BLOOD CULT – We are the Cult of the Plains CD
Moribund Cult
For those of you out there who feel the confines of Black Metal are too limiting and artists should be given limitless space to stretch the genre’s boundaries, I give you BLOOD CULT. Hailing from the fertile land of America’s Midwest this band incorporates country, bluegrass and a few other styles into the Black Metal formula. If this was released on some nondescript label I’d consider it a one off novelty act but it’s on Moribund which means it’s serious. Secondly this band has been around for years, having released over a dozen demos, a handful of comps and one official full length We Who Walk Behind the Rows from 2005. But it’s 2010 and a perfect year for the flat out ridiculous.
This dink starts off with some typically raw sounding BM with some added black n roll on “My Forest Home” from there the band takes things into directions which will make you cringe. “Devil’s Sabbath” delves into hippydom slightly which is nothing new but “Ludi Ceriales” takes things all the way to the Burning Man fest. From this point on the band rarely comes close to not sounding like a complete joke even when adding some VENTURES to the BM mix. I’m guessing this will likely be heralded by the “hate black metal” crowd as being new and innovative. The problem is that it’s really not new at all as far as novelty acts go. Black Metal meets Americana, big fuckin deal. I’ve heard alt-country bands do metal songs at a bar I once worked at and it was not enjoyable. Want more novelty band history, how about DREAD ZEPPLIN or BLACK VELVET FLAG? Those bands were once novelty acts which were heralded as genius until the novelty worn off. This band should just change their name to the GRATEFUL BLOOD and sign up with an Indie Rock label.
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