Murmur are a band from Spain that plays a very atmospheric and progressive mixture of post black, doom metal and blackgaze and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Red Hill" which will be released in November.
Nature sounds start off the album along with some clean playing a few seconds later while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic post metal style. All of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the slower sections of the album also being very heavily rooted in doom metal.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them along with the album also going into a progressive direction at times and also mixing in elements of shoegaze.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as some growls also being utilized at times, melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and whispers are also utilized briefly. A couple of the tracks also adds in a small amount of spoken word samples and choir vocals are also added towards the end. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover occult and ritualistic metaphors that addresses social issues.
In my opinion Murmur are a very great sounding atmospheric and progressive mixture of post black, doom metal and blackgaze and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Calling". 8 out of 10.
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