Editing Danzig II: Lucifuge (section)

== Music and recording ==
''Lucifuge'' was recorded at three studios in Hollywood: Hollywood Sound Recorders, Larrabee Sound Studios and Summa Music Group over an eleven-month period, between June 1989 and May 1990; up to this point, it was the longest time Glenn Danzig had taken to make an album.<ref name="recordingsessions">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/danzig/sessions.php|title=Danzig Recording Sessions|publisher=misfitscentral.com|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

''Lucifuge'' has a pronounced blues influence that adds a sinister edge akin to records by [[Howlin' Wolf]] or [[Robert Johnson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=muscle.90|title=Review of Danzig II|date=Summer 1990|publisher=Metal Muscle|access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref> who have both been accused of playing the "Devil's music". Thematically, a number of songs throughout the album ask questions about the concept of [[evil]].<ref name="NYTimes" />

Glenn Danzig said that the song "Killer Wolf" is "my version of an old blues song about a guy who wolfs around the door of every girl in town."<ref name="Faces">{{cite web|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=faces3.90|title=Danzig: By His Own Design|date=Summer 1990|publisher=Faces magazine|access-date=December 19, 2009}}</ref>

Glenn Danzig has described "I'm the One" as "another blues song...about a guy realizing his destiny."<ref name="Faces" /> "I'm the One" was originally recorded for Danzig's debut album, as [[John Christ]] explained: "We actually recorded 'I'm the One' for the first record, but we decided to save it for this record. It fit the mood of the second album much better. Glenn wanted to do that song for a long time – he even knew what kind of video he wanted it to have long before we did it. It's a cool song: just some guitar and vocals and a little [[Hi-hat (instrument)|hi-hat]] in the background."<ref name="Guitar School">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=gschool.94|title=Prime Cuts: John Christ|last=Kitts|first=Jeff|date=July 1994|publisher=Guitar School|access-date=August 23, 2010}}</ref>

The introduction to "Long Way Back from Hell" begins with the use of the [[Dive bomb (guitar technique)|dive bomb]] guitar technique.<ref name="Guitar School" /> Guitarist John Christ explained: "We worked on the beginning of that song for a long time before we finally got it right – it always sounded too empty. But when [[Eerie Von|Eerie]] came in with that galloping bass-line, it all kind of fell into place. It has a lot of energy to it and was probably one of the best songs on that album."<ref name="Guitar School" />

Glenn Danzig spoke about the challenge of writing the song "Her Black Wings": "I always know beforehand what kind of record I want to make. Those ideas dictate how the songs will sound. And sometimes it's not always easy to execute the ideas. For example, writing 'Her Black Wings' was a laborious and tedious experience – but that's the way it had to be for the song to come out right."<ref name="Flux">{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=flux.94|title=The Dark Knight Returns|last=Kitts|first=Jeff|date=September 1994|publisher=[[Flux Magazine (US)|Flux Magazine]]|access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref>

"777" is a song about the biblical concept of [[Armageddon]]<ref name="Faces" /> and includes the use of [[slide guitar]].<ref name="Kerrang!">{{cite magazine|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=kerrang.690|title=Glenn Danzig: Brawn to be Wild|date=June 30, 1990|first=Mike|last=Gitter|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>

"Blood and Tears" is a [[Roy Orbison]]-like ballad about "a girl's failed relationship and her subsequent torment",<ref name="Faces" /> and is one of Glenn Danzig's personal favorites from the album.<ref name="Kerrang!" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=unknown.s90|title=Danzig Returns|last=Zogbi|first=Marina|date=Summer 1990|publisher=Misfits Central|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>

The lyrics to "Snakes of Christ" tell of Glenn Danzig's view that the teachings of Christ have been perverted by religious groups.<ref name="Faces" /> Glenn Danzig has mentioned in interviews the very noticeable similarity between the main riff from "Snakes of Christ" and that of the later [[Stone Temple Pilots]] song "[[Sex Type Thing]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/seconds44.htm|title=Glenn Danzig Interview|first1=Steven|last1=Blush|author-link1=Steven Blush|date=October 1997|publisher=[[Seconds (magazine)|Seconds]]|access-date=December 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814051516/http://www.the7thhouse.com/news/Articles/seconds44.htm|archive-date=August 14, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Regarding the song "Tired of Being Alive", John Christ has suggested that "Lyrically, I think the words are about the way Glenn was feeling at the time."<ref name="Guitar School" /> The remaining songs feature subjects including love, sex and religious themes.<ref name="Faces" />

A song titled "The Other Side" was finished but not released on the album.<ref name="RIP">{{cite web|url=http://misfitscentral.com/display.php?t=darticle&f=rip.790|title=DANZIG Into The Black|last=Chirazi|first=Stefan|date=July 1990|publisher=[[RIP (magazine)|RIP magazine]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>

Prior to the album release, Glenn Danzig noted how the band had improved in the interim between the [[Danzig (album)|debut recording]] and the recording of ''Lucifuge'': "Everybody's much more comfortable with each other now.  We've toured with each other, hung with each other. The rhythm section is much tighter. It's just a much better band, and that comes through on the album."<ref name="RIP" />