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78 | Lavinia Pflugfelder www.jrfm.eu 2020, 6/2, 65–85 from guilt or consequences. A connection can be made between the idea of religion as oppressive and social systemic compulsion, with the motif of a priest-like cultic figure framed to accentuate authority. Beyond the visual support, the lyrics provide an allegorical reading of corrupt authority. Con- trastingly, the priest figure in Uada’s video is the sacrificing participant and enacts violence through the implied burning of the child (the bundle). The narrative of sacrifice turns into a “deal with the devil”. The video descrip- tion57 names the figures as Mother/Ritualist and Djinn/Ritualist. Although 57 Cult of a Dying Sun (Uada, Occultus Visum/Jake Superchi, US 2018). Fig. 3: Music video still from Asura’s Realm, Venom Prison, 00:00:42. Fig. 4: Music video still from Cult of a Dying Sun, Uada, 00:02:49.