CULTED - Vespertina Synaxis - A Prayer for Union & Emptiness · BLACK LP

Black Vinyl.

Limited to 400 copies.

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Man, what a crushing return this is! Culted have delivered something truly special with this industrial doom machine, and honestly it feels like they've been building towards this exact moment for years.Six years after their mesmerizing "Oblique to All Paths", this mini-album territory release hints that Culted are only just getting restarted. The way these guys craft their sound is absolutely mind-blowing -recording individual parts in separate locations around the world, yet their intuitiveness suggests some kind of otherworldly psychic link-up.

The opener "A Prayer for Union" owes a debt to Swans with its underlying buzzing churn and creepy voiceover, building tension until the real avalanche of despair descends with "Dirt Black Chalice" - genuinely devastating stuff.These are unequivocally ten of the most harrowing minutes of metal you'll hear, an epic funeral march with spidery black metal motifs powered by untamed vocals that suggest some seriously dark times.At work here is deceptively technical craft, and like many modern monolithic doomy drone bands, Culted have mastered utilizing noise as an art form, with steady metal tempos occupying only a small portion of the release.

For fans of: Neurosis, Swans, Eyehategod, Cough, Indian

Track listing

A1. A Prayer For Union
A2. Dirt Black Chalice
B1. A Prayer For Emptiness

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