Philadelphia blackened punk outfit Devil Master have announced their new album, Bloody Dreams, due out September 4 via Relapse Records.
Alongside the announcement, the band has released the album’s lead single, “You Worms’ Vain Delusions,” along with an accompanying music video.
Speaking about the album’s direction, guitarist Darkest Prince said the music is rooted in the history of the word “gothic,” describing Devil Master’s “psychedelic blend of black metal and punk” as “defiant” and “the marriage and definition of the whole history of the etymology of the word ‘gothic,’ of the barbarian punk side up to the spiritual, dark, supernatural, gothic evil.”
Bloody Dreams was mastered by Arthur Rizk and features guest appearances from Sigh’s Mirai Kawashima, former Power Trip drummer Chris Ulsh, and Ur Èmdr Œrvn of Arkha Sva.
Devil Master will support the album with a September European tour, including appearances at Summer Dying Loud Festival and dates with Japanese avant-garde metal veterans Sigh.
Bloody Dreams tracklist:
1. You Worms’ Vain Delusions
2. Trembling at Dusk
3. Sex with Succubus
4. Death Anthem
5. Bloody Dreams
6. Farewell Waltz to Unfortune’s Palace
Devil Master live dates (get tickets):
Sept 03: Aleksandrow Lodzki PL – Summer Dying Loud Festival
Sept 04: Kracow, PL – Zaścianek
Sept 05: Brno, CZ – Kabinet MUZ
Sept 06: Hungary, BP – Robot *
Sept 07: Munich, DE – Hansa 39
Sept 08: Leipzig, DE – Moritzbasei
Sept 09: Berlin, DE – Badehaus
Sept 10: Copenhagen, DK – Beta
Sept 11: Hamburg, DE – Betty
Sept 12: Cologne, DE – Garagen *
Sept 13: Leeuwarden, NL – Neushoorn
Sept 14: Utrecht, NL – DB’s
Sept 15: Paris, FR – Backstage By The Mill
Supporting Sigh
* Devil Master only
Devil Master is:
Darkest Prince – guitar
Disembody Through Unparalleled Pleasure – bass/vocals
Infernal Moonlight Apparition – guitar
Wrought by Fathomless Hands – drums
Photo by Nicholl Strouse
