Devouring Radiant Light

Devouring Radiant Light is the sixth studio album by American extreme metal band Skeletonwitch. It was released in July 2018 by Prosthetic Records.

Devouring Radiant Light
Studio album by Skeletonwitch
Released	July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Studio	GodCity Studios, Salem, Massachusetts
Genre	Melodic black metal
Length	46:08
Label	Prosthetic[1]
Producer	Kurt Ballou
Skeletonwitch chronology
Serpents Unleashed (2013) Devouring Radiant Light (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
MetalSucks	[3]
Exclaim!	(9/10)[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fen of Shadows"	7:59
2.	"When Paradise Fades"	4:01
3.	"Temple of the Sun"	4:43
4.	"Devouring Radiant Light"	6:47
5.	"The Luminous Sky"	4:02
6.	"The Vault"	8:57
7.	"Carnarium Eternal"	3:00
8.	"Sacred Soil"	6:40

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Decibel	Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018	6	[5]
Metal Injection	Top 20 Albums of 2018	19	[6]
Pitchfork	Best Metal Albums of 2018	N/A	[7]
PopMatters	Top 20 Metal Albums of 2018	18	[8]

References

1. "SKELETONWITCH To Release 'Devouring Radiant Light' Album In July". Blabbermouth.net. April 26, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
3. "Album Review: Skeletonwitch's Devouring Radiant Light". Metalsucks.net. July 10, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
4. Trottier, Renee (July 10, 2018). "Album ratings". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
5. Mudrian, Albert. "SPOILER: Here Are Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018". Decibel. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
6. Davis, Codey (28 December 2018). "Metal Injection Writers' Collective Top 20 Albums of 2018". Metalinjection.net. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
7. "The Best Metal Albums of 2018". Pitchfork.com. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
8. Brown, Dean (30 November 2018). "The Best Metal of 2018". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.