New album, “Red Hill”, out on November 6th!
After sharing the stage with Pestilence, Tribulation, Angelus Apatrida, and even The Exploited, Murmur, the international band based in Madrid, will release Red Hill on November the 6th. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Víctor Saiz at California Studios, their new concept album continues in the vein of Pvtrefactio, their first opus, with lyrics full of occult and ritualistic metaphors that address social issues, thus offering a profound critique of the contemporary world.
Once again, the dark and enveloping atmosphere that defines their music, which we could place between post-black metal and blackgaze, with atmospheric black metal and some doom and progressive touches, is the perfect vehicle to channel the symbolism and mysticism conveyed by this work.
As they themselves explain, “Red Hill is the vindication of a very specific place within our city and our land, exposing passages of its history and all the oblivion that rests upon it”. Furthermore, it is “An intimate retrospective through different eras and historical events, which takes the temple and monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its central element and, in turn, as a catalyst for pain and hatred”.
“Referring to the brief name Cerro Rojo, adopted by Cerro de los Ángeles in 1936, Red Hill explores the direct relationship of power exercised jointly by the upper echelons of the Church and Franco’s dictatorship, without leaving behind the alchemical references already exposed in the previous work, Pvtrefactio”, conclude Murmur.
With a cover by Azahara G. Martínez based on the photographic work of Fred J. Segado, Red Hill consists of three broad musical movements that find beauty through darkness, achieving excellence with their marked transcendental character.
This is an album that appeals to all five senses and brims with talent, sure to fascinate fans of Amenra, Deafheaven, Harakiri For The Sky, Agalloch, or Mgła.
