Lamp Of Murmuur | The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy | Wolves Of Hades

 

Release Date: November 14, 2025

Format: Digital, Vinyl

Genre: Black Metal

Country: United States

Born from the mysterious underground, Lamp Of Murmuur began as a one-person project that quickly rose from obscurity to become one of the most respected names in modern black metal. From the raw atmosphere of the early releases to the grandiose approach of “Saturnian Bloodstorm,” the project has continually evolved, balancing savagery with a strange sense of spiritual grace. Over time, Lamp Of Murmuur has shaped a distinctive sound, harsh, poetic, and steeped in the arcane, that draws as much from early Norwegian black metal as it does from gothic and heavy metal influences.

“The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy” continues this ascent into the strange theatre of Lamp Of Murmuur’s vision. The album unfolds like a dark ceremony, alternating between moments of grandeur and passages that feel almost ritualistic. There’s a dreamlike tension throughout the record, something that constantly shifts between aggression and exaltation. The guitars are layered in a way that turns riffs into chants, while the vocals drift between anguish and triumph. It’s a sound that captures the restless spirit of the project, untamed, imaginative, and deeply atmospheric.

The production stays raw enough to retain the underground essence but there’s a sense of structure and intention that gives the music a dramatic edge. At times, the songs take on a medieval aura, almost romantic in their melodic flow. Other moments break into feral blastbeats and icy tremolos that bring to mind the old spirits of the genre. Despite the variety, the album’s world feels cohesive, each song contributes to a larger narrative of transcendence, death, and transformation.

What’s striking about “The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy” is how it merges the majestic and the grotesque, the sacred and the sinful. It’s an album that walks through the corridors of fantasy and horror, guided by a vision that’s personal and mythic. This duality makes it compelling, even when it drifts into excess or abstraction. Lamp Of Murmuur remains unpredictable, and that unpredictability gives the music its vitality.

By the time the album closes, there’s a sense of having witnessed something theatrical, like a ritual ending in silence. It’s not perfection, it’s fascination, chaos, and beauty tangled together. “The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy” stands as another strange and alluring chapter in Lamp Of Murmuur’s evolving story, rich in imagination and darkness, a work that deepens the mystique of one of black metal’s most singular projects.

Score: 7.0