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Blonde Vinyl Memorial
Deitiphobia
Deitiphobia is considered to be one of the first Christian Industrial bands to be released in the Christian market. Their sound has a heavy techno/dance feel to it on the Blonde Vinyl albums, even though guitars were added on later releases.

Deitiphobia is also the center of the Slava universe. Slava music was originally a mail order distributor and demo production house that quickly became a sub-label of Blonde Vinyl.

  Deitiphobia

Pre-Blonde Vinyl Career

Deitiphobia started out as a group called Donderfliegen, which is a made up word that they felt sound like a German word for “Darn that fly.” They recorded a cassette demo called Digital Priests that quickly became a collector’s item. They apparently changed their name to Deitiphobia when some suggested that Donderfliegen had Nazi overtones.

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Digital Priests (by Donderfliegan)
Slava Music (1990)
Produced by Donderfliegen

Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
Brent Stackhouse – writing, vocals, programming, artwork
01) Red Society 4:56 Deitiphobia
02) The World From an Altar 4:33 Deitiphobia
03) Dance on My Creation 3:51 Deitiphobia
04) Graveyards (are fot the dead) 4:41 Deitiphobia
05) …and there were mystic voices 5:53 Deitiphobia
06) Have Mercy 4:56 Deitiphobia
07) Attack the City Walls 5:56 Deitiphobia
08) Love Among Thieves 6:16 Deitiphobia
09) What Faith? 6:25 Deitiphobia

Other Information:
Re-issued later on M8 records.

Blonde Vinyl Releases

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Fear of God
BVCD3342 (1991)
Produced by Deitiphobia

Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
Brent Stackhouse – vocals, programming

Alexei the Russian – additional vocals on “A.O.G.L.X.E.M.I.X”
Heather Stackhouse – additional vocals on “Communion”
01) Crucifixion of Will 3:29 Shaw
02) My Sins are Gone 0:05
03) Tripizoidal 0:58
04) SPILL! 5:15 Shaw / Stackhouse
05) Architekt = X 3:51 Shaw / Stackhouse
06) Digital Symphony Opus 1 0:21
07) Dancing Messiah 5:04 Stackhouse
08) Communion 4:30 Shaw / Stackhouse
09) Ethereal Worship Sequence 0:57
10) A.O.G. 4:39 Shaw
11) Jesu Christe Network 0:19
12) Altitude 0 4:06 Stackhouse
13) Target: Humanity 4:27 Shaw
14) Lost in Light 0:12
15) I Tore the Sky 3:25 Shaw
16) Liars and Fools 4:41 Stackhouse
17) A.O.G.L.X.E.M.I.X 7:03 Shaw
18) Architekt = X (Sigma 7 Mix) 6:10 Shaw / Stackhouse

Other information:
Fear of God was entirely written between April and August of 1991. Only three songs (“Crucifixion of Will,” “SPILL!,” and “I Tore the Sky”) were ever performed under the band’s previous name, donderfliegen (which means nothing literally in any language but to the band meant “darn that fly”, related to Satan as Lord of the Flies). At Cornerstone ’91, the band felt that God was telling them to clarify their image and message which led them to the name change. The focus of this album is on God as revealed through the Bible, and through sharing the Gospel. Though this type of music is unusual, the Lord has blessed the ministry that Wally and Brent have been involved in.
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Digital Priests – the remixes
BVCD3462 (1992)
Produced by Deitiphobia

Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
Brent Stackhouse – vocals, programming
01) Red Society 4:48 Deitiphobia
02) The World From an Altar 4:36 Deitiphobia
03) Dance on My Creation 3:48 Deitiphobia
04) Graveyards 3:23 Deitiphobia
05) Mystic Voices 5:08 Deitiphobia
06) Have Mercy 4:44 Deitiphobia
07) Attack the City Walls 3:40 Deitiphobia
08) What Faith? 5:54 Deitiphobia
09) Bow to the Cross 2:09 Deitiphobia
10) Forgiven 5:54 Deitiphobia
11) Battleground 7:13 Deitiphobia
12) Almost Gone (I.V.) 4:32 Deitiphobia
13) Attack the City Walls (Mastermix) 4:36 Deitiphobia

