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Lucifer

From Stockholm via Berlin, a new 70s-inspired occult-rock force is on the rise!
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“My family were pastors and a lot of injustice was taught to me as a little girl.”

RECENTLY ON TOUR in the US – where they played with Coven and Pentagram – it was fairly easy to deduce where Stockholm rockers Lucifer are coming from, stylistically and musically. “I was born in Berlin, behind the Iron Curtain, and I started my journey with heavy music 31 years ago,” says founder Johanna Sardonis.

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