Other references include:
+  * "Lord of Dreams", track 7 from their 1992 album, //Stay of Execution// contains the lyric "dream control is so hard to achieve, mastered through some evil scheme". This is a direct reference to Queensrÿche's 1990 super hit "Silent Lucidity" from the album //Empire// (where the lyrics say "if you persist in your efforts, you can achieve Dream Control"). Both the Deliverance and Queensrÿche songs are dealing with dreams.
+  * "Renew," track 5 from their 1993 album, //Learn//, contains the phrase, "Even dead you still seem sad," a reference to the line "Even in death you still look sad" from "Electric Requiem", track 10 from Queensrÿche's 1988 album //Operation: Mindcrime//.
+  * "Stay of Execution" track 1 from their 1992 album //Stay of Execution//, includes a sound effect of a phone ringing twice followed by someone saying "Hello?," a reference to the beginning of "Operation: Mindcrime", track 4 from Queensrÿche's 1988 album, //Operation: Mindcrime//.
+  * "Speed of Light", track 5 from their 1994 album, //River Disturbance//, contains the phrase, "Until we see your shadow casting on us once again," a reference to the line, "Oh let me see you standing in the shadows once again" from "London", track 9 from Queensrÿche's 1986 album, //Rage for Order//.
+  * "Assimilation", track 3 from their 2001 album of the same name contains the phrase, "Screaming In Digital," a reference to the song title of track 10 from Queensrÿche's 1986 album, //Rage for Order//.
+  * The cover art for //Hear What I Say!// (2013) is stylistically similar to the cover art for Queensrÿche's //Operation: Mindcrime//. Further, the title is synonymous with "hey, listen to me!", a phrase heard in "Speak" from //Operation: Mindcrime//.
 ===== Discography =====
-| 1985 | Greeting of Death |
+| 1985 | Ghetto Blaster Sessions |
+| 1986 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2021/10/23/deliverance-demo-1/|Demo #1]] |
+| 1987 | Greeting of Death |
 | 1989 | Deliverance | [[Intense Records]] |
 | 1990 | Weapons of Our Warfare | [[Intense Records]] |
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 | 1993 | Learn | [[Intense Records]] |
 | 1994 | River Disturbance | [[Brainstorm Artists International]] |
-| 1995 | X A Decade of... | [[Intense Records]] |
+| 1995 | X: A Decade of... | [[Intense Records]] |
 | 1995 | Camelot in Smithereens | [[Intense Records]] |
 | 2000 | Back in the Day: The First Four Years | [[Magdalene Records]] |
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 | 2001 | Greetings of Death, etc. | [[Magdalene Records]] |
 | 2007 | As Above - So Below | [[Retroactive Records]] |
-| 2013 | Hear What I Say! | [[Roxx Records]] |
+| 2013 | Hear What I Say! | 3 Frogz Records / [[Roxx Records]] |
 | 2018 | The Subversive Kind | [[Roxx Records]] |
+| 2022 | Camelot in Smithereens Redux | [[Roxx Records]] |
+------
+==== Ghetto Blaster Sessions ====
+Independent
+[[Jimmy P. Brown II]] - Vocals, guitar\\
+Manny Morales - Bass guitar\\
+Chris Hyde - Drums
+or 9 songs, including:
+  * Who Will Save the Children
+  * Stand Up and Fight [instrumental]
+------
+==== Demo #1 ====
+Independent
+Jimmy P. Brown - Vocals, guitars\\
+Larry Farkas - Guitars\\
+Brian Khairulla - Bass\\
+Chris Hyde - Drums
+  - No Time
+  - Deliverance
+  - A Space Called You
+  - If We Faint Not
