Maul Seraphic Punishment

Maul Inflict "Seraphic Punishment" Through Vengeful Death Metal (Early Track Stream)


From its flesh-tenderizing snare to the muscular riffs that comprise it, Maul‘s upcoming album Seraphic Punishment is, in a word, meaty. Thick, guttural, and loaded with nasty hooks, this is death metal not just to sink your teeth into — it’s death metal to savagely tear into and leave bloody-mouthed. The North Dakotan band nail the primal fury (and resulting primal delight) that only death metal can offer, and they do it with unsettling grace. Surprisingly nimble despite moving with deadly intent, Seraphic Punishment is not an album you’ll want to turn your back on. On the album’s title track, which we’re premiering now below, the group’s jagged riffs, set in grisly chainsaw tones, prove surprisingly hypnotic and should be fully digested.

From the band:

Seraphic Punishment is a story loosely tied into religious lies of an ethereal life mixed with personal thirst and desire to live eternally given any opportunity no matter the cost… “a gift or damnation”.
We write all of our songs together in rehearsal either from improv jam sessions or Lamb or Al had a new riff idea prepared and we expand on it as a group. The title track, Seraphic Punishment, was created through our desire to push faster riffing and alternating tempo changes as opposed to our past demo material. With new blood flowing in the band welcoming Al in on the writing process, it was almost easy and we created a ton of fun gnarly material that is still completely us.

Seraphic Punishment releases July 15th, 2022 via Redefining Darkness Records, with a cassette release through Gurgling Gore.