777: I Luciferi

Danzig | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spitfire
• ASIN: B0000666ZV
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,168 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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If Ozzy Osbourne is the self-anointed Prince of Darkness, what does that make Glenn Danzig? The Duke of Doom, perhaps? Since the early 1980s with the Misfits and Samhain, then from 1988 with his eponymous band, the distinctive tenor of Glenn Danzig has driven his foreboding goth metal. I Luciferi stays true to his successful, occasionally silly gloom-grind formula, as evidenced by song titles such as "Black Mass," "Naked Witch," and "Dead Inside." "Kiss the Skull" smacks of Marilyn Manson’s militant "Beautiful People," though it’s not as memorable, while the funeral, churchy, Type O Negative-like "The Coldest Sun" and the scorching "Halo Goddess Bone" are two more standouts. "Without Light, I Am" is a suitably spooky closer to this surprisingly strong showing. -- Katherine Turman

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Danzig's best in years, December 5, 2002

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 777: I Luciferi (Audio CD)

Not since "How the Gods Kill" has Danzig put an album out this good. "I Luciferi", Danzig's first release on Spitfire Records, is the good old ghoul rock that the earlier American Recordings albums were known for. Stripped away is most of the techno/industrial lacings from Danzig's previous "Blackacidevil" and "Satan's Child" (although some still remains) and the current lineup of Danzig's band excells at a rate not seen since the classic original lineup. The opening intro "Unendlich" is a creeped out instrumental reminiscent of Danzig's Son of Sam work, followed by the excellent "Black Mass" and the album's lead single "Wicked Pussycat", which although is reminiscent lyrically of Samhain material, is one of the weaker tracks on the album, but everything else goes way uphill from there. "Liberskull", "Dead Inside", "Kiss the Skull", the title track, "Angel Blake", and "The Coldest Sun" are album highlights and are some of the best songs that Glenn has ever put together. This is the album that Danzig faithfuls have waited years for. This is one of the best albums to come along in quite some time, and very well may be the album of the year. Those who had been disappointed with Danzig's later albums should definitely give a listen to "I Luciferi", you won't regret it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a triumphant return to the throne, June 7, 2002

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"tenkoku-no-akuma" (Lake Oswego, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 777: I Luciferi (Audio CD)

i, by some strange twist of luck, got my hands on this album used for ten bucks a few weeks ago, at least two weeks before it came out on june 4, and i must say i was very excited, but i did not expect much, after such flops as danzig five and six. It broke my heart because danzig 1-4 are outstanding. lucifuge will always remain my favourite album. I luciferi shows glenn at his best in quite a while though. he finally got the picture and went back to the solid basics. although his vocal range seems to have suffered through age; dont expect to hear the range of singing from danzig I-III, he still sounds pretty good. and best of all, this album, for the most part has done away with the synth, industrial, electronic garbage, and instead focuses on the music, raw and powerful. Danzig is a band about straight forward rock and roll, and suffered greatly with the synthetic. and what a crime to synth glenn's voice. he has the vocals of some evil greek god. how dare they fiddle with them. but rest assured, the devil is back to reclaim his thrown, and he has checked the electronic baggage at the door! top songs include: dead inside, angel blake and black mass. check it out. you wont be dissapointed.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album is great, December 5, 2003

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Michael Gonnella (Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 777: I Luciferi (Audio CD)

All these people complaining about Blackacidevil and 6:66 are babies and are probably only Danzig fans and not Samhain and Misfit fans. Getting upset because he's using sequencers and other electronics? Here's news for you, Danzig was using this stuff in the 70's while in the Misfits. Of course not to the degree as he is now but he was dabbling in electronica nevertheless. 777 is a great followup to 6:66 which in my opinion was an incredible release. Bringing Samhain back into the music. And now he's done it again. This album is more blusey than Satan's Child and took 2 listens to completely grow on me. Great vocals and riffs. Almost every track is solid. There's no electronica in it anyway. If there was I'd probably love it regardless. All the critics make me laugh. Danzig is a genius, anything he does is incredible. If you expected him to stay on the Danzig 1 path then you obviously haven't been following him for too long.