Danzig II: Lucifuge

I really like this album. It kind of loses steam after the first four songs, but that's not to say the rest of them are bad, just that the first four are really good. My favorite is "Tired of Being Alive." I really relate to it. Before now, I was only familiar with the first Danzig album, which of course is great. And the Misfits, which is one of my favorite bands. I actually saw him play this in its entirety at a festival in Las Vegas. He was spinning yarns in between songs like a punk rock grandpa, and he can still sing like, IDK . . . something that sings really well. He's still got it. He sounds like Kermit the Frog when he talks. If you want searing distortion and crunch, buy something else. The instrumentation on this has more in common with AC/DC or Led Zeppelin, lots of clear, open chords and whatnot. It's kind of like a 90s update of the 50s rock and roll sound, which is fun. I've been driving around with it since it came, I really can't get enough Danzig these days.

a good follow up to danzig 1

I knew one Danzig song before I bought this album, and it was "Mother". I listened to a few samples off this album, and being in the mood for something bluesy, I bought this album. Wow. I did not expect this to become one of my all time favorite albums. The day it arrived, I played it start to finish four times in my stereo. Now what makes the album so good? Simple. Danzig keeps it simple. This is hard rock with an awesome blues overtone, apparent on several songs. The fifth track, "I'm the One" is a completely acoustic blues track. All of the songs are so damn catchy! Every song has a memorable chorus, and I've had "Tired of Being Alive" on loop in my head ever since I got the album. Seriously, if you enjoy hard rock, pick up this album! Glenn really made a winner here. What an underrated album. Standout tracks: Snakes of Christ (Danzig swears up and down that my all time favorite band, Stone Temple Pilots, ripped off the riff for their song Sex Type Thing. While the riffs are similar, I don't think STP ripped Danzig off.), Killer Wolf, Tired of Being Alive, Her Black Wings, and Devil's Plaything. Enjoy this criminally underrated masterpiece of hard rock with a healthy dose of blues thrown in to boot!

Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if Dr Frankenstein made his monster using parts of Marvel Comic's Wolverine and, the King: Elvis Presley? What if the monster sung lead in a dark and moody metal band? Wonder no longer! That's what you get with Danzig's second LP release. It's more than the length of his side burns, short muscular build, the hairy-chest photo on the cover, or even his Southern blues-vocal stylings!?! (He was born in New Jersey, wasn't he? Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!) The first Danzig album was good, perhaps very good; it was more of a straight-forward metal/rock sound, perhaps a bit rockabilly at times, very clean and tight. However, this second album takes Danzig's concept of a bluesy-metal band to its ultimate depth: Soulful dark sounds emanating from the deepest swamps of the bayou, delivering tales of those cursed, or damned, or soon to be wailing and gnashing their teeth, all in a heaping bowl of jambalaya goodness. The second Danzig album, while following through on his stylized moody black metal (that harkens back to his Samhain days), delivers the goods as a one-of-a-kind album and epitomizes Glenn Danzig's sound and artistry.

As a teenager, this album stirred visions of voodoo, witchcraft and sexual debauchery. Today...about the same. Except, I now get the innuendos and double entendres. The subtle tongue-in-cheek humor tinged with dirty Blues swagger. I enjoy every track today, if for a few new reasons, as much as I did back when it was new. Enjoy.

A classic album!

Packaged in perfect condition. Arrived Best quality.

I had to put a review down for this album! I first bought this album in 1994 and by accident left it in a friends car out in Arizona. I called and told him to keep it and I bought another! now he's a fan of Danzig. Anyway still to this day I listen to it weekly. I would be safe to say almost daily (In the car, MP3 working out, Playing Bass to it, ETC). It is by far one of Glenn Danzig's best albums IMO. I have been a Danzig fan since I first bought this album and over time bought all his others. But unlike this one, The other albums had to "grow" on me overtime. Not Lucifuge II! EVERY song is great and was rated in the top 50 albums of the 90's I read last year. Even Metallica said it should have gotten album of the year over their Black album of the same year! I can not say enough about this album. I tell people if I had only one album to choose from out of all of Glenn's works to listen to the rest of my life it would be Lucifuge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great album!

Just like all other danzig albums, theres nothing i can say that hasnt already been said. Its a fantastic follow up. When it comes to my favourite danzig album i always flip flop between this one and Danzig 1. This album did see a boost in popularity recently thanks to the awesome movie “Abigail”.

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I will only be reviewing- all my music rheingau- the company that supplied the cd. I don't review music, who cares if I like or dislike something, find out for yourself, listen to anything and everything. Price for cd was good, packaging was sturdy, cd arrived sealed and as new, delivery was phenomenal. Ordered 1st October arrived 3rd October... Germany to UK Fantastic. A five star company.

Dies ist ein Album wie in Stein gemeißelt, schwer wie ein Grabstein, doch mit der Wucht von Gottes Faust. Das Album rockt vom ersten Akkord an – Poser-Metal der düstersten Sorte, der alle gängigen Klischees bedient und dabei sämtliche Erwartungshaltungen des Hörers erfüllt: heulende Gitarren, der Bass rumpelt, das Schlagzeug immer auf die Zwölf, und dazu diese Stimme – eine testosterongeschwängerte Stimme, eine Stimme mit Brustbehaarung, eine laszive Stimme, eine übermächtige Stimme – röhrend wie ein brünftiger Hirsch evoziert Glenn Danzig den gehörnten Gott, den er selbst in Persona darzustellen beansprucht. Ja, es war ein langer Weg aus der Hölle – und er hat die Hölle gleich mitgebracht: Snakes Of Christ: Blasphemie, die die Wände sich biegen und den Boden sich auftun lassen; Worte, die nach Exkommunizierung schreien. Die Texte handeln von Schuld ohne Sühne, vom Fallen aus der Gnade ohne Hoffnung auf Vergebung, vom Schmerz, in dieser Welt zu sein – und von Sex, Sex und abermals Sex. Frauen sind bei ihm sexhungrige Vampire mit Hörnern und dunklen Flügeln – doch sie weinen blutige Tränen. Er selber ist der heulende Wolf, der ihren düsteren Ruf erwidert. An Schmalz kaum zu überbieten, gibt Danzig uns Bilder wie aus Comics und Groschenromanen, immer hart an der Grenze zum Kitsch, doch mit der Aura des (un-)heiligen und frevelhaften. Dieses Album ist sein Opus Magnum, besser wurde er nicht mehr. Es enthält – bis auf den Titel „Mother“ aus dem Vorgängeralbum – alle Lieder von ihm, die man kennen muss. Volle Punktzahl.

Excelente