Glenn danzig,once glorious leader of one of the greatest bands of all time in the misfits,found it all too much and formed his own band called danzig and this lucifuge is their second album and saw light of day in 1990 and the results are brilliant,but dont go thinking that this is the misfits mark two,its pretty diverse and that deserves praise.
Glenn Danzigs heros as a youngster included the doors and elvis,hence the nickname evil elvis and both of these influences are evident here in small portions.Danzig also write songs that last 4 minutes or so as opposed to the misfits short,sharp blasts so you get a fuller and more conventional song structure here and glenns vocals are more expressive here,he truly has a very broad and powerful range of vocals,oh yeah i didnt mention that the album also rocks in a more metal style at times as opposed to the punk of the misfits but there is also a mixture of blues,rock and roll and country but all with glenns dark words haunting throughout.
The album starts with 'long way back from hell' and the intentions are clear that this is gonna be a classic,and this is backed up with 'snakes of christ','killer wolf' and the misfits like anthem 'tired of being alive'.'im the one' follows and this is elvis-esque but has the classic line 'so if you want to hear evil,come a little bit close'.'Her black wings' follows and is a stomping,sleazy riff fest,filled with ooohs and aahs that the misfits would have been proud of,'devils plaything' is pure doors with danzig throwing a great jim morrison style of singing,very catchy indeed.
The remaining songs all offer varying styles but the common bond is that they are all solid and that can be applied to the entire album,brilliant indeed.