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Devourer - Raptus - Reviewed By OccultBlackMetalZine! Sunday February 6 2022, 8:34 PM

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Devourer - Raptus - Reviewed By OccultBlackMetalZine ! Check it out here at this link: https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2022/02/devourerraptusiron-blood-and-death.html

Sweden's Devourer have returned with a new recording which shows them music going for more of an aggressive and melodic style of black metal mixes in with touches of death metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Raptus" which was released by Iron, Blood And Death Corporation.

A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the music also shows an influence of the classic Swedish style mixed in with modern elements and all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.

Throughout the album you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the riffs also add in a lot of melody. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with one track also introducing clean chants and vocals onto the recording.

Spoken word parts van also be heard on a couple of songs along with some of the music also bringing in elements of death metal and growling vocals which is also different from previous releases the band has put out in the last few years and as the album progresses a brief use of atmospheric sounds can also be heard The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Darkness, Death occultism, Anti Religion and Existential themes.

In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Devourer and if you are a f an of aggressive and melodic black and death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Bearer Of Dark Tidings" "Apokruptein" "Visions From Megiddo" and "Torrents To The Void". 8 out of 10. - OccultBlackMetalZine

Release Date: January 31, 2022

FFO: Dark Funeral, Kadaverdisciplin, Mgla

Location: Sweden/Russia

Devourer was formed by multi-instrumentalist John Falk (Sorcery, ex-In Aeternum) in Sandviken, Sweden 2002. The first demo came out in 2003, and then four full-length albums and a handful of videos and singles have been released. Vocalist Fredrik Håf (Patronymicon, Sordid Flesh) joined Devourer in 2007, and bassist Oksana Falk (Teodolit) and guitarist Johan Vikholm (Sorcery, Patronymicon) joined the band in 2019. Raptus is Devourer's fourth full-length album. It was written and produced by Devourer, and the cover art has a design made by Vald de Mar. It's available to order on digipak CD from Devourer's Bandcamp page.

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