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THE CULT Back In The Studio - Mar. 11, 2011
On the back of the capsule releases and unprecedented demand from THE CULT faithful, the band has announced that it is back in the studio with producer Chris Goss (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MASTERS OF REALITY) at the controls once again. An early fall release is expected.
"I feel we have reached our zenith in terms of our writing and performing skills," singer Ian Astbury said. "We intend to deliver on all levels."
THE CULT's "Capsule 2: New Blood Deep Cuts" featured new songs "Embers" and "Until The Light Takes Us", live recordings of some of the band's huge hits and an intimate look into THE CULT's rehearsal space, with a never-before-seen warm-up performance of "Black Angel".
Rather than revisit the traditional method of releasing a long form CD, the band pioneered a new way of providing material. Capsules span multiple media formats including vinyl, digital, USB, CD and DVD formats, and can be purchased at CultCapsuleStore.com.
THE CULT is Ian Astbury (vocals), Billy Duffy (guitar), Chris Wyse (bass), John Tempesta (drums) and Mike Dimkich (rhythm guitar).
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So their new way of doing stuff, is just doing EP-like releases on multiple-formats?
Sounds about right. I have always loved The Cult 1991 and back. But since then they've been a bit of a singles bit. Everyone has told me for years how great that self-titled 1994 release was, but I just can't get into it at all.
Their last great album was Ceremony imo.
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The Cult - Choice of Weapon
Was released earlier this week. Listening right now, bloody fuckin' awesome. Parts Sonic Temple, parts Cult '94, parts Beyond Good and Evil.
Rocks hard as hell, Astbury/Duffy are underrated rock God's of their generation, based on this album these guys should be playing stadiums, Astbury = Jim Morrison meets Bono on this.
More to come...
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I listened to samples on amazon a few weeks ago, and yeah, it sounds like a strong album.
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Axlin's review:
THE CULT: Choice of Weapon
1. Honey From A Knife
--- Great album opener, immediately catchy ala "Wild Flower" &
"Sun King". Chorus is a bit "Ceremony" meets "Cult '94". Great energy.
2. Elemental Light
--- VERY "Ceremony", VERY 'Doors'. Smooth, moody, pure psychdelic
with a modern flair. Unfortunately the chorus is repeated a bit too
much for my tastes (think "We Are Young"). But Duffy's guitar
melodies in those brief moments make up for it. Too short, but
classic Cult guitar solo. Nice #2.
3. The Wolf
--- Total "Electric" track. Attitude and tone. Rocks like fuckin'
hell! 
4. Life > Death
--- First 'different' tune to hit. Has a Beyond Good and Evil-feel.
Epic nature. Absolutely lovely chorus and guitars and even piano.
Kinda unlike what you're used to from The Cult. Beautiful song.
5. For The Animals
--- The 'big single'. Total Sonic Temple. Catchy as hell, still can't get the
song and chorus out of my head. Rockin' as hell. One very
noticeable moment in the editing though is there's a lyric that
goes "For all the fucked up children staring down the barrel of a gun"
and I guess to avoid a PA label, the 'fucked' part was blanked out,
and it's kinda obvious, because the vocal melody completely stops.
In a recent promo performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Astbury
replaced the lyric with 'good little' I believe Don't really know what
was going on there with that, but regardless it doesn't take away from the song.
6. Amnesia
--- Quick little rocker, barely 3 minutes. Not bad, great guitar work,
but over so quick it's forgettable.
7. Wilderness Now
--- Soft start ballad, similar to earlier album cut "Life > Death".
Great mood. But Life > Death is the superior ballad.
8. Lucifer
--- Another rocker, the initial single for the album. Guitar work is
fantastic, Astbury's lyrics are an analogy comparing a regular person
to the devil, which is an interesting play on words, but I think
ultimately makes the song feel a bit cliche. I would call this a great B-
side rocker, on that level. Not bad on any level, but you know what it
is when you hear it. Guitar still impresses from beginning to end.
Duffy is the star here.
9. A Pale Horse
--- Kinda the 'risky' song on the album. At times a bit of a show off
song, and at others traditional Cult rocker. Fails to ever really grab you, bit forgettable.
10. This Night In The City Forever
--- Album closer, starts off about as close to Cult-grunge as i've ever
heard. Based on tone you'd think it was recorded in an opium den in
Seattle in 1993, but like Pearl Jam has a 60s/70s-throwback tone to
it. Not a rocker, not a ballad, just a pure epic. If The Doors had done
PJ's "Garden". Has some mid-80s U2-isms to it. Great tune, but you
can't help but feel it could've been fleshed out more, like double the
length. There was an ambient guitar solo or two that could've
padded it more. Once again, doesn't take away from it.
Overall: This is The Cult's best album in over 20 years. I know some of the diehard fans love their self-titled effort, and Beyond Good and Evil has a loyal cult following like Chinese does in GN'R circles. But in terms of pleasing the diehards and also appealing to the casuals, this album is The Cult's "Death Magnetic". A total return to form. A hard rocker from start-to-finish that begs you to ask, why the fuck The Cult didn't get the fan fare U2 did. Based on this album, you'd think these guys would be touring stadiums around the world. Astbury writes beautifully poetic lyrics, and Duffy's guitars are easily on par with Slash or any other rock counterpart from his generation. Shout out to John "Zombie" Tempesta, for drum parts that are as good and hard rocking as The Cult has ever sounded.
Best rock record of 2012 so far. Other than "Amnesia" & "Pale Horse", most of the entire album is not skippable. Never boring, always entertaining. This is also "an album". It make take a listen or two to kinda go "whoa". But it's nice to see the Astbury/Duffy rock duo out there still showing rock can rock hard, and never compromise.
And I say this, as a Cult fan, BUT as someone who has NOT been into them really since 1991's "Ceremony". So it is a HUGE compliment for me to talk about this album in this way. Like I said, this is The Cult's "Death Magnetic".
I have GOT to see a show NOW!
4 out of 5 stars -- Very Good
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For The Animals is the lead single, listed in review.
But check out this other awesome tunes!
Honey From A Knife
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Life > Death
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For The Animals [Live]
This Night In The City Forever
The EPIC album closer
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Bonus: holdover from the Capsule EP's
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I never thought in a million years, The Cult would ever do another "album". Something to behold ever again, and by God they did it! A few years ago Astbury talked about how he was done, and The Cult was done with ever doing another album, and sure enough they did it, and they once again reminded who and what they are, always was, and always will be.
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