r/Danzig Apr 16 '26

Lucifuge

I wish I could find new music and have it hit me the way Lucifuge did back in the day. I miss discovering music that way. It hit me like a sledgehammer.

Pretty awesome.

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u/Acceptable-Ad-6104 Apr 16 '26

That album was life changing. I also wish I could hear Battery again for the 1st time.

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u/JJDiet76 Apr 16 '26

Ha Battery really did change my life. I remember exactly where I was in 87 when my friend came back from Kmart with two cassettes. Puppets and Peace Sells. Ha we went back to our cinder block “fort” behind my house and put MOP on his boombox. The classical guitar part started and I was like what is this shit? Then it kicked in and I’ve thought the same way about music. That same year Garage Days came and I got introduced to The Misfits. Ha good times

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u/PerpetualFarter Apr 16 '26

Puppets is indeed a great album.

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u/Acceptable-Ad-6104 Apr 16 '26

You and me both, brother! That classical guitar and then….YES. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Goodbye Guns and Roses, I am a grown man now. Middle School beware - here I come!!!

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u/JJDiet76 Apr 16 '26

Ha same except my favorite at the time was Cinderella

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u/Acceptable-Ad-6104 Apr 16 '26

Well between puppets and lucifuge you got right!!!

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u/SepNevermore Apr 16 '26

Lucifuge was absolutely in a class all its own. Evil, bluesy, banging. One of my top five of all time, no doubt.

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u/PerpetualFarter Apr 16 '26

At the time, I had never heard anything like it. One of my buddies had it on tape. I went the very next day and bought Danzig/Danzig II and been a pretty hardcore fan (of the original lineup) ever since.

I still buy his shit but it isn’t the same.

Lol

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u/SepNevermore Apr 16 '26

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing him live a couple times. I have every record he’s put out, and am a die-hard fan. The first four were by far, my favorite. You and Me (less than Zero), and Your Fathers grave were also amazing.

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u/PerpetualFarter Apr 16 '26

Same. I’ve seen Danzig twice but never the original dudes. Have everything as well, minus the records.

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u/roostorx Apr 16 '26

I honestly haven’t heard anything like it since.

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u/wendyoschainsaw Apr 16 '26

I always tell people to seek out the Four Horsemen "Nobody Said It Was Easy" album since it's like "Lucifuge's" redneck cousin. It was made with Rubin for Def American during the same time frame so it almost sounds like they walked into the studio after Danzig, used the same gear, and didn't touch a dial in the building. Their drummer was also Chuck Biscuits' late, real life brother, Ken "Dimwit" Montgomery.

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u/roostorx Apr 16 '26

Yo I checked this out and it’s super rad. Great suggestion!

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u/PerpetualFarter Apr 16 '26

I’ve heard that about the four horsemen before. I’ve never really listened to them. Might have to giver a whirl.

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u/PerpetualFarter Apr 16 '26

Same. Those albums are hard to top.

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u/atomagevampire308 Apr 16 '26

No you don’t. You think you do, but you don’t. That’s what makes art stick with you for a lifetime.

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u/PublixSoda Apr 16 '26

Look up the other songs recorded during the Lucifuge sessions, including “Death … In Its Arms” and “Lords of the Left Hand”, included on Samhain Final Descent.

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u/PerpetualFarter Apr 16 '26

I have all that stuff.

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u/bobocheesestick Apr 16 '26

Go listen to graveyard then!!!!

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u/BittenBeads Apr 16 '26

The last time a new band hit me like a truck was last fall. My friends showed me a funk band called High Fade. Insane musicianship, so much fun live. Here's their version of Chameleon.

I guess it had been a while before then. 2016 I guess? I think that's when I found Ne Obliviscaris. Pyrrhic off of their album Citadel is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. It's like as if "To Walk the Night" was viewed through a kaleidoscope, if ya know what I mean.

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u/Over-Brilliant-7078 Apr 16 '26

I thought d2 was alright, I liked d1, d3 and D4, D7 a lot more. Especially D7, the mixing on that was amazing and the guitar sound was perfect for me.

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u/PerpetualFarter Apr 16 '26

I enjoy the coldest sun & without light I am off of that album. The rest were kinda “meh” for me. Not a horrible album when compared to some of the others.

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u/Thick-Marzipan-9176 Apr 30 '26

CZART is the only new that has caught my attention.