Album Type: EP
Date Released: 15/4/2014
Label: Deathwish Inc.
Cult Leader – ‘Nothing For Us Here’ CD/DD/LP track listing:
1). God’s Lonely Children 01:39
2). Flightless Birds 02:19
3). Mongrel 02:37
4). The Indoctrinator’s Deathbed 02:10
5). Skincrawler 02:53
6). Driftwood 06:06
Bio:
Cult Leader are the next evolutionary leap forward for three-quarters of
Gaza
"Nothing For Us Here" is a complex crusher as you would
expect. Brilliantly heavy, technical musicianship complimented by Anthony
Lucero's new found brutal vocal delivery (previously he played bass in Gaza
The Band:
Michael Mason
Casey Hanson
Anthony Lucero
Sam Richards
Review:
If you were to cut any one of these four gents, I’m
finding it difficult to believe that blood would pour from them. Actually, I think it’d be much more plausible
that feedback would instead gush forth from their veins, they are so at one
with it. Their sound is a grinding,
slithering mass of anger: part Slipknot, part EyeHateGod, all aggression, these
six tracks are an outpouring of guttural emotion. Anthony Lucero (formerly the bassist of Gaza
‘The Indocrinator’s Deathbed’ is a primo example of
Lucero’s banshee-shouts, coupled with Casey Hansen’s rollicking drums
and the snarling, punch-drunk guitar and bass violence emanating from Mike
Mason and Sam Richards respectively.
With
each track there’s this weird percussive vibe, almost as though Cult Leader are
always just inches away from hitting something with their fists. On album closer ‘Driftwood’ – the longest
song by a fair margin – it sounds as though these guys have reached the end of
their tethers and are smashing, breaking, crying out against the world. It is a song of dark regret, a masterful
blend of feedback, riffs and rage distilled into a fine, heady wine of
noise.
With
its sinister, glowering opening riff and Lucero’s rasping statement of ‘I am a
loyal dog’, ‘Mongrel’ pounces on you with ragged claws and a mouth full of
rabies. Mike Mason slinks around the fret
board with a base cunning, each thumping note hitting you square in the chest
with a bruising intent. Of all the
tracks on offer here, this is my favourite: for it’s simple, uncompromising march
of a riff and its barking, wild lyrics.
Better put on a grimace and let ‘Mongrel’ sink its teeth into you.
Cult
Leader is a band that has been through some crap in the past, but has certainly
put it behind them. These guys are
looking to the future, and ‘Nothing for Us Here’ is a big ‘fuck you’ to past
bullshit and a big ‘fuck yeah’ to new horizons and new possibilities. Become part of a brighter metal cause: follow
Cult Leader.
Words by:
Chris Markwell
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