Other information:
Digital Priests was originally released by donderfliegen during the summer of 1991 as an independent cassette. Only 250 were manufactured and fewer than that were sold. Judging from the mail that we received asking for some of those songs, we decided to re-release them (sort of) on a much larger scale. We have upgraded some of them and added some of our more current material. The entire project has been revamped, re-recorded, and re-mastered. This is not a follow-up to our debut, Fear of God, but instead a kind of experimental collection of past and present donderfliegen/Deitiphobia. Enjoy.

Brent Stackhouse was also in Wigtop and X-Propagation at this time.

Blonde Vinyl Compilation Appearances

Deitiphobia Video: Crucifixion of Will

Deitiphobia Live Cornerstone 1992

Post-Blonde Vinyl Career

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Clean
Myx Records (1994)
Produced by Wally Shaw

Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
Sheri Shaw – keyboards, vocals
Josh Plemon – guitars, percussion
Luke Mazzeri – keyboards, sub enforcement
Michael Knott – Guitars and vocals on “Vivid” and “Ancient”
Monique Swaback – Prayer on “Clean”
Janet Chalupnik/Judge Nothing – Gang shouts on “The Shake (Part 1 [Body])”
01) The Shake (Part 1 [Body]) 5:08 Deitiphobia
02) Take the Sin 4:31 Deitiphobia
03) Hypnotique 2:47 Deitiphobia
04) Ancient 5:16 Deitiphobia
05) Redemption Draweth Nigh 4:08 Deitiphobia
06) Vivid 3:52 Deitiphobia
07) Clean 3:16 Deitiphobia
08) Go Prone 4:20 Deitiphobia
09) The Shake (Part II [Brother]) 4:52 Deitiphobia
10) Enraptured 5:37 Deitiphobia
11) Perfect Eyes 4:38 Deitiphobia
12) Redemption (k-otic mix) 4:18 Deitiphobia
13) Perfect Eyes (20/20 mix) 7:48 Deitiphobia
14) Transmission v. 1.1 0:00

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Fear of the Digital Remix
Myx Records (1995)
Produced by Michael Knott

Michael Knott – Digitally Edited Remixer
01) TV 3:53 Deitiphobia
02) Blind Hate 3:20 Deitiphobia
03) Exorcist 4:38 Deitiphobia
04) Need 4:08 Deitiphobia
05) Religious Fanatic 4:52 Deitiphobia
06) Mastermind 2:18 Deitiphobia
07) Wilbur 4:21 Deitiphobia
08) The Late Pastor Harry Dean 3:36 Deitiphobia
09) Arc 3:50 Deitiphobia
10) B-Movie 2:52 Deitiphobia
11) Vamp Jesus 2:37 Deitiphobia

Liner Notes:
All songs on this project were originally written and recorded by DEITIPHOBIA. They were creatively procured and extracted, then digitally spindled, folded, and otherwise manipulated until they hardly bore a resemblance to the original masters (Fear of God, Blonde Vinyl, 1991 and Digital Priests: the remixes, Blonde Vinyl, 1992). By adding his misunderstood genius, Michael Knott was able to create a veritable plethora of new and interesting sounds. Think of it as a sonic painting using the sounds of DEITIPHOBIA as the colors. The collage contained on this album is his creation as a tip of the hat between friends.

Wally Shaw and his wife formed an industrial metal band called Massivivid in 1996.

