RITUALMORD - This Is Not Lifelover 2LP

RITUALMORD - This Is Not Lifelover 2LPFew long gone bands from the underground still have as passionately devoted a following as the Swedish group Lifelover. Two of that bands surviving members have worked together under the name Ritualmord to create a debut album released by Unjoy Art & Ritualia. That pedigree alone would attract Lifelover fans to the album like iron filings to a magnet, but almost like a rebuff of an old lover, Ritualmord named their album This Is Not Lifelover. And the

This otherworldly opus channels the ancient magicks that flow through immortal veins

while still paying homage to their early death metal influences (Cannibal Corpse

Satan has gone a long way

Their first demo

GREEN CARNATION set sail on an epic journey into a dark night of the soul

and their rare approach felt like the perfect fit for our orphaned recording

it showcases some absolutely scorching riffs and "balls to the wall" grooves that are sure to cause whiplash for any listener

‘Alt Som Finnes’ (“all there is”)

reflective clean guitars

of freedom suffocated

Power of Destruction

While previous releases such as The Blind Leading the Blind (2018) and Where Fear and Weapons Meet (2021) focused on the futility and finality of war