Released in 1994, it was the band's final album on American Recordings, and the last to feature the original lineup of John Christ (guitar), Eerie Von (bass), and Chuck Biscuits (drums).

The following information was supplied by American Recordings in 1994: "The Four P movement is an alleged Satanic cult operating throughout the United States.

"[4]In interviews the band members themselves usually refer to the album simply as Danzig 4, which is printed on the CD itself, the inlay spine, and the labels on the vinyl LP.

[6] Christ explained "We wanted to introduce some new textures into the band, so we experimented with several older, exotic acoustic instruments, including a harmonium, a recorder and wind chimes.

"[8] The song is inspired by a black mass Danzig claims to have heard at the Magickal Childe occult emporium in New York.

[9] "Invocation" includes a Gregorian chant,[10] and instrumental tracks that are unique to the song, but reversed, as is Glenn Danzig's spoken introduction: "All right, let's hear it back".

Along with another outtake from the same sessions, "The Mandrake's Cry", these were finally released in 2007 on the first disc of The Lost Tracks of Danzig (with "Crucifixion Destruction" under its correct title, "Satan's Crucifiction").

The liner notes contain a panoramic picture of the four band members in propped up coffins, flanked by Secret Service men, as a Bill Clinton impersonator shakes hands with a police officer wielding a shotgun.

[16] Glenn Danzig would later reveal that the FBI considered him a threat to Clinton, the American President at the time of the album release.

[17] The liner notes also include a yin yang symbol incorporating the Danzig skull, by artist Michael William Kaluta.

The first pressings of the album were sold in a distinctive cardboard sleeve, which Glenn Danzig claimed was more like that of an old-fashioned LP and more environmentally-friendly than the common plastic CD jewel case.

The black metal band Behemoth recorded a cover version of "Until You Call on the Dark" for their 2005 EP Slaves Shall Serve.

"Cantspeak" was produced by the underground director Fred Stuhr, known for his work with the band Tool, and uses a mixture of live-action performance and computer-assisted animation.

[30] Joey Castillo appears in Biscuits' place in the music videos for "Cantspeak" and "I Don't Mind the Pain".