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 ==== Greeting of Death ====
  Independent\\
 Retroactive Records (CD, Vinyl, Tape reissue) (RRCD1501)
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 Chris Hyde - Drums
-  - Victors (3:44)
+  - Victory (3:44)
   - No Time (4:28)
   - Deliverance (3:03)
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-==== X A Decade of... ====
+==== X: A Decade of... ====
 [[Intense Records]] (FLD9495)
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 Oso ([[Jimmy P. Brown II]]) - Vocals, guitar, keyboards\\
 Tiburon - Guitar\\
-Wolfie - Bass\\
+Wolfie (Manny Morales) - Bass\\
 Flaco (Jeff Mason) - Drums, percussion
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 Retroactive Records (RAR7834)
-  - Narration
+  - [narration]
-  - Who Will Save the Children
+  - Who Will Save the Children (//Ghetto Blaster Sessions// 1985)
-  - Stand Up and Fight
+  - Stand Up and Fight (//Ghetto Blaster Sessions// 1985)
-  - Narration
+  - [narration]
-  - No Time
+  - No Time (//Demo #1// 1986)
-  - Narration
+  - [narration]
-  - Talk From the Stage
+  - Talk From the Stage (live in 1986)
-  - Fortress
+  - Fortress (live in 1986)
-  - Deliverance
+  - Deliverance (live in 1986)
-  - Narration
+  - [narration]
-  - Attack
+  - Attack (//California Metal// rough mix 1987)
-  - A Space Called You
+  - A Space Called You (//California Metal// rough mix 1987)
-  - Narration
+  - [narration]
-  - Hold on Tightly
+  - Hold on Tightly ([[Intense Records]] Demo 1988)
-  - J.I.G.
+  - J.I.G. ([[Intense Records]] Demo 1988)
-  - Temporary Insanity
+  - Temporary Insanity ([[Intense Records]] Demo 1988)
 Originally a self-released tape sold at shows by the band.\\
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+==== Live at Cornerstone 2001 ====
+[[Magdalene Records]] (M8D-1120)
+[[Jimmy P. Brown II]] - Vocals, guitars, kazoo\\
+Lael Conan - Guitars, jug\\
+David Gilbreath - Keyboards, backing vocals, washboard\\
+Manny Morales - 5 string bass, backing vocals, jaw harp\\
+Ian Baird - Drums, spoons
+Jim Calvert - Backing vocals, slide whistle
+  - Intro
+  - Stay of Execution
+  - Introductions
+  - No Time
+  - Learn
+  - What a Joke
+  - Belltown
+  - Psalm 23
+  - Weapons of Our Warfare
+  - Thanks
+  - Victory
+  - Words to the...
+  - Sanctuary
+------
+==== Greetings of Death, etc. ====
+[[Magdalene Records]] (MR1013)\\
+Retroactive Records (RAR7835)
+  - Victory
+  - Greetings of Death
+  - No Time
+  - J.I.G (Jesus Is God)
+  - Speckled Bird
+  - Awake
+  - Attack
+  - A Space Called You
+  - Weapons of Our Warfare
+  - This Present Darkness
+  - Greetings of Death
+  - Rescue
+  - Slay the Wicked
+  - Solitude
+  - 23
+  - Radio Interview (1992)
+Tracks 1-6 taken from their first demo //Greeting of Death//\\
+Tracks 7-8 are alternate mixes of the tracks released on the //California Metal// compilation\\
+Tracks 9-15 taken from the //Weapons of Our Warfare// demo\\
+Track 16 is a radio interview with [[Jimmy P. Brown II]]
+------
+==== As Above - So Below ====
+[[Retroactive Records]] (RAR7833)
+[[Jimmy P. Brown II]] - Vocals, guitar\\
+Mike Phillips - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar\\
+Tim Kronyak - Bass guitar\\
+Mike Reed - Drums
+Kevin Lee - Drums on tracks 2, 6, and 7\\
+Produce by [[Jimmy P. Brown II]] and Mike Phillips
