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Lucifer’s Friend

A German-English hard rock band created in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, vocalist John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horn, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was noted as early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock; they also incorporated elements of jazz and fusion into their music, especially on their 1974 album, Banquet. Besides heavy metal, the band became one of the pioneers of doom metal. Because of their heavy sound and dark-oriented lyrics, Lucifer’s Friend defined the sound of both genres.