MALAKHIM - And in Our Hearts the Devil Sings CD

Released October 31, 2025.

MALAKHIM's second album, And In Our Hearts the Devil Sings. Truly titled, And In Our Hearts the Devil Sings is a concertedly more melodic and majestic MALAKHIM, portending dread and doom and a dead-fucking-seriousness so often lacking from second-wave reinvigoration. Without sacrificing an iota of nuance nor rivulet of blood, the Swedes' songwriting on their second album is streamlined to a superlative degree, honed like a warhead at a holy target. And while the pace remains blasting-quick more often than not, huge and somewhat-hymnal spaces open up, revealing a hitherto-unexplored epic side of MALAKHIM suited for the stage - or, perhaps more accurately, a massive black mass. And just like Theion ever so slightly cleaned up the quintet's inherently dirty attack, so does And In Our Hearts the Devil Sings continue this favorable trajectory, intensifying the very METAL magick at the core of their sound; credit to longtime friend & co-conspirator M Norman, who's handled engineering on all of MALAKHIM's recordings to date.

While And In Our Hearts the Devil Sings isn't strictly a concept album per se, its lyrical themes are nevertheless deep, loosely based on the ideas of Yetzer Hara: the inherent inclination of man to do evil. Suitably, MALAKHIM have tapped K Pavleska of Mors Ultima Ratio Art to capture the ominous cover artwork, with additional booklet artwork by longtime friend Karmazid, who's also been a staple for all their releases. "You may claim to not know or believe in the Devil, but rest assured that the Devil knows you..."