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Deliverance (disambiguation)

Deliverance may refer to:* Deliverance , by James Dickey, the basis for the 1972 film* Deliverance Island , a small island in the Torres Strait Queensland, AustraliaMovies:...

 for other uses of this title.

Deliverance is the 1989 self titled debut album by the Christian

Christian metal

Christian metal, also known as white metal, is a form of heavy metal music usually defined by its message in a song's lyrics as well as the band's dedication to Christianity...

 speed

Speed metal

Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....

/thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band Deliverance. The original Intense Records

Intense Records

Intense Records was an independent record label whose releases were mostly in the metal genre. Intense was bought out in 1989 by Frontline Records and became an imprint of that company...

 pressing is now considered a valuable collectable. It was reissued, minus 2 songs in 1998 on KMG Records

KMG Records

KMG Records was a Christian record label. The label was established in 1997 by Buddy Killen as a subunit of the Killen Music Group / Buddy Killen Enterprises and sold in late 1998 to Cal Turner III, who is related to the Cal Turner of Dollar General stores...

 as a 2 disc set along with the 1990 album Weapons of Our Warfare

Weapons of Our Warfare

Weapons of Our Warfare is an album released by the Christian speed/thrash metal band Deliverance and is considered by many to be the band's magnum opus. The album was originally released in 1990 on Intense Records and printings from that release are very rare and considered collector's items. The...

. It was officially re-released late 2008 on Retroactive Records. The album was ranked at number 44 on Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer

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 magazine's top 50 thrash metal albums of all time list. In 2010, HM Magazine listed Deliverance #31 on its Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of All Time list stating that "'If You Will' into 'The Call' is almost as good as metal gets (-Doug Van Pelt)” and that "this record would forever change and impact me and the Christian metal music scene as we knew it!"(-Bill Balford). Heaven's Metal fanzine ranked it #3 on its Top 100 Christian metal albums of all time list.

Track listing

1. "Victory" 3:44
2. "No Time" 4:28
3. "Deliverance" 3:03
4. "If You Will" 4:23
5. "The Call" 4:10
6. "No Love" 3:30
7. "Blood of the Covenant" 4:50
8. "Jehovah Jireh" 3:35
9. "Temporary Insanity" 5:25 (missing on KMG Classic Archives Value Pak)
10. "Awake" 6:03 (missing on KMG Classic Archives Value Pak)

Personnel

• Jimmy P. Brown II - vocals, guitars
• Glenn Rogers - guitars
• Brian Khairullah - bass guitar
• Chris Hyde - drums