While most of their later albums focused more on politics and society in general, the lyrical content of
Doomsday for the Deceiver is centered around themes related to history and literature, as well as
Satanism and the
occult. "She Took an Axe" relates the story of
Lizzie Borden, who had been suspected of murdering her parents in 1892, and has a
jump-rope rhyme written about her at the time as a refrain. "Der Fuhrer" refers to
Adolf Hitler; the lyrics are more or less a story about him, in which he is portrayed as being evil and a "demon", but were not meant to be sympathetic towards Hitler or the
Nazi Party. The album was re-released in 2006, including a re-mixed and re-mastered version, DVD, and original release. This album was the first of only a handful to ever receive a 6K rating from the influential British magazine
Kerrang!. The album cover can be seen in the 1988 movie
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers. ==Reception and awards==