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| Bigger than the Devil | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 18, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Crossover thrash,groove metal | |||
| Length | 39:33 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Tim Gilles | |||
| Stormtroopers of Death chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Bigger than the Devil is the second album bycrossover thrash bandStormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.). The album was released in May 1999 on theNuclear Blast label. Its cover design is based onIron Maiden's 1982 albumThe Number of the Beast and its title is a play on words onThe Beatles memberJohn Lennon proclaiming The Beatles were "bigger (more popular) than Jesus Christ".
Subsequent releases have included both the entireSeasoning the ObeseEP—incorporating both tracks "Seasoning the Obese" and "Raise Your Sword"—as well as the "Ballad of the Scorpions" (originally released simply as "Rock You Like a Hurricane" on 2000s "A Tribute to the Scorpions"), bringing the total number of tracks to 28.
"Seasoning the Obese" is a reference to theSlayer song/albumSeasons in the Abyss, whereas "Celtic Frosted Flakes" is a reference to the Swiss extreme metal bandCeltic Frost and "L.A.T.K.C.H" stands for "Limp Against the Korn Chamber Head",[2] a reference to variousnu metal andalternative metal bands such asLimp Bizkit,Rage Against the Machine,Korn,Coal Chamber andMachine Head.
"Ballad of Michael H." referencesMichael Hutchence and interpolatesINXS' "Need You Tonight".
Anthrax's song "Imitation of Life" on the albumAmong the Living used the guitar riff from the intro and outro of "Aren't You Hungry?" Subsequently the thrash bandM.O.D. used a different riff on their recording of the S.O.D. song.
All tracks written byStormtroopers of Death
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bigger than the Devil" | 2:29 |
| 2. | "The Crackhead Song" | 1:47 |
| 3. | "Kill the Assholes" | 2:51 |
| 4. | "Monkeys Rule" | 1:46 |
| 5. | "Skool Bus" | 0:36 |
| 6. | "King at the King / Evil Is In" | 2:20 |
| 7. | "Black War" | 2:26 |
| 8. | "Celtic Frosted Flakes" | 1:15 |
| 9. | "Charlie Don't Cheat" | 0:24 |
| 10. | "The Song That Don't Go Fast" | 1:52 |
| 11. | "Shenanigans" | 2:17 |
| 12. | "Dog on the Tracks" | 0:04 |
| 13. | "Xerox" | 0:54 |
| 14. | "Make Room, Make Room" | 3:31 |
| 15. | "Free Dirty Needles" | 2:36 |
| 16. | "Fugu" | 0:07 |
| 17. | "Noise That's What" | 1:11 |
| 18. | "We All Bleed Red" | 2:33 |
| 19. | "Frankenstein and His Horse" | 0:21 |
| 20. | "Every Tiny Molecule" | 1:03 |
| 21. | "Aren't You Hungry?" | 3:18 |
| 22. | "L.A.T.K.C.H." | 0:27 |
| 23. | "Ballad of Michael H." | 0:13 |
| 24. | "Ballad of Phil H." | 0:08 |
| 25. | "Moment of Truth" | 3:04 |
| Total length: | 39:33 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 26. | "Seasoning the Obese" | 2:42 |
| 27. | "Raise Your Sword" | 4:12 |
| 28. | "Ballad of the Scorpions" | 0:19 |
