Lamp of Murmuur Upcoming New Album: The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy
I still remember the first time I heard Lamp of Murmuur’s Heir of Ecliptical Romanticism. I was nearly broke and had just moved to London. It was a grey day and I was drinking beer with Chern under a bridge.
The raw sound, the infusion of second wave vibes, the words I couldn’t make out. Pure chef’s kiss. Now it’s 2025, M is set to come out with the new album The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy on November 14, 2025, and I’m still broke.
But hey, if you're the kind of metalhead who likes your atmosphere, your blast beats merciless, and your crescendos both triumphant and sorrowful, then The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy. might be one of the most compelling things you’ll hear in black metal this fall.
Key Details You Need to Know
Lamp of Murmuur return this autumn with M’s fourth full-length, The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy, on Wolves of Hades. The album runs nine tracks, anchored by a three-part title suite, and expands his black metal framework with longer compositions, shifting tempos, and carefully placed synth layers.
The single “Forest of Hallucinations” is already released and clocks in at over nine minutes. It carries abrasive guitars, dynamic drumming, vocals buried in the mix, and an emphasis on build-and-release tension. This record looks designed as a front-to-back listen rather than a collection of singles.
What We Might Expect From The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy Different
Lamp of Murmuur has always balanced his black metal brutality with atmospheric and almost ritualistic touches. What’s striking here is how he’s pushed further in both directions (at least from the release taster). It’s harsher in the corners, more expansive in the spaces.
He’s weaving themes of triumph and grief, transcendence and torment, not just lyrics, but in the structure of the music. We’re expecting to hear sweeping gothic atmospherics, bursts of raw energy, and if history has proven anything, moments where the song seems to be reaching for some higher ecstasy before plunging you back into the abyss. If you like contrast, this album is courting it intentionally.
There’s also something theatrical about the way it’s laid out: three parts to The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy (Part I: Moondance, Part II: Twilight Orgasm, Part III: The Fall) suggest a narrative arc. It’s not just “song after song of darkness,” but a journey.
Tracklist Highlights
Here’s the full tracklist so you can mark your pre-orders and plan which songs will become ritualistic listening:
The Fires of Seduction
Forest of Hallucinations
Hategate (The Dream-Master’s Realm)
Reincarnation of a Witch
Angelic Vortex
The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy Part I – Moondance
The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy Part II – Twilight Orgasm
The Dreaming Prince in Ecstasy Part III – The Fall
A Brute Angel’s Sorrow
Music breakdown: “Forest of Hallucinations”
Nine minutes, multiple sections, no padding. The guitars move through long tremolo lines that keep shifting shape rather than looping a single figure. Drums trade blasts for slower, heavier pulses to reset the tension before kicking back up. Vocals are pushed down in the mix and treated as abrasion more than narrative.
Synth layers appear sparingly to widen the peaks. It reads as a long-form black metal piece that escalates, contracts, and escalates again, without surrendering momentum. If this is the template, the album won’t be about quick hits; it will be about build, release, repeat.
Structure & Pacing Signals
The sequencing suggests an aggressive opening pair, a mid-album slow coil (“Reincarnation of a Witch” and “Angelic Vortex”), then the three-part title suite as the core narrative, and a final purge with “A Brute Angel’s Sorrow.” That suite placement usually means movement and contrast are the point, not just stacking songs. We’ll judge the execution when the full album drops, but the layout points to a front-to-back listen rather than singles.
Why This Album Will Matter
From the single, you can hear there’s growth. There are more expansive moments than before. It feels like Lamp of Murmuur heard critiques from before and has decided to go deeper. With a multi-part central piece, thematic arcs, juxtaposed tracks of seduction, worship, fall, sorrow, M is clearly looking to create a more immersive listening experience for us.
Written by: Chort the Crop Infestor
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