“Dreams within dreams: Black Death Cult is a reality-cleaving existential nightmare curated by Canadian artist and musician Timothy Grieco, otherwise known from Antediluvian and Revenge.”
– The difference between BLACK DEATH CULT and ANTEDILUVIAN is that the latter always has a learning curve. I write riffs beyond my ability and then force myself to sharpen up in order to play them tightly. I’m always pushing the envelope in terms of aggression and extremity. With BDC, I’m allowed to write things I can play immediately. It’s ferocious but more straightforward and to the point, abrupt and exclamatory with a sprinkling of doom and sleaze which would never fit the ANTEDILUVIAN vibe. In the sense that I’m writing within my ability, the process feels very natural – more like letting go than pushing forward. It’s not less heavy but, internally, it feels very different. I’m able to refer back to bands like BETHLEHEM, PENTAGRAM, TROUBLE, even TYPE O NEGATIVE, as well as the death rock and post-punk stuff which has been a huge part of my listening palate for just as long as black and death metal…
Read the full interview by Niklas Göransson at Bardo Methodology.
http://www.bardomethodology.com/articles/2020/10/21/black-death-cult-interview/
Two designs supporting the BLACK DEATH CULT album Devil’s Paradise are now available from Vault Of Dried Bones. The double vinyl and cassette versions of Devil’s Paradise were released by Serpents Head Reprisal on September 11th, 2019. Compact disc to be released by Hell’s Headbangers Records fall/winter 2020.
BLACK DEATH CULT — DOUBLE MONOLITH T-SHIRT
BLACK DEATH CULT — NIRITUR ENIM, OMNIBUS MODUS, SATHANAS IT VIS DEVORET LONG SLEEVE
