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Review: Servant - Death Devil Magick
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Death Devil Magick

Label: AOP Records
Year released: 2024
Duration: 40:45
Tracks: 9
Genre: Black Metal

Rating:
4.25/5


Review online: September 20, 2024
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
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Third album for this highly underground German band who absolutely deserve more attention. This is ambitious Black Metal in the more melodic, epic school, recalling Uada with the melodic interludes and the highly involved compositions with the same melodies mutating through acoustic into tremolo slashing and then back again. The recording is sharp and has a lot of depth, eschewing the "basement" aesthetic of more kvlt bands. I get little hints of the atonal melodies of Dissection, the mood and atmosphere of Mgla, maybe even some Inquisition peeking through here and there. High praise, and this is maybe not as good as the comparisons make it sound, but Servant are definitely pushing boundaries here, trying to make something that is Black Metal but does not sound like 800 other bands. A really strong album that never gets boring.

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