Heavy rock megalith LUCIFER have released a new single called “Slow Dance In A Crypt”. The song is another precursor to the new album, LUCIFER V which is due out on January 26th, 2024 on Nuclear Blast Records. Consisting of nine unholy hymns, LUCIFER’s fifth offering can easily be regarded as their magnum opus and sees the band channeling all their strengths known from previous records into one monumental mass of electrifying heavy rock and roll. “Slow Dance In A Crypt” shows a quieter side of LUCIFER while still allowing distorted guitars to soar during its anthemic chorus. Sounding very much like LUCIFER, the song is also a testament to the bands’ penchant for 60’s rock and pop music. The corresponding music video by Chris Shonting is a thematic sequel to the last one, “At The Mortuary”, and continues its morbid story line about everlasting love that transcends death, all shot in the style of late 60s George A. Romero.
Since its inception in 2014 In Berlin, the highly prolific band led by charismatic singer Johanna Platow Andersson has released four electrifying albums on Rise Above (LUCIFER I) and Century Media Records (LUCIFER II-IV), as well as and numerous stand-alone singles infused with 1970s hard rock, proto heavy metal, doom and occult rock, with a nod to their main influences such as Black Sabbath, Pentagram & Blue Öyster Cult. They have played over 200 shows in the Europe, Japan, North & South America, including festivals such as KISS Kruise, Psycho Las Vegas, Hellfest, Wacken and many more, most recently supporting the band GHOST on their European tour in spring 2023. Two of their shows have been recorded and broadcasted by prestigious German national TV program Rockpalast.
Watch their official video here:
LUCIFER V – Tracklist:
1. Fallen Angel
2. At The Mortuary
3. Riding Reaper
4. Slow Dance in A Crypt
5. A Coffin Has No Silver Lining
6. Maculate Heart
7. The Dead Don’t Speak
8. Strange Sister
9. Nothing Left To Lose But My Life
