LUCIFER release cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Who By Fire’ ft. Bobby Liebling (Pentagram)
30th October 2024Just one week before embarking on the second leg of their 2024 Satanic Panic European Tour, right in time for spooky season, heavy occult rock congregation LUCIFER have unveiled a stunning cover version of the late, great Leonard Cohen‘s ‘Who By Fire’.
Featuring doom metal Bobby Liebling of PENTAGRAM as a duet partner for Johanna Platow Andersson, you can witness two generations of occult rock and doom metal joining forces here: https://lucifer.bfan.link/who-by-fire
Johanna commented: “Growing up with Leonard Cohen’s music, as my mother was a passionate fan, I have always been profoundly touched by his lyrics and of course especially gravitated towards this extremely haunting death theme. Bobby Liebling and I have been talking about collaborating for quite a few years now. When I knew I wanted Lucifer to cover ‘Who By Fire’, Bobby was the perfect one to interpret this very eerie song and I am so glad he said yes. Being a huge Pentagram fan, this is quite something for me! We are extremely pleased how ‘Who By Fire’ turned into a Lucifer song and Halloween was the perfect occasion to release this morbid work.”
LUCIFER will continue their successful 2024 Satanic Panic European Tour next week, and once again they’re being joined by German rising stars, The Night Eternal. The tour package will be completed by US heavy metal band Tanith, which features Russ Tippins (original guitar player of NWOBHM legends SATAN) on guitar and vocals.
ABOUT LUCIFER
Since their inception in 2014 in Berlin, the highly prolific band led by charismatic singer Johanna Platow Andersson have 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 250 shows in 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.
LUCIFER, now located in Stockholm, have been nominated for a Swedish Grammy twice, as well as for the Swedish Radio Award P3 and several awards by popular music magazine GAFFA. Amongst others, they have graced the cover of the leading US metal magazine, Decibel, before their first album was even released.
The group released their critically acclaimed fifth studio album, LUCIFER V, on January 26th 2024 through their new label Nuclear Blast Records.
