(written by Islander)
Můra is a Prague-based Blackened Death/Doom Metal band originally formed in 2020. In the following year they released their debut EP, Doom Invocations and Narcotic Rituals. Later this month two respected labels (Doomentia and Caligari) will jointly release Můra‘s second EP, Needle Cathedral, and today we proudly premiere its title song.
“Needle Cathedral” (the song) begins mangling the listener’s mind immediately with a storm of abrasive electronics — a collage of static-shrouded gouging sounds and shrill needling tones that seem to stand as a warning of impending ruin. From there Můra discharge writhing swarms of frenzied but cruel riffage, gunshot beats, and a tandem of monstrous roars and deranged screams which echo as if expelled within the needle cathedral of the song’s name.
In the low end, the band anchor the song with heaving yet also feverish throbs, interspersed with hard-slugging grooves, ritualistic percussive rumbling, and bursts of boiling fretwork spasms. Although the frenzied string tortures and truly horrifying growls never completely vanish, a mood of soul-sucking dread and oppressiveness slowly oozes to the surface as the momentum lurches forward.
The band also rhythmically jolt the listener’s spine, as a prelude to a paroxysm of maniacal chords, hammering blast-beats, and berserk screams. The abrasive roiling and writhing riffage re-surfaces, and by now seems to be a channel of mind-ruining agony that swarms around brutish blows and terrorizing throat-work.
Punishing in its heaviness, violently deranged in its fretwork, hopeless in its moods, and vocally horrendous, the song takes listeners to a nightmarish place, and freezes us in place while it completes its looming edifice of terror and awe.
MŮRA is:
M. – vocals
H. – guitars
L. – guitars
N. – bass
J. – drums (guest)
Needle Cathedral will be released on January 20th by Doomentia Records on LP vinyl and cassette tape, and by Caligari Records on cassette tape in the U.S. The EP includes two more songs in addition to the title track, encompassing a total of 21 minutes of music. We will have more to say about the EP as a whole when we premiere all three songs on January 16th.
Needle Cathedral was recorded and mastered by Amak Golden in Golden HIVE Studio, and it was mixed by Jakub Školný in Studio ŠUMM. The fantastic cover art is the work of Belial NecroArts. For more info about the album and the band, see the links below.
We also want to note that Můra will perform an album release ceremony with Pale Spektre on the 22nd of February in a baroque church in Prague. Details about that event can be found HERE.
MŮRA:
https://muradoom.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Muradoom
https://www.instagram.com/muradoomband/
DOOMENTIA:
https://www.doomentia.com/
https://doomentiarecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/doomentia
https://www.instagram.com/doomentiarecords/
CALIGARI:
https://caligarirecords.storenvy.com/
https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CaligariRecords
https://www.instagram.com/caligarirecords/
