Mountain Wizard Death Cult Post “Initiation” Video; Debut LP Later This Year
Dig the slow-motion mathy part at the end of Mountain Wizard Death Cult‘s new single, if you’re feeling daring. The Sydney-based atmosludgers pair impulses from Neurosis and Carcass on “Initiation,” and I’ll be honest, I was already nodding by the time I saw the first band member doing so in the video. And that happens before the 20-second mark is hit, and 10 of those seconds are decided to a bite of caustic feedback. So yeah, pretty much immediately. Not at all shy about being harsh are the four-piece, who’ll issue their debut album sometime before the end of the year through Blighttown Records. I don’t know yet what that record is called — the title of the single would of course be appropriate — but this is heavy, and churning, and mean, and I’m way down with that.
“Initiation” is a somewhat less maniacal and more ambient (there’s a quiet stretch in the middle) than 2021’s “Wretch” (discussed here), but in either case, they’re going for gut-punch-toward-punctured-lung. The only question is how fast they get there.
Crunch, crunch, crush:
Mountain Wizard Death Cult – Sludgy Doom-Metal Merchants Reveal Music Video For New Track “Initiation”
Sydney-based sludgy doom-metal merchants Mountain Wizard Death Cult have recently dropped a music video for a brand new song to be included in their yet-untitled debut album coming later this year via Blighttown Records.
The band comments: “Initiation” feels like a culmination of the journey we’ve been through together as a band… channeling our frustrations, influences and aggression to bring the listener into our World. The record is going to be one hell of a journey and this track is a great example of what’s to come.”
First appearing in early 2019, MWDC quickly built a reputation as one of the most encapsulating and devastating acts in the Sydney metal scene. Their moody anguished debut single ‘Eye Of The Sun’ set the tone, follow up EP ‘ Thrones of Putrid Light’ saw them explore their doomier progressive tendencies whilst 2021’s single ‘Wretch’ revealed MWDC at their most intense and visceral, which appeared on their first split vinyl with Astrodeath entitled ‘The Wretched Invasion’ and received airplay on Triple J’s The Racket.
2022 sees them signing to Blighttown Records for the release of their debut full length, off the back of standout performances at the inaugural Aftermath festival, as well as sold-out double headline hometown shows in Sydney and main support slots for heavyweights such as King Parrot, Potion, Flaming Wrekage & Fangz in 2021, Mountain Wizard Death Cult will deliver a sonically crushing experience like none other and are a band to watch in the years ahead.
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