Danzig Album: “Danzig 777: I Luciferi”

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.

This album proves Glenn is back to the standard of excellence we have come to expect and most importantly that he still has it. Any question that he is washed up (which he never was) will be totally erased by those who felt 5 and 6 (I like both albums. Surprisingly 5 a little more than 6; it used to be the other way) were not entirely up-to-par with his best work. The entire album is awesome. There is no filler on the album. Only three songs could be considered weak but even they are good if not great and are still very listenable. This album shows Danzig looking at his past, present, and future and combining it all into his most consistent release and his best overall Danzig album since How The Gods Kill, which is my favorite, and I think Danzig's best album. This album ranks just below How the Gods Kills but before Lucifuge, the self-titled Debut, Thrall, 4p, blackacidevil, and finally Satan's Child.

1. Unendlich 10/10

I HIGHLY recommend this album. You can listen to this album over and over again without it getting old.

I know before I get slammed, this is danzig were talking about? My favorite songs Angel Blake,Kiss the Skulls,Wicked Pussycat, Cover is better, Inside better with Hotchicks, not into S&M myself, nor the name of the album but its unapologetic, it's danzig, All new lineup(every time, since danzig 4/5)

Glenn Danzig has been my personal hero for nearly twenty years, and I have to say that if this album were the first exposure that I ever had to him, he wouldn't be as tremendous to me.

Danzig's voice is always what has really set him apart from other performers and songwriters, but this album is similar to the last two in the fact that his vocals are washed out and subdued. Where are those pipes, Glenn?! The music also is so washed with almost no breathing room, that I keep missing the heavy bass driven Danzig songs from the first four albums.

So I would recommend this album, but it is not en example of what I really love about Glenn Danzig's work. Also, the photos of Glenn and the band that come with this album are just downright silly. I would much rather look at Glenn's evil artwork that he used to have for Misfits and Samhain stuff than Glenn threatening some teenage girl with a plastic black claw-glove thing.

As a fan of Danzig, Misfits, Samhain, for almost as long as I've been a fan of music, I can say I don't readily eat up every piece of musical and artistic nourishment that Glenn produces; I take it all with a grain of salt. For if you look at all his numerous styles he has encompassed over his 20+ years, you know he likes to throw a joker in the listener's deck every so often. When he fired his original Danzig lineup and started synthesizing with 1996's "Blackacidevil", that was one of those jokers. I hated the album upon my initial 5-10 listenings, but over time, grew to embrace the unique sound it brought to his discography. I did, however, sincerely hope Glenn would someday realize he isn't Trent Reznor. 1999's "Satan's Child" gave us some hope in that direction, but it was sometimes just SO heavy that it sounded like a Korn album with chicken caught in its figurative throat. There was still hope, though...Now, 2002, is the realization of that hope, with "I Luciferi". The album starts off with a brooding ambient instrumental and just rocks hard from there on out. Don't get me wrong, though, you can still hear the guitars and bass without any sound bottoming out, but leans more to the modern-metal scene than the blues-ier John Christ guitar workings of I and II. One great improvement that really helps this album along is the fact that we hear Glenn sing again! Sure, he's a little older, but at least he's trying. There are hardly any filters on his voice in this album (well, considering his recent past). Before I drone any longer, my picks from the album: Track 5 "Dead Inside", reminiscent of the epic instrumentality and lyrical content of the song "How The Gods Kill"; Track 11 "The Coldest Sun", which showcases Glenn's best singing on the album during the climax; and finally, Track 9 "Naked Witch", with some of the catchiest guitar-playing since J.C.'s intro to "Dirty Black Summer". This album definitely isn't for those new to the world of Glenn (those people I point toward 1988's Danzig I) and it also isn't for those purists who reject anything post-John/Eerie/Chuck. Danzig "777: I Luciferi", is however, for fans of the continuing Danzig experience. Pick this one up--one of the finest of '02.

Glenn, what's up with those claws? Finally start up your own prop shop?