Saint Vitus (album)

Saint Vitus
Studio album by
ReleasedEarly 1984
Recorded16 and 17 August 1982
StudioTotal Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
GenreDoom metal
Length35:41
LabelSST
ProducerDez Cadena, Joe Carducci, SPOT, Saint Vitus
Saint Vitus chronology
Saint Vitus
(1984)
Hallow's Victim
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10

Saint Vitus is the debut album by the American doom metal band Saint Vitus, released in early 1984 via SST Records. According to Dave Chandler, the album was recorded in 1982, but was delayed by nearly two years, due to a lawsuit that SST was involved in. It was released on both vinyl and cassette, and later on CD; all three formats are currently difficult to find. "White Magic/Black Magic" and "Saint Vitus" are included on the compilation album Heavier Than Thou. Along with Trouble's Psalm 9, Saint Vitus is considered by many critics one of the first doom metal albums to be released.

"Burial at Sea" was later recorded by Goatsnake and released on their Trampled Under Hoof EP.