Bigger than the Devil is the third release by crossover thrash

Crossover thrash

__FORCETOC__Crossover thrash, often abbreviated to crossover, is a form of thrash metal that contains more hardcore punk elements than standard thrash. The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and punk rock...

 band Stormtroopers of Death

Stormtroopers of Death

Stormtroopers of Death, better known as S.O.D., was a crossover thrash band formed in New York in 1985. They are commonly credited as being among the first bands to fuse hardcore punk with thrash metal into a style sometimes called "crossover thrash." The song "March of the S.O.D.," from their 1985...

 (S.O.D.). The album was released in May 1999 on the Nuclear Blast label. Its cover design is based on Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

's The Number of the Beast

The Number of the Beast (album)

The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 29 March 1982 through EMI and on its sister label Capitol the US. The 1998 re-issue was released by EMI and Sanctuary/Columbia in the US...

and its title is a play of words on The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 member John Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

 proclaiming the Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 were "bigger (more popular) than

More popular than Jesus

Angry reactions flared up in August 1966, after John Lennon's remark that The Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus" was quoted by the American teen magazine, Datebook. Lennon originally made the remark when an English newspaper reporter, Maureen Cleave, interviewed him at home for a...

 Jesus Christ".

Subsequent releases have included both the entire Seasoning The Obese EP

Extended play

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 -- 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 the Scorpions Tribute Album), bringing the total number of tracks to 28.

Seasoning The Obese is a reference to the Slayer

Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...

 song/album Seasons in the Abyss

Seasons in the Abyss

Seasons in the Abyss is the fifth studio album by the thrash metal band Slayer. It was released on October 9, 1990 through Def American Records, and later through American Recordings after the company changed its name. The album's recording sessions began in January 1990...

, whereas Celtic Frosted Flakes is a reference to the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost was a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal genres. The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again...

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Track listing

All tracks written by Stormtroopers of Death

Stormtroopers of Death

Stormtroopers of Death, better known as S.O.D., was a crossover thrash band formed in New York in 1985. They are commonly credited as being among the first bands to fuse hardcore punk with thrash metal into a style sometimes called "crossover thrash." The song "March of the S.O.D.," from their 1985...

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

Bonus tracks on later releases

26. "Seasoning the Obese" – 2:42
27. "Raise Your Sword" – 4:12
28. "Ballad Of The Scorpions" - 0:19

Credits

• Billy Milano
  Billy Milano
  Billy Milano is a Bronx-born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas. He was the singer, guitarist, and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death....
  
   – vocals
• Scott Ian
  Scott Ian
  Scott Ian Rosenfeld , better known by the stage name Scott Ian, is an American musician, best known as the rhythm & lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax. Ian is also the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death...
  
   – guitars, backing vocals
• Dan Lilker
  Dan Lilker
  Dan Lilker is a musician from the United States, most known as a bass player, but also guitarist, pianist, drummer and vocalist...
  
   – bass, backing vocals
• Charlie Benante
  Charlie Benante
  Charlie Benante is the drummer for the heavy metal bands Anthrax and Stormtroopers of Death .- Career :...
  
  – drums, guitar solo on "Moment Of Truth"