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1.	Miasma From The Fetid Swamp 09:18	info	buy track
2.	Rotting Rancour Of The Black Death 05:09		buy track
3.	Abandoned Harvest 04:54		buy track
4.	Waiting At Death's Door 04:22		buy track
5.	Vindictive Aggressor 04:55		buy track
6.	A Mystery Forever Unresolved 03:37		buy track
7.	Cosmic Cauldron 04:24		buy track
8.	Mendicant, Rats And Fleas 04:17		buy track
9.	A Hero's Welcome 04:16		buy track
10.	Crossing The Thresholds 03:03		buy track
11.	Herebeald, Brother To The King 08:45		buy track
12.	A Purge From Which No Man Can Withstand 05:38		buy track
13.	Broken Mosaics Pieced Into Place 06:30		buy track
14.	The Sun Rising Over A New Dawn... 04:45		buy track

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The sequel to the surprisingly masterful original, and continuation of the epic story....

Infernal Symphony's second proper dungeon synth album, and second in the 'Plaguewielder' series pulls no punches and amplifies everything that made Part I so special, whilst also adding in a myriad of new emotions, motifs, themes and styles. Uncomfy synth at it's finest!

Dripping with palpable emotion, melancholy and honoring the legacy of the first half of this concept double album, 'Plaguewielder - Pt. II' is a gut punch in all the right ways. Astonishingly effective at painting a dark fantasy picture and awakening a disturbing look at life in the Middle Ages, it evokes the grim, grimy feel of Medieval Europe, trapped in the clutches of the Black Death.

This album was an exercise in iteration, patience and digging deep for me personally. During the course of the bloated writing sessions for this album, I essentially wrote and re-wrote over half of the album until I was at last happy with it, with some of these tracks taking over a full year to see the light of day. In particular, the opening track is actually two full tracks written together and combined as one!

Inspired heavily by classical music, musique concrete, 60s psychedelia and more, this album was purposefully designed to make you feel nauseous and sickly whilst listening, just like I was while crafting it! I'm proud of the result and feel it truly encapsulates the sensation of being trapped in this time period whilst simultaneously being part of an epic fantasy journey.

I really laboured over this, as after the release of my dungeon skate albums, I felt extremely directionless for the first time in my career. So, I soldiered on, revived the demos I had written for this release almost a year ago, and eventually resuscitated this cursed series. I have no idea if I'll revisit them, because every time I sit down to write a Plaguewielder album, I inevitably catch some kind of illness. Perhaps the universe is telling me something!

Either way, our heroic protagonist now ventures forth into unseen lands and uncharted territory on his quest to eradicate the mysterious, magical pox and assassinate the demonic plague doctor who infected his home and murdered his family. We last saw him after the climactic battle lead by Hygelac, The King, but after this slim victory in which the King lost his life, our hero parted ways with the group and now ventures forth into the sickly fetid swampland of The Doomed Mangrove...

From there, he will encounter Macbeth-like witches, haunted graveyards, and bump into the grieving brother of his old Warlord as Herebeald charges forth into battle to avenge the death of his sibling. And all the while, Dr. Death plots his next move in a bid for sickly world domination...

This album thematically deals with loss, hopelessness, preservation of tradition and history, the grief of the end of an era and the changing tides of fate, as well as paying tribute to all the innocent lives lost to the annals of time through evil and disease.

Pure old school dungeon synth at its finest mixed with elements of many new-school branches of the genre, you owe it to yourself to give this a try if you enjoy anything related to tabletop rpgs, 90s adventure/rpg video games, fantasy literature or electronic/ambient music of any kind! Or, of course, if you enjoyed Part I and need to experience the continuation of this epic and immersive story!

Thanks, as always, for your support and for joining us on this shared journey.

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released November 24, 2023

All tracks written between Sept 2022 and November 2023 at The Infernal Hostel, Hog Bog and the House Of Grouse.

The entire album was written and recorded exclusively in a mobile phone, for extra DIY and kvlt status!

Written and recorded by Demonic Bishop. Production, arrangements, mixing, mastering, editing, sequencing, programming, concept and artwork by Demonic Bishop.

Thanks to the Dungeon Noise Cavern YouTube channel for the support and for hosting the first album. Special thanks to Satan, Mum, Dad and Chan.

Thanks also to Lisa, Gibb, Alex, Neil, Donna, Louis, Ryan, Sharl, Connall, Ellison, Kason, Gary R, Barbera, Rap2h, Chris Clough and Gorgons Alter, Hjartans, The Secret Of Darkwoods Discord, Jake, Tommy, Alex W, Phil Core, Phili Stine, A|V and all of Abduction UK, ARBB, Ozzy, Andy Lloyd, Daniel Peat, Dave Hambling, Marian, Chloe L, Boo, Charley, Amie, Cassie and Cookie.

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Infernal Symphony Cannock, UK

Dungeon Synth, Dungeon Skate and Progressive Death Metal solo project by Demonic Bishop - signed to Dungeon Squid Productions.
Infernal Symphony is music made not with professional budgets or fancy hi-tech production values, but with intellect, passion and soul. It is not designed to be easy listening, but a window into the cruelest and most desperately evil parts of the human psyche. ... more

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