Simone Appolloni's Album Reviews
Ritualmord is a side project of Kim Carl Martin Carlsson of Hypothermia and Lifelover, Rickard Öström, allegedly a member of Ritualmord (until 2015) and Lifelover, for a period, and Belgian solo weirdo Déhà/Olmo Lipani: their 2025 debut, This Is Not Lifelover, contains alleged "songs that did not fit Lifelover", consisting of Joy Division/The Cure-like distant balladry ("Stonerpop") cozy guitars akin to Ofdrykkja and minimal Ambient ("Totalitär Tomhet"). When coupled with the album cover and the title, you can't help but shake the feeling this is all a bloody, unfunny joke... in pure Depressive Black Metal style.
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