Bizarre Explore the Role Music Has Played in Seducing Cult Followers From the Dionysian rituals through to military chants; from gospel choirs to protest marches; from out the lips of the beautiful, the bad and... M.W. SmithDecember 5, 2024
Post-Punk ANERA Fundraiser: GOTHS 4 PALESTINE Unleash Unholy Audio Against The Occupier! As many of us have been scrambling for a way to contribute to the cause of Palestinian liberation, we get bombarded with opaque links... Lilian VoidDecember 4, 2024
Death Rock A CVLT NATION exclusive interview with Arctic Flowers!by Oliver Sheppard Arctic Flowers’ Reveries LP (Inimical Records) was easily one of the finest punk records of 2011. With a new EP, “Procession,” coming up in... Oliver SheppardJune 25, 2012
Art Alien Dimensions: The Art of Christopher Ilth by Oliver Sheppard Christopher “Ilth” Erickson has sung for Chicago punk bands like the Functional Blackouts and Daily Void; the latter was a band... Oliver SheppardJune 22, 2012
Apocalyptic Blues New King Dude “You Can Break My Heart” single reviewed by Oliver Sheppard King Dude’s new two-song single is amazingly retro. I loved Love (pun intended), King Dude’s 2011 release that made CVLT Nation’s top neofolk LPs... Oliver SheppardJune 22, 2012
Death Rock An interview with DEAD CULT! by Oliver Sheppard Note: This interview originally appeared at the No Doves Fly Here website. New PDX band Dead Cult have never used the word “deathrock” to... Oliver SheppardJune 13, 2012
Death Rock Review of Blue Cross’s “Mass Hysteria” LP by Oliver Sheppard Blue Cross began as a side-poject of Ottawa, Ontario’s Germ Attak. While Germ Attak played loud, brash, hard-drinking punk rock and... Oliver SheppardJune 12, 2012
Death Rock “We were around before Joy Division” An interview with British deathrock band S-Haters! by Oliver Sheppard The S-Haters were a British dark punk band that existed from about 1976 until 1985. They played — well in advance of the trend... Oliver SheppardJune 11, 2012