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Danzig 5: Blackacidevil is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Danzig. It was released in 1996 on Hollywood Records, and was reissued through E Magine Records in 2000 with three extra tracks. The album sees the band shift to a largely industrial based sound.

The album is the first recorded by Danzig after its departure from producer Rick Rubin's record label, American Recordings. It is also the first album recorded after the demise of the "classic" lineup featuring John Christ, Eerie Von, and Chuck Biscuits. Only the band's leader Glenn Danzig remained, backed by drummer Joey Castillo, who had joined the band in 1994 immediately after the departure of Chuck Biscuits, after having started as his drum tech, and session bassist Josh Lazie, who had previously toured with Danzig as Eerie Von's bass tech. Guitarist Tommy Victor joined the band shortly after Blackacidevil's completion. Glenn Danzig explained: "I wanted to do something that nobody else was really doing. So I took an element of industrial that I liked here, and an element of techno there, then mixed it with what I normally do. I took the best elements of stuff. They're powerful when used properly. Then, I'd still experiment with different directions, which I wanted to do anyway, and then watch what happened when I mixed it together." Opening song "7th House" is about the theme of "sex and death". Glenn Danzig had originally written "Come to Silver" for Johnny Cash during the recording of Danzig 4, although it was never recorded by Cash due to Danzig's split from American Recordings. The song addresses the evils of the almighty dollar. "Sacrifice" was the album's first single. However, because of Danzig's 1996 departure from American Recordings, the song could not be included. Another version of the same song titled "Deeper", with additional guitar by Tommy Victor, was recorded for the unreleased Bleedangel EP, and included as one of three bonus tracks on the 2000 Blackacidevil reissue. Of the remaining bonus tracks, "Bleedangel" was recorded as the title track for the unreleased EP, whereas "Don't Be Afraid" was recorded during the original Blackacidevil sessions and first appeared as a B side on the "Sacrifice" single.

Danzig has not publicly explained the meaning of the album's title. Various theories have been advanced, including it being a play on the phrase "black as a devil", with the words "black acid devil" (or black acid evil) run together in a portmanteau. Tickets for Danzig's Halloween 1996 special $6.66 show at Detroit's State Theatre had the phrase "Black Acid Devil" printed on them.

The liner notes feature artwork by Joseph Cultice. The re released version of the album features a new cover by Martin Emond. Through Danzig's new distribution deal with Cleopatra Records, the album was reissued a third time in October of 2021 under Danzig's Evilive imprint; in a limited edition of 10,000 CD copies with new artwork and an embossed black slipcase. However, the actual CD enclosed in these copies was actually leftover "new old stock" copies of the original 1996 Hollywood Records pressing.

Music videos were released for the songs "Sacrifice" and "Serpentia". All music videos from the album are featured on Danzig's Il Demonio Nera DVD.