Danzig 7:77: I Luciferi | ||||
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Studio album by Danzig | ||||
Released | May 21, 2002 | |||
Recorded | June 2001–January 2002 | |||
Studio | Grandmaster Recorders, Rumbo Recorders, Glenwood Place, The Hook, Hollywood Sound | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, gothic metal, doom metal | |||
Length | 54:28 | |||
Label | Evilive / Spitfire | |||
Producer | Glenn Danzig | |||
Danzig chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Blistering | (favorable) |
Brave Words | |
College Music Journal | (favorable) |
Exclaim! | (favorable) |
LA Weekly | (favorable) |
Punknews.org | |
Rock Hard |
Danzig 777: I Luciferi /ˌiː luːsᵻˈfɛraɪ/ is the seventh album from Danzig. It was released in 2002 on Glenn Danzig's Evilive label and distributed by Spitfire Records. Danzig stated that this album was the last in a series of seven numbered albums, each with its own general concept.
Over the months following the tour for this album, each of the other band members left to pursue other projects. Most notably, Joey Castillo joined Queens of the Stone Age; however, he would rejoin Danzig in 2016 and play on their eleventh studio album Black Laden Crown (2017).
The song "Angel Blake" is named after the witch in the film The Blood on Satan's Claw.
The track "Wicked Pussycat" served as the album's first single.
The original track listing, as reported by KNAC on December 22, 2001, featured several tracks that did not appear on the final album. These included the songs "Dying Seraph", "Soul Eater", and "Malefical Bride of Hell", all of which were released in 2007 on The Lost Tracks of Danzig, with "Malefical Bride of Hell" having its title shortened to "Malefical". An additional track titled "Dark Secret Side" has never been released.
In a 2002 interview with Juliya Chernetsky on Fuse TV's Uranium show, Glenn Danzig said that the pronunciation of the album title is /ˌiː luːsᵻˈfɛraɪ/ EE-loo-sə-FERR-eye. This corresponds to Danzig's pronunciation of the word in the chorus of the title track. Early press releases for the album reveal that its working title was Danzig 7: Kiss the Skull.