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Never Ending Bloodstorm Mmxxiii

devil Master (US)
Philadelphia's Devil Master's roots in ritual magick have never been more prominent than on their sophomore album Ecstasies of Never Ending Night, released in April via Relapse Records. Recorded live to analog tape and blending blackened punk, death rock and Japanese-style hardcore, Ecstasies expands on the warped riffing and dark atmospheres that have already propelled Devil Master as one of the underground's most unique and unfettered bands.
The path from Devil Master's debut, Satan Spits on Children of Light, to Ecstasies of Never Ending Night was long and winding. Beyond the many challenges presented by the pandemic, the band experienced a mutual parting of ways with half of their previous lineup.
In the aftermath, vocalist Disembody Through Unparalleled Pleasure also assumed the role of bassist, strengthening the core songwriting trio alongside Darkest Prince and rhythm guitarist Infernal Moonlight Apparition. Fresh blood was found in drummer/keyboardist Festering Terror in Deepest Catacomb (a.k.a. Chris Ulsh of Power Trip and Iron Age).
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Lamp of Murmuur (US)
Few artists in recent memory have swept through the dark underground with the excited fervour that Lamp of Murmuur has achieved since first appearing with a string of demos in .
Despite the project's quick rise to renown, little is known about the band except that the project hails from Los Angeles and is led by an enigmatic man known as M.
There is no shortage of raw black metal projects around the world but the way that M. approaches the genre sets Lamp of Murmuur on a different path than many of its contemporaries. With two albums already under his belt (the third one, Saturnian Bloodstorm, is set to be released on March through Argento Records) M.'s explorations in black metal stray enough to keep his approach fresh and mysterious, without compromising the extreme core of the project.
Starting as a fairly orthodox one-man endeavor, it was soon apparent that behind the ghastly mist of rabid riffs and ominous synths there was a far more complex and enigmatic beast dancing behind a veil of shadows.
After the gothic explorations in Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism () and Submission and Slavery (), the project seeks to redefine itself once again with Saturnian Bloodstorm.
Lamp of Murmuur's new album is a statement of might and power, destroying all preconceptions the project had made in the past, while also serving to cement its position as a driving force in modern-day underground metal.
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Bockreiter (BE)
Blackened doom metal with (former) members of Spectre, Absolutus, Humanitas Error Est and Garden of Decay. Their music wanders between slow, deep and dark pulsations, melancholic melodies and fierce black metal riffs, while the lyrics deal with local legends and the struggles of existence. Founded in , Bockreiter released their first demo in and their first full-length album is expected later this year.
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