Blackened industrial doom collective CULTED is now sharing the official music video for the song “Dirt Black Chalice,” which is taken from their 2019 mini-album, ‘Vespertina Synaxis – A Prayer For Union and Emptiness.’ The band is celebrating the one year anniversary of the release of their full-length ‘Nous,’ which dropped on February 26, 2021. The video can be seen at THIS LOCATION.

CULTED comment: “To commemorate the one year anniversary of ‘Nous,’ we chose to shoot a video for ‘Dirt Black Chalice’ from our previously released EP, ‘Vespertina Synaxis – A Prayer for Union and Emptiness.’ This is our interpretation through sound of a banquet for the damned… Is this a quest for meaning through drugs and arcane ritual, or through abstinence and asceticism? Or both? Culted is all and nothing. This is everything… Celebrate with us.“

Stream, download, or purchase ‘Nous’ HERE.

Blackened industrial doom collective CULTED is now sharing the official music video for their faithful cover of Godflesh’s iconic song, “Crush My Soul.” The video, which was created entirely by the band, can be found at THIS LOCATION.

The band comments, “We are longtime admirers of Godflesh’s body of sound and have attempted to respectfully interpret and do justice to an incredible song. ‘Crush My Soul’ was the first music we recorded for the album ‘Nous’ and in many ways laid the emotive foundation for its modus operandi. We heartily agree with Decibel Magazine who eloquently stated, ‘In a parallel universe, [Crush My Soul] would be the name of the album.”

“Crush My Soul” is taken from the band’s new album, ‘Nous,’ which is out now! Stream, download, or purchase the record HERE.

Track List:
1: Lowest Class [7:47] 
2: Lifers [4:59]
3: One Last Smoke [4:45]
4: Ankle Deep [5:29]
5: Black Bird [5:28]
6: Opiate the Hounds [4:14]
7: Maze [8:07]
8: Crown of Lies [6:40] 
9: The Grid [7:36]
10: Crush My Soul (Godflesh cover) [8:41]
Total: 63:00

Blackened industrial doom collective CULTED will be hosting a two-hour radio special via Gimme Metal on Friday, February 26 @ 3:00 P.M. EST to celebrate the imminent release of their new full-length, ‘Nous!’ In addition to curating a unique playlist, members Matthew Friesen and Michael Klassen will also be present in the chat for a live Q&A! As always, it is FREE to listen and you can sign up HERE.

‘Nous’ is due on on February 26, 2021. ‘Nous’ is available for pre-orders HERE.

Track List:
1: Lowest Class [7:47] 
2: Lifers [4:59]
3: One Last Smoke [4:45]
4: Ankle Deep [5:29]
5: Black Bird [5:28]
6: Opiate the Hounds [4:14]
7: Maze [8:07]
8: Crown of Lies [6:40] 
9: The Grid [7:36]
10: Crush My Soul (Godflesh cover) [8:41]
Total: 63:00

From the icy expanse of the Canadian prairies to the Nordic coast of Sweden, industrial blackened doom collective CULTED have long been innovators of creating music remotely, transcending both literal and metaphorical boundaries for over a decade. Michael Klassen and Matthew Friesen were first approached by Daniel Jansson to collaborate on an international project and come 2008, these ideas began to coalesce, with fellow Canadian Kevin Stevenson joining the cult. The band soon recorded and unveiled their first LP, Below the Thunders of the Upper Deep (2009), as well as the EP Of Death and Ritual (2010.)

In 2013, sophomore full-length Oblique to All Paths was released upon being written, recorded, and produced in various closets, basements, dens, and domiciles. After forming a union with Season of Mist,  CULTED continued their down-tempo exploration of blackened and industrial soundscapes with 2019’s mini-album, Vespertina Synaxis; A Prayer for Union and Emptiness, which was inspired by the isolation, alienation, and damnation that dominates the rime-encrusted lands CULTED inhabit. Now, the band is ready to unleash their most devastating and personal opus yet, Nous.