+  - Legum Servi Sumus Ut Liberi Esse Possimus (Intro) (3:39)
+  - Cause & Effect (4:03)
+  - Return To Form (4:05)
+  - As Above - So Below (4:46)
+  - Screaming (4:33)
+  - Should We Cross Paths (4:02
+  - Contempt (4:02)
+  - Thistles (11:21)
+  - My Love (4:59)
+  - Enlightened (5:32)
+------
+==== Hear What I Say! ====
+3 Frogz Records / [[Roxx Records]] (RRCD-DEL02)\\
+Retroactive Records (RRCD1494) (CD, vinyl re-issue)
+[[Jimmy P. Brown II]] - Vocals; rhythm guitars; bass, keyboards, and drum programming on "Nude"\\
+Michael Phillips - Lead guitars, acoustic guitars "A Perfect Sky"\\
+Manny Morales - Bass\\
+Jayson Sherlock - Drums, percussion
+  - Liber 111 (Intro)
+  - The Annals of Subterfuge
+  - Angst
+  - Hope Lies Beyond
+  - Detox
+  - Nude
+  - Passing
+  - A Perfect Sky
+  - Where Eagles Dare (Iron Maiden Cover)
+  - Entgiftung (German Version Of "Detox")
+== 2019 Reissue Bonus Track ==
+  - Spieluhr (Rammstein cover)
+------
+==== The Subversive Kind ====
+[[Roxx Records]] (RRCD-DEL004)\\
+[[Retroactive Records]] (RRCD1683)
+[[Jimmy P. Brown II]] - Lead vocals, guitar\\
+Glenn Rogers - Lead Guitar\\
+Victor Macias - Bass\\
+Jim Chaffin - Drums
+Produced by [[Jimmy P. Brown II]]
+  - Bring 'Em Down
+  - Concept of the Other
+  - Center of It All
+  - The Black Hand
+  - Epilogue
+  - Listen Closely
+  - The Subversive Kind
+  - The Fold
+== 2024 Reissue Bonus Tracks ==
+  - C-One-9
+  - Paraphrased
+------
+==== Camelot in Smithereens Redux ====
+[[Roxx Records]] (RRCD1625)
+Jimmy P. Brown II - Vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, keyboards\\
+Nuncio Tucci - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar\\
+Manny Morales (Wolfie) - 5-string bass, 6-string bass\\
+Phil Borerro - Drums, percussion
+George Ochoa - Lead guitar solo on "Somber Theme"\\
+Larry Farkas - Lead guitar solo on "Lindsay" and "Make My Bed in Hell"\\
+Mike Phillips - Lead guitar solo on "Not2Good4Me"\\
+Glenn Rogers - Lead guitar solo on "Make My Bed in Hell"\\
+Billie Sylvain - Voice actor\\
+Brendan Stewart - Voice actor\\
+Craig Marshall - Voice actor\\
+Erin Mayer - Voice actor\\
+Ewan Gurr - Voice actor
+  - The Glass Asylum (1:02)
+  - Somber Theme (5:13)
+  - Enter (0:43)
+  - Lindsay (5:02)
+  - Temptation (0:13)
+  - Not2Good4Me (5:29)
+  - Anymore (4:30)
+  - The Foreword (1:16)
+  - The Book Ends (7:14)
+  - Beauty & the Beast (David Bowie cover) (3:45)
+  - The Fear (0:27)
+  - Make My Bed in Hell (4:28)
+  - Onto the... (0:27)
+  - The Red Roof (4:34)
+  - Rest Now (1:18)
+  - In-U (5:40)
+This is a re-recording of their 1995 version with voice actors filling in the story. It was released as a one disc version on CD, vinyl, and cassette, as well as a 3-CD box set that had the original album remastered on disc 2 and then a making of DVD for the third disc.
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+==== Compilation Appearances ====
+//**California Metal**// (1987 [[Regency Records]])\\
+) A Space Called You (3:51)\\
+) Attack (3:44)
+//**I Predict a Clone - A Steve Taylor Tribute**// 1994 [[R.E.X. Music]])\\
+) On the Fritz (3:38 )
+//**Rock - The Brainstorm Rock Collection**// (1994 [[Brainstorm Artists International]])\\
+) I Thought
+{{tag>thrash_metal alternative_metal california united_states 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995}}