ALEXANDRA JAMES OF TWIN TEMPLE LIVE PHOTOS—By Greg Maki—Satanic doo-wop wasn’t something I knew I needed in my life until I encountered Twin Temple a couple years ago when the married duo of Alexandra and Zachary James, along with a tight backing band, opened for Ghost and Volbeat on their co-headline arena tour. Much of... Continue Reading →
2023: Live Metal’s year in photos
Photos by Greg Maki
LIVE PHOTOS: Lucifer – 11/30/23 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, Maryland
Photos by Greg Maki
Lucifer to release new album ‘Lucifer V’ on Jan. 26, new single/video ‘At the Mortuary’ out now
Multinational occult rock band Lucifer will release its fifth album, appropriately titled "Lucifer V," on Jan. 26, 2024. It will be the band's first release on Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-orders, including a signed vinyl from the band's European shop, are available here. The video for the album's first single, "At the Mortuary (Halloween Edit)," can... Continue Reading →
Lucifer, Coven set North American tour
Occult rock bands Coven and Lucifer will team up for the Satanic Panic Tour 2023, with special guests Early Moods. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time Friday, Sept. 1. Lucifer, a multinational band formed in 2014 after the end of frontwoman Johanna Platow Andersson's previous band The Oath, has been in the... Continue Reading →
Lucifer signs with Nuclear Blast Records
Heavy rock band Lucifer has signed with Nuclear Blast Records and is working on its fifth album, which will be its first to be released by its new label. "We in Lucifer are very excited to roll up our sleeves and begin the group's next chapter," singer Johanna Platow Andersson said. "Having grown up a... Continue Reading →
Lucifer releases ‘Orion’ visualizer, ‘Lucifer IV’ coming to colored vinyl
Heavy rock band Lucifer has released a visualizer for the song "Orion" from its 2021 album "Lucifer IV" (Century Media Records). Singer Johanna Sadonis said: "We've been meaning to pick 'Orion' as a single all along for its emotional impact but opted for the harder rockers first. This heavy heartbreaker rocks no less but is... Continue Reading →
‘To hell is where I’ll go’ … Live Metal’s best of 2021
By Greg Maki-----After the hellscape of 2020, music surged back in a big way throughout 2021. Concerts—even festivals—returned along with a flood of new releases from artists young and old. Metal and hard rock remain far outside the mainstream, but if you put in the effort to look, I’d argue that there’s more quality music... Continue Reading →
INTERVIEW: Johanna Platow Andersson and Nicke Andersson of LUCIFER (October 2021)
After releasing its third album, “Lucifer III” (review), in March 2020 near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish/German heavy rock band Lucifer, like all musical acts around the world, found itself unable to tour. With nothing else to do, work began on the next record, which is due just in time for Halloween, on... Continue Reading →
Lucifer releases new single and video ‘Crucifix (I Burn for You)’
Lucifer has shared "Crucifix (I Burn for You)," the third single from its upcoming album, "Lucifer IV." The song is available on all major streaming platforms, and the official music video can be seen below. "Lucifer IV" will be released on Oct. 29, 2021, via Century Media Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZRyuciuKtE "We are thrilled to release the... Continue Reading →