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Lucifer's Hammer
12+ albums
heavy metalamericandeath metalblack metalspeed metal
about
There are multiple artists with the name Lucifer's Hammer: 1. USA black/death metal band formed in 1986. For almost twenty years, Lucifers Hammer have provided metal fans the utmost in deathly doom metal. Hailing from Jackson, Michigan, the group was formed in 1987 by brothers Todd and Rob Cushman, who founded the group. Describing their style as "Graveyeard Metal", Hammer adeptly combines elements of the death, black and doom metal genres in order to create their wicked blackened hymns from beyond the grave. Influenced by artists such as Venom, Celtic Frost, Sodom, Hypocrisy, Edge of Sanity, Dimmu Borgir, Pink Floyd, Emperor, Bestial Warlust, Dark Throne, Mayhem, Merciful Fate/King Diamond, Cathedral, My Dying Bride, and Bathory, Lucifers Hammer combine these influences in order to form a bleak sound that is like none other, manifesting dark sonic passages intended to haunt the dreams of listeners with abyssful tonality . The group recorded their first demo cassette in 1988 entitled "Tales Of The Midnight Hour", which is an extremely rare recording. Raw and tempered with caliginous nature, this recording would signal to the world the emergence of one of America's most consistantly devastating metal ensembles. Hammer released their second demo, "Descent Into Beyond" in 1989 to a warm reception from Michigan metalheads who were intrigued by the group's dark atmosphere and overall themes of doom and despair. 1992 saw the release of the band's third demo, "The Burning Churc
