{"id":14875,"date":"2025-08-13T07:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=14875"},"modified":"2025-08-13T07:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:47:45","slug":"raven-black-unleashes-dual-darkness-with-releases-of-cry-of-the-raven-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=14875","title":{"rendered":"RAVEN BLACK Unleashes Dual Darkness with Releases of CRY OF THE RAVEN &amp; DEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RAVEN-BLACK-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14876\" style=\"width:667px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RAVEN-BLACK-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RAVEN-BLACK-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RAVEN-BLACK-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RAVEN-BLACK.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Step into the twisted carnival not once more but twice more.&nbsp;<strong>Raven Black<\/strong>, the darkly theatrical metal phenomenon, is about to shatter reality with two devastating new releases:&nbsp;<strong>Cry of the Raven<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Dead<\/strong>. Known for blending metal\u2019s ferocity with a Tim Burton-esque world of eerie fantasy,&nbsp;<strong>Raven Black<\/strong>&nbsp;is ready to deliver their most intense, emotionally charged, and sonically powerful work to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following years of captivating fans with their unique \u201cdark carnival metal\u201d sound,&nbsp;<strong>Raven Black<\/strong>&nbsp;returns sharper, heavier, and more fearless than ever.&nbsp;<strong>Cry of the Raven<\/strong>&nbsp;promises a soaring, sinister journey through rage, resilience, and redemption\u2014driven by bone-crushing riffs, haunting melodies, and Raven\u2019s unmistakable voice cutting through the storm.&nbsp;<strong>Dead<\/strong>&nbsp;sinks even deeper, exploring mortality, loss, and the shadows of the soul with a theatrical ferocity that only this band can conjure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CRY OF THE RAVEN<\/strong>: Song is about Raven\u2019s hidden struggle with the demands and pressure while undergoing her own personal and private depression and illness. The stuff people don\u2019t see or know the truth about.\u00a0 We all have some kind of suffering in silence.\u00a0 We are never alone in it but we sometimes choose to keep it hidden.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"RAVEN BLACK - Cry Of The Raven (Official Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LSg7kTXJCdo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEAD<\/strong>: A power metal song about a vampire and living as\u00a0<strong>Dead<\/strong>\u00a0in a world where others do not realize the pain and suffering of living dead but we are sleeping through our lives ignorant to the true meaning of life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"RAVEN BLACK - Dead (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0D0iJP1QNB8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet&nbsp;<strong>RAVEN BLACK<\/strong>, a theatrical metal act originally from Los Angeles. Their unique brand of metal, influenced by gothic, classical, and heavy metal music, serves as the soundtrack to vocalist&nbsp;Raven&#8217;s duality as she shares her story of being a hybrid of both dark and light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing from a myriad of musical inspirations,&nbsp;<strong>RAVEN BLACK<\/strong>&nbsp;expertly blends elements from their favorite art forms, including movies, ethnic backgrounds, and personal life experiences. Each song is crafted to take fans on an adventure, offering new perspectives and understandings. Their sound ranges from melodic to dark, fun to raging and psychotic\u2014yet every track tells a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the heart of their narrative lies a comic book character: a girl whose innocence was taken at a young age. Overcoming her demons and cursed by her predators, she discovers she is half human, half doll. The doll within her is dark, and as she embraces her inner darkness, she travels with her demons who protect her from those seeking to steal her inner power. <em>She is the key.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step into the twisted carnival not once more but twice more.&nbsp;Raven Black, the darkly theatrical metal phenomenon, is about to shatter reality with two devastating new releases:&nbsp;Cry of the Raven&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dead. Known for blending metal\u2019s ferocity with a Tim Burton-esque world of eerie fantasy,&nbsp;Raven Black&nbsp;is ready to deliver their most intense, emotionally charged, and sonically powerful&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=14875\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RAVEN BLACK Unleashes Dual Darkness with Releases of CRY OF THE RAVEN &amp; DEAD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14877,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14875\/revisions\/14877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}