Lucifer release Leonard Cohen cover »Who By Fire« feat. Bobby Liebling of Pentagram!
Swedish occult rockers Lucifer celebrate Halloween with a cover of Leonard Cohen’s song »Who By Fire« featuring Bobby Liebling (Pentagram) on guest vocals.
“Fallen Angels! In celebration of our favorite time of the year, we release our cover version of Leonard Cohen’s eerie death hymn »Who By Fire« featuring Bobby Liebling of Pentagram.
Hope you dig it as much as we enjoyed recording it!
Furthermore this stand alone single will be released on vinyl in form of a split single, featuring Los Angeles’ heavy rockers Sister Midnight and their cover of »Sold My Soul« by Nazareth with yours truly on vocals.
The very limited 7″ is momentarily being manufactured. The availability for purchase will be announced within the next seven nights!
A Heavy Halloween & hope to see many of you on our European Tour next month. Stay weird!” ~ Johanna Platow Andersson
Courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records:
Just one week before embarking on the second leg of their 2024 “Satanic Panic” European Tour and right on time for spooky season, heavy occult rock congregation Lucifer have unveiled a stunning cover version of a song by by the late great Leonard Cohen. »Who By Fire« features none other than doom metal legend Bobby Liebling of Pentagram as a duet partner for Johanna Platow Andersson. Witness two generations of occult rock and doom metal joining forces for a unique take on this classic tune from 1974.
Listen to »Who By Fire« (feat. Bobby Liebling) HERE!
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.”
Photo credit: Chris Shonting
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. You can find all confirmed dates at the bottom.
The Satanic Panic Tour – Autumn 2024
Lucifer (SE)
w/ guests The Night Eternal (DE) and Tanith (US)
08.11. DE – Hildesheim – Kulturfabrik
09.11. DE – Oldenburg – MTS Records
10.11. DE – Dresden – Blauer Salon
12.11. PL – Poznan – 2Progi
13.11. CZ – Ostrava – Barrák Music Club
14.11. PL – Warsaw – Hybrydy
15.11. PL – Krakow – Hype Park
16.11. HU – Budapest – Barba Negra
17.11. AT – Salzburg – Rockhouse
19.11. IT – Milan – Legend Club
20.11. CH – Monthey – Pont Rouge
21.11. DE – Freiburg – ArTik
22.11. DE – Cologne – Club Volta
23.11. NL – Amstelveen – p60
Further Lucifer live dates:
02.11. SE – In Rock Festival Vara
05.12. JP – Tokyo – Quattro
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well