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Cultic are a band from Pennsylvania that plays a mixture of black, doom, death metal and dungeon synth with the energy of punk and this is a review of their 2025 album "Lore" which was released by Eleventh Key Records.
Dungeon synth style synths start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. The slower parts of the recording also add in elements of doom metal while the vocals are done in more of a first wave black metal style and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
The music also adds in the heaviness of old school death metal while all of the songs also have interludes in between them. Most of the album is also very heavily rooted in the 90's and early 90's era along with the recording also capturing the energy of punk at times as well as the solos and leads also remaining very true to an old school direction.
Spoken words can also be heard briefly along with one track also adding in a brief use of acoustic guitars. As the album progresses some of the vocals also bring in the grim atmosphere of second wave black metal , one song also adds in a small amount of battle samples and the whole album also sticks to either a slow or mid tempo direction. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark fantasy themes.
In my opinion Cultic