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Fear of God
Flaming Fish Music (1998)
Produced by Deitiphobia

Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
Brent Stackhouse – vocals, programming

Alexei the Russian – additional vocals on “A.O.G.L.X.E.M.I.X”
Heather Stackhouse – additional vocals on “Communion”
Adam Smasher – trash guitar on “Crucifixion of Will (DEITIdemo)”
01) Crucifixion of Will 3:29 Shaw
02) My Sins are Gone / Tripizoidal 1:03
03) SPILL! 5:15 Shaw / Stackhouse
04) Architekt = X 3:51 Shaw / Stackhouse
05) Digital Symphony Opus 1 0:21
06) Dancing Messiah 5:04 Stackhouse
07) Communion 4:30 Shaw / Stackhouse
08) Ethereal Worship Sequence 0:57
09) A.O.G. 4:39 Shaw
10) Jesu Christe Network 0:19
11) Altitude 0 4:06 Stackhouse
12) Target: Humanity 4:27 Shaw
13) Lost in Light 0:12
14) I Tore the Sky 3:25 Shaw
15) Liars and Fools 4:41 Stackhouse
16) A.O.G.L.X.E.M.I.X 7:03 Shaw
17) Architekt = X (Sigma 7 Mix) 6:10 Shaw / Stackhouse
Re-issue bonus songs:
18) Crucifixion of Will (DEITIdemo) 5:09 Shaw
19) My Jesus Is Real (Phobia vs. MC White-E) 5:27 Deitiphobia
20) I Tore the Sky (DEITIdemo) 3:29 Deitiphobia

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Digital Priests – the remixes
Flaming Fish Music (1998)
Produced by Deitiphobia

Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
Brent Stackhouse – vocals, programming

Simon O’Leary – featured on “Graveyards Are for the Dead (Donderdemo)”
01) Red Society 4:48 Deitiphobia
02) The World From an Altar 4:36 Deitiphobia
03) Dance on My Creation 3:48 Deitiphobia
04) Graveyards 3:23 Deitiphobia
05) Mystic Voices 5:08 Deitiphobia
06) Have Mercy 4:44 Deitiphobia
07) Attack the City Walls 3:40 Deitiphobia
08) What Faith? 5:54 Deitiphobia
09) Bow to the Cross 2:09 Deitiphobia
10) Forgiven 5:54 Deitiphobia
11) Battleground 7:13 Deitiphobia
12) Almost Gone (I.V.) 4:32 Deitiphobia
13) Attack the City Walls (Mastermix) 4:36 Deitiphobia
Re-issue bonus songs:
14) Fluid 3:43 Deitiphobia
15) Graveyards Are for the Dead (Donderdemo) 3:56 Deitiphobia
16) Love Among Thieves (Donderdemo) 5:26 Deitiphobia

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Lo:Fi vs. Sci:Fi
N-Soul/Eclectica Music (1999)
Produced by Deitiphobia

Sheri Shaw – keyboards, vocals
Wil Foster – keyboards
Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
01) Humanifesto 3:32 Deitiphobia
02) Hurler Avec les Loups 1:01 Graeme Udd / W. Shaw
03) SpitStatic 4:25 Deitiphobia
04) Disembarking 0:33 Graeme Udd / W. Shaw
05) Episinner 3:47 Deitiphobia
06) Electronomicon 1:08 Graeme Udd / W. Shaw
07) Tripwire 4:53 Deitiphobia
08) [unlisted] 0:51 Deitiphobia
09) SoldierSoul 5:21 Deitiphobia
10) Transmission 4:01 Deitiphobia
11) Publick! 0:38 Graeme Udd / W. Shaw
12) SaviorSelf 4:53 Deitiphobia
13) MagnesiumBlue 4:43 Deitiphobia
14) EBN 1:04 Graeme Udd / W. Shaw
15) Persist:Resist 4:15 Deitiphobia
16) Coelocanthe 3:55 Deitiphobia
17) Charyatid 11:42 Deitiphobia
18) Retrofit 3:30 Deitiphobia
19) [Publick! (reprise – deep intellectual poem)] 3:57 Deitiphobia

