Lepra (USA-ME)
Devil's Blood in Her Tongue


4.5
superb

Review

by Hawks USER (167 Reviews)
October 2nd, 2023 | 42 replies


Release Date: 08/25/2023 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Possibly the eeriest, most unsettling album of 2023.

Say what you will, but the American black metal scene has been one of the top black metal scenes around the globe in recent years. Bands like Panopticon, Imperial Triumphant and a slew of others have put out some amazing stuff over the past few years. Lepra, an all female band hailing from Maine, is throwing their name in the mix with their debut album Devil's Blood in Her Tongue.

From the very first second of intro Our Lady of Everlasting Sorrow, you can tell you're in for one hell of a dark ride. Gothic style piano quickly transitions to a ***storm of post-punk influenced and heavily reverbed riffs with demonic black metal shrieks and lower pitched, tortured, operatic female wailing. It really is a mind*** when you hear all of the different things going on here and the transition from one genre to another is basically seamless as there's never any sloppiness despite all the moving parts. There is absolutely no let up on this album. It's as if Cradle of Filth and Type O'Negative got together and took a bunch of acid and went on a week long binge of listening to nothing but The Smiths and The Cure then decided to write an album.

Devil's Blood in Her Tongue is truly one of the most claustrophobic albums I've ever heard and I mean that in the best possible way. The reverb from the almost psychedelic riffs combined with the painful female vocals and heavy and AUDIBLE basslines (not common in black metal) makes for an extremely wild ride. A ride that I highly recommend taking!



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Comments:Add a Comment 
Hawks
October 2nd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Jam this men. Album SLAYZ! M////

Hawks
October 2nd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Here we go. Another amazing album gonna sit here and rot with nobody except me to jam it. Typical Sputnik. -_-

pizzamachine
October 2nd 2023


27126 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Lies here I am

Hawks
October 2nd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Pizza jam the first track here and let me know what u think plz thx.

pizzamachine
October 2nd 2023


27126 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Already done it. Weird as hell music, but well done. Reminds me of Diablo Swing Orchestra but more deathly. The intro went hard too. I’m hype tbh

Hawks
October 2nd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hell yesssss!!!

Dylan620
October 2nd 2023


5870 Comments


Black metal from New England??? Oh man I gotta get on this

Hawks
October 2nd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Don't go in expecting just black metal bro. It's like equal part bm, post-punk, gothic, psychedelic and doom. Shit is wild.

pizzamachine
October 2nd 2023


27126 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

3.5 for nowskies

Hawks
October 2nd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'll take it. m///

zaruyache
October 3rd 2023


27377 Comments


man you have weird taste /

Hawks
October 3rd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Lmao this slayz so ahrd Zar.

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
October 3rd 2023


25796 Comments


this is very weird hawksy but it’s also kinda fuckin cool.

can’t decide if I like the vocals but at the very least ive never really heard anything like it.

Hawks
October 3rd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hell yeah bro!!! I love the vox. I love everything about this honestly lol.

naughtcturnal
October 3rd 2023


2681 Comments


this is pretty nice. had to cop a cassette when I saw that there were 4 left lol

Hawks
October 3rd 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Nice! I bought the digital album and also the EP which rules just as ahrd as this. m///

Hawks
October 4th 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This might be a 5.

Hawks
October 4th 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yep 5'd ahrd. Can't stop listening to this. I've never heard anything like it.

Frost15
October 5th 2023


2802 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm gonna spin this soon. Review got me hyped

Hawks
October 5th 2023


87212 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Finally someone else comments!!! Hope u dig bro. Album is amazing.



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