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Article: The devil's still in the details; Glenn Danzig's demonic music comes in myriad forms.(ETC.)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- October 21, 2007
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COLUMN: SCOTT MCLENNAN
Simply looking at the titles Glenn Danzig gives his albums - "Lucifuge," "How the Gods Kill," "Blackacidevil," "Satan's Child," to name a few - leaves the impression that this guy is pretty much focused on one thing.
But listening to Danzig's work reveals a bigger picture. True, Danzig's music sports a consistent demonic thread, yet each project finds the singer leading his band mates through all sorts of permutations of the theme. From blues-based heaviness to eerie orchestral arrangements to buzz-bomb punk rock, Danzig has chased his dark muse all over the place since arriving in 1977 as the singer and chief songwriter for the ...