Nous was born in turmoil after members of the band endured a period of extreme personal experiences, both psychological and physical. The creation process was informed by disease, death, and the resulting existential crises. Instead of predetermining the direction CULTED would take with their third full-length, the band allowed the music to speak for itself as it came together organically. Nous was a result of its creators attempting to destroy or ignore the egoic (that chatter and everything outside of pure consciousness that attempts to sabotage you of peace and rob you of the moment) and instead, opening themselves up to the unidentifiable and nameless muse of sound.

CULTED further explores their relationship with doom, black metal, and industrial on yet another experimental effort in which the band’s collective agony is translated into something both nihilistic and tangible through dissonant soundscapes. Each song is a nightmare in the abyss, dragging the listener through caverns of inexplicable darkness and suffering.

Exemplifying the themes, meditations, and diatribes of the human condition, Nous, which roughly translates to “common sense” or “practical intelligence,” explores both the religious and conspiratorial processes of the mind within the framework of critical thought. According to biblical scripture, Satan convinced Eve that the most powerful of conspirators – the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – were secretly trying to keep the first humans shrouded in a veil of ignorance, preventing them from becoming “like God” and “knowing good and evil.” Eve became the first in a long line, from Gnostics to flat-earthers, to believe powerful forces were withholding secret information. Nous attempts to know God or the inner essence or principles of created things by means of direct perception. Nous must be carefully distinguished from reason as it does not formulate abstract concepts or argue them using deductive reasoning, but rather, it understands divine truth by means of immediate experience. Thelema of the gods.

To further solidify these introspective concepts, the cover art is an interpretation of the Temptation of St. Anthony who was one of the first monks to retire to the desert to devote himself to fasting and prayer, which is an often-repeated subject in the history of art and literature, especially concerning the supernatural temptation reportedly faced by Saint Anthony during his sojourn in the Egyptian desert. The art encapsulates both the music and lyrical concept, visually.

CULTED is now inviting you to open your mind, abandon your religion, and to join the cult on this existential and devastating journey.

Blackened industrial doom collective CULTED will be releasing their brand new full-length, ‘Nous,’ on February 26, 2021!The band is now sharing the official music video for the third and final single, “Maze.” The clip, which was created entirely by the band, can be seen at THIS LOCATION.

“‘Maze’ is both a reaction and objection to the extra-ordinary, potentially dangerous, awe-inspiring, fear-inducing beliefs, rites, and objects that are often crowned sacred,” explains CULTED. ‘Maze’ is sound ordained to render the invisible and the tangible, to make manifest the lamentable impurity of the flesh, and to make sublime the infinite distress of the soul.”

‘Nous’ is available for pre-orders HERE.

Track List:
1: Lowest Class [7:47] 
2: Lifers [4:59]
3: One Last Smoke [4:45]
4: Ankle Deep [5:29]
5: Black Bird [5:28]
6: Opiate the Hounds [4:14]
7: Maze [8:07]
8: Crown of Lies [6:40] 
9: The Grid [7:36]
10: Crush My Soul (Godflesh cover) [8:41]
Total: 63:00

Blackened industrial doom collective CULTED will be releasing their brand new full-length, ‘Nous,’ on February 26, 2021!The band is now sharing the official music video for the new single, “Black Bird.” The clip, which was created entirely by the band, can be seen at THIS LOCATION.

“‘Black Bird’ is about enduring the hardships of existence with a core that’s been forged by fire,” says the band. “Culted sift through the psychological noise of existentialism with a sound that hints at merging the primal essence of two iconic albums, namely, Darkthrone’s ‘Panzerfaust’ and SWANS’ ‘The Great Annihilator.’ Culted, as both individuals and collective, symbolically sacrifice the ego to experience rebirth, and from those ashes arise with ‘Black Bird.'”

‘Nous’ is available for pre-orders HERE.

Track List:
1: Lowest Class [7:47] 
2: Lifers [4:59]
3: One Last Smoke [4:45]
4: Ankle Deep [5:29]
5: Black Bird [5:28]
6: Opiate the Hounds [4:14]
7: Maze [8:07]
8: Crown of Lies [6:40] 
9: The Grid [7:36]
10: Crush My Soul (Godflesh cover) [8:41]
Total: 63:00

Cover Art: Ettore Aldo Del Vigo