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Jucifer.

Ah Jucifer.

Imagine everything you love about extreme metal, then realize what it’s missing.

Harmony?

Nope.

Plenty of harmony in the world of metal.

Feeling?

Nope.

Plenty of feeling.

Mostly rage?

Not even close.

What metal has been missing for some time is sex appeal.

Thank God for Jucifer.

Drummer Ed Livengood and lead screamer/crooner/axe Amber Valentine are a gruesomely beautiful duo, and their sound is the perfect balance of dirt, groove, grind and salt.

They’ll be at Hell’s Kitchen tonight with many kickass bands.

[Hell’s Kitchen, Heavy in Tacoma Fest with Jucifer, Stone Axe, 12 Gauge Saint, Dirty Knockers, Monuments Collide, Sleeper Cell and the Legend of Bigfoot, 8 p.m., $5, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003]