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Lucifixion was started in 1990 by two 7th graders Jeremiah Riley and Shane Seegert. Jeremiah had been playing drums for three years and Shane decided he felt most comfortable with a bass. Soon after, Corey Howard joined as the band's first guitar player. At this point, the band was more talk than action, but soon began trying to cover various artists. It wasn't until a year later that a mutual friend, Brian Bascom, joined as the second guitarist. Over a short period of time, various situations led to Brian and Jeremiah being the soul members of the band. It was at this point they stopped trying to play covers and began writing their own music. The first song emerging was entitled "Fatal Ignorance." After a few more songs were written, Lucifixion came across 14 year old bassist Scott Wehman.

In early 1993, with six completed songs, the three piece headed into a new studio (Strawberry Fields) to record their debut demo tentatively titled "Demon Sacrifice." The band had no singer at this point, so Jeremiah recorded the vocals. They submitted this demo to WXUT, a college radio station in Toledo, OH. Through this broadcast, Lucifixion was first heard outside of the basement, and it also led to vocalist T.J. Huling. With T.J. in place, the group re-recorded the six song demo. They released it in 1994 on cassette under the title "Born Into Death." All 300 copies were sold within the year.

That same year, with the demo released, Lucifixion played their first live show at Club Bijou. They have been playing in and around the Toledo area ever since. The most memorable gig the band has ever played was in 1994 when they opened for Cannibal Corpse during "The Bleeding" tour. Soon after that performance, fan and roadie Andy Hamlet joined the band as its first lead guitar player. This five piece line up was short lived due to parting ways with T.J. At this time, it was decided that Jeremiah would once again be the band's vocalist. In 1996, Lucifixion released their first full length album "Indulge In The Macabre." The CD included six new songs as well as four songs from the "Born Into Death" demo.

Since the release of the album, the group has gone through many line up changes. To compliment their musical direction, Lucifixion chose to incorporate a female singer. With one last line up change this past year, the current Lucifixion consists of: Jeremiah Riley - Drums/Lead Vocals, Andy Hamlet - Lead Guitar, Larry Ray – Bass, Maria Seeburger- Lead Female Vocals, and Austin Waidelich – Rhythm Guitar. At the time of this bio, Lucifixion has put the finishing touches on a 3 song EP entitled "As Evil As Me". This EP showcases Lucifixion's evolution since "Indulge In The Macabre."