Jucifer

Jucifer
Jucifer performing in 2012
Background information
Origin	Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Sludge metal, noise rock, alternative metal
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Capricorn, Relapse, Velocette, Nomadic Fortress, Alternative Tentacles
Members	Gazelle Amber Valentine (guitar, vocals) Edgar Livengood (drums, bass)
Website	jucifer.net

Jucifer is an American sludge metal duo formed in 1993.^[1] The band's members are Gazelle Amber Valentine on lead guitar and vocals and her husband Edgar Livengood on drums. 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. They are also notable for incessant touring beginning in the mid-1990s. In 2000 Jucifer moved into an RV and became completely "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.^[2]

The husband-and-wife duo were starring 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 acting a fictitious story in the film. The film was in production since 2009 but was cancelled few years later. Cianfrance would later executive produce Sound of Metal, which is a rework of Metalhead co-written and directed by Darius Marder. Although Cianfrance used Jucifer as inspiration for his original plot, which in turn inspired the reworked version, neither film is biographical.