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Viviphobia – Medium.Rare
Mp3.com (2000)
01) Deitiphobia A.O.G. 4:36 Shaw
02) Deitiphobia Fluid 3:40 Deitiphobia
03) Deitiphobia She Won’t Be Home 3:00 Andy Bell / Vince Clarke
04) Donderfleigen What Faith? 5:16 Deitiphobia
05) Massivivid Flesh:wound (Q101) 3:23 Shaw
06) Vivid Cobalt 4:17 Shaw
07) Vivid …A Hand Brushed By Tired Eyes 3:36 Shaw
08) Vivid Unmade 6:08 Shaw
09) Vivid Flesh:wound 4:00 Shaw
10) Vivid Crop Circles 4:41 Shaw
11) Vivid Deep Heaven 3:00 Shaw
12) Vivid Drop 5:44 Shaw
13) Deitiphobia Turn 4:15 Simon O’Leary / Deitiphobia

Other Information:
This album is a collection of demos and miscellaneous tracks by Deitiphobia and Massivivid.
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Persist!Remix! V1.0
Mp3.com (2000)
01) Tripwire [Smudge] 4:50 Deitiphobia Remixed by Adam Smasher
02) Persist:Resist [Compulsion] 5:00 Deitiphobia Remixed by Adam Smasher
03) Tripwire [Greymatter] 6:36 Deitiphobia Remixed by Adam Smasher
04) Magnesium Blue [Balance] 6:59 Deitiphobia Remixed by pH Balance
05) Spit Static (504 Remix V1.0) 5:44 Deitiphobia Remixed by Tears Of Technology

Other Information:
Wally Shaw ran a remix competition on MP3.com in 2000, where he released source material to certain songs under the name DPHB3K. After the competition, three subsequent versions of this remix album were released on MP3.com. The track listing above is for version 1.0.
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Donderfliegan: Digital Priests 1990
M8 (2001)
Produced by Donderfliegen

Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards, percussion
Brent Stackhouse – writing, vocals, programming, artwork
01) Red Society 4:58 Deitiphobia
02) The World from an Altar 4:36 Deitiphobia
03) Dance on My Creation 3:55 Deitiphobia
04) Graveyards 4:44 Deitiphobia
05) Attack the City Walls 6:00 Deitiphobia
06) Have Mercy 4:59 Deitiphobia
07) Love Among Thieves 6:19 Deitiphobia
08) …And There Were Mystic Voices… 5:56 Deitiphobia
09) What Faith? 6:28 Deitiphobia
Re-issue bonus song:
10) Almost Gone 4:36 Deitiphobia

Liner Notes:
All of these tracks were recently uncovered from the original
Donderfliegen recording sessions. The first nine of them were released
in a limited run of 250 cassettes in 1991. They have not been touched
since. Here they are in their original versions… unedited,
unabridged, unabashed. This is POST:Nuclear.rocknroll v1.0.
“Almost Gone” featuring Brent Stackhouse is previously unreleased – from original demo. “Love
Among Thieves” is in its much sought after original version, with
vocals. This song has been under wraps for over a decade.
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Sweet:Hereafter
Independent (2007)

Other Information:
The Wikipedia entry for Deitiphobia states that in 2007 Wil Foster and Wally Shaw independently released this Deitiphobia compilation album. No other details are available.

Deitiphobia Links

Older comments on “Deitiphobia”

  1. Chris Corlew on October 10, 2008 at 10:20 am said:

    I bought ‘Fear Of God’ on cassette in 1991 and I still have it somewhere. It’s getting a little worn but still kicks. I made a copy of it for a friend who was in a ‘home for wayward teens’. It quickly became the biggest album there.

  2. Industrial man that likes pop and rap on January 28, 2009 at 10:00 pm said:

    I love these guys….. because I know them inside and out.

  3. Glenn Howell on February 10, 2009 at 10:49 am said:

    One of the greatest industrial outfits never known.

  4. mike fox on July 01, 2009 at 12:42 pm said:

    I like them but their music is hard to find, I have a hew of their tapes from the 90’s and they are still amazing.

  5. Jeff on November 08, 2009 at 04:41 pm said:

    I saw them at Cornerstone ’91. I am still blown away by how good they were.

  6. Christo de Wet on February 15, 2012 at 12:34 pm said:

    Here from South Africa and love there music, not so easy to find there new stuff!!!

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