# Ungod

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{{about|The industrial rock album|the death metal album|Ungod (Morgoth album)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name         = Ungod
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Stabbing Westward](/source/Stabbing_Westward)
| cover        = Ungod.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = February 15, 1994
| recorded     = 1993
| studio       = Eden Studios, London, England
| genre        =
* [Industrial rock](/source/Industrial_rock)
* [alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock)
| length       = 53:03
| label        = [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records)
| producer     = [John Fryer](/source/John_Fryer_(music))
| prev_title   = Iwo Jesus
| prev_year    = 1992
| next_title   = [Wither Blister Burn & Peel](/source/Wither_Blister_Burn_%26_Peel)
| next_year    = 1996
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Ungod
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Violent Mood Swings
 | single1date = December 1, 1993
 | single2     = Control
 | single2date = 1994
 | single3     = Lies
 | single3date = November 1, 1994
 | single4     = Nothing
 | single4date = 1994
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r199373|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev2      = ''[Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine))''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Schäfer|first=Wolfgang|title=Rock Hard review|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=5343|publisher=[Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine))|work=issue 82|access-date=May 22, 2013|language=de}}</ref>
|rev3 = [Sputnikmusic](/source/Sputnikmusic)
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.3|5}}<ref>[https://www.sputnikmusic.com/album/18579/Stabbing-Westward-Ungod/ Sputnikmusic review]</ref>
}}

'''''Ungod''''' is the debut album by American [industrial rock](/source/industrial_rock) band [Stabbing Westward](/source/Stabbing_Westward). The album was recorded in six weeks in [Chiswick](/source/Chiswick), UK, in 1993, and released by [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records) on February 15, 1994. With adequate album sales and touring with the likes of [Depeche Mode](/source/Depeche_Mode), a second album, ''[Wither Blister Burn & Peel](/source/Wither_Blister_Burn_%26_Peel)'', was released in 1996. The guitar line in the chorus of the song "Ungod" was later used in [Filter](/source/Filter_(band))'s song "[Hey Man Nice Shot](/source/Hey_Man_Nice_Shot)" in 1995. Stuart Zechman, who was also playing guitar for Filter at the time, took the riff and showed it to Stabbing Westward who ended up using it as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SW Faq |url=http://www.musicfanclubs.org/stabbingwestward/faq.html |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=www.musicfanclubs.org}}</ref>

== Reception ==
In 2005, ''Ungod'' was ranked number 425 in ''[Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine))'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[Rock Hard](/source/Rock_Hard_(magazine))|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=40}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| title1          = Lost
| writer1         = Zechman, Hall, Suycott
| length1         = 3:21
| title2          = Control
| writer2         = Zechman, Hall
| length2         = 3:39
| title3          = Nothing
| writer3         = Zechman, Hall
| length3         = 4:50
| title4          = ACF
| writer4         = Zechman, Hall
| length4         = 4:43
| title5          = Lies
| writer5         = Zechman, Hall, Suycott, Sellers, Flakus
| length5         = 4:43
| title6          = Ungod
| writer6         = Zechman, Hall
| length6         = 7:43
| title7          = Throw
| writer7         = Zechman, Hall
| length7         = 5:24
| title8          = Violent Mood Swings
| writer8         = Zechman, Hall, Suycott, Sellers, Flakus
| length8         = 5:12
| title9          = Red On White
| writer9         = Zechman
| length9         = 5:20
| title10         = Can't Happen Here
| writer10        = Zechman, Hall, Suycott, Sellers, Flakus
| length10        = 8:26
| total_length    = 53:26
}}

== Personnel ==
* [Christopher Hall](/source/Christopher_Hall_(musician)) – vocals, keyboards
* Stuart Zechman – guitars, bass
* Jim Sellers – bass
* Walter Flakus – keyboards
* David Suycott – drums, percussion

== Appearances ==
*The "Thread Mix" of "Violent Mood Swings" was featured in the [soundtrack](/source/Clerks%3A_Music_from_the_Motion_Picture) to the 1994 film ''[Clerks](/source/Clerks_(film))''.
*The song "Nothing" appeared in the movie ''[Bad Boys](/source/Bad_Boys_(1995_film))'' in 1995, but was not featured on the official soundtrack album. The song also accompanied the end credits of the 1995 film ''[Johnny Mnemonic](/source/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film))'' and was included on the film's soundtrack, along with the song "Lost".
*The songs "Lost", "Lies", and "Can't Happen Here" were included in the 1995 film ''[Mortal Kombat](/source/Mortal_Kombat_(1995_film))'', but were not included on the [official soundtrack](/source/Mortal_Kombat_(soundtrack)).

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Stabbing Westward}}

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Category:1994 debut albums
Category:Albums produced by John Fryer (producer)
Category:Columbia Records albums
Category:Stabbing Westward albums

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