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Devourer - Raptus - Reviewed By Metal Digest! Wednesday December 14 2022, 8:35 PM

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There’s a strange longevity to black metal; to the naked eye new bands never seemingly appear, but if you look deep within the caverns, you’ll find endless black metal bands with 30+ years under their belt. One band recently celebrating the double X are Devourer as the Swedes release their latest album ‘Raptus’.

As all good black metal should, ‘Raptus’ thunders out of the gates in a lightning attack which can easily catch the listener off guard. Yet, just before the faculties have returned, ‘Raptus’ demonstrates that not all black metal needs a blitzkrieg because suddenly, the tempo is changed for some heavy shelling of sludge driven riffs and when coupled with memorable hooks, ‘Raptus’ actually remains really fresh and exciting. Through tracks such as ‘Bearer of Dark Tidings’, ‘The Arbiter of Nullification’ and ‘TON 618’, ‘Raptus’ delivers wave after wave of endless assaults which bring about all the appeal of Dark Funeral, Marduk and 1349.

‘Raptus’ is actually almost perfectly produced, it has that heady mix of raw, old-school black metal coupled with the modern polish that plays well in modern hi-fi systems which lets the energy held within pour out of the speakers as Devourer deliver one of the best black metal albums of the year. - Metal Digest

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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