| Jucifer | |
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| Origin | Athens, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Sludge metal, doom metal, stoner metal |
| Years active | since 1993 |
| Labels | Capricorn Records Relapse Records Velocette Records Nomadic Fortress Records |
| Website | www.jucifer.com |
| Members | |
| Gazelle Amber Valentine Edgar Livengood |
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Jucifer is a two piece sludge metal band signed to Relapse Records. The band's members include Gazelle Amber Valentine on lead guitar and vocals, and her husband Edgar Livengood on drums. They travel in an RV and are "nomadic in nature", preferring to tour constantly, living in their tour vehicle, rather than following the normal practice of album release/tour/time at home. Jucifer is notable for the extreme volume at which they perform, and the gigantic wall of amplification used for Valentine's guitar, as well as the dichotomy that has existed between much of the recorded material and their live shows.[1] DVD release
The husband-and-wife duo starred in a film by Derek Cianfrance titled Metalhead, a drama centering on a drummer suffering from hearing loss and learning the meaning of silence. Livengood and Valentine play as themselves in the film. The film has been in production since 2009 and may release around 2011.
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Jucifer was formed in 1993 by Gazelle Amber Valentine and her then-boyfriend Edgar Livengood, who, according to Valentine, coined the band's name from a statement he heard during O.J. Simpson's trials for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman: "If he's guilty, then he's the devil and The Juice is Lucifer."[2] They released their first album, Calling All Cars on the Vegas Strip, through fan run indie label Crack Rock. After this release, they signed to major label Capricorn Records, which reissued the album in 2000.[3] With Jucifer still signed and awaiting release of its second album recorded in 1999, Capricorn officially went out of business. However a skeleton staff continued under the name Velocette Records, which released extended play EP Lambs in 2001 I Name You Destroyer in 2002 and War Bird in 2004.[4][5] For their fifth release, If Thine Enemy Hunger, Jucifer signed to Relapse Records,[6][7]
In March 2008, Jucifer released the double album, L'Autrichienne,[4] which was recorded in July 2007.[7] To support the album, Jucifer embarked on their first tour through Europe. After their very successful European tour they toured over the United States and Canada.
In 2010 Jucifer founded its own label, Nomadic Fortress Records, and signed a distribution deal with Relapse Records for its output. The band continues to tour constantly, both across North America and returning to Europe in 2010.[8]
The album Throned In Blood was released in April 2010 by Nomadic Fortress Records. This album channels the raw hostility, black metal, death metal, and especially doom qualities which have dominated Jucifer's live show but rarely been heard on their albums.[9]
These are the albums released by Jucifer:[4][5]