Psalm 9 (album)
| Psalm 9 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 1984 | |||
| Recorded | February 1984 | |||
| Studio | Track Record Studios (Los Angeles, California) | |||
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| Length | 39:15 (original) 43:15 (reissues) | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Trouble, Bill Metoyer, and Brian Slagel | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Blistering | (favourable) |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10 |
| Rock Hard | 3.0/10 |
| Sea of Tranquility | |
Psalm 9 is the debut studio album by American doom metal band Trouble, released by Metal Blade Records in March 1984. The album was originally released eponymously and later renamed to Psalm 9 after the release of the band's fourth studio album, which was their 1990 self-titled release. Along with Saint Vitus' self-titled debut album from the same year, Psalm 9 is considered by many critics to be one of the first doom metal releases.
The album has been released on CD on several occasions: in 1991 by Metal Blade Records, both by itself and bundled with Trouble's second studio album The Skull (1985), one year after the release of then-current album Trouble; remastered using the original master tapes and reissued again by Metal Blade in 1994 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of its release; remastered and reissued by Escapi Music on October 26, 2006 with a bonus DVD containing video footage of the band from 1982; and remastered and reissued by Hammerheart Records, cooperating alongside Trouble, Inc., on May 20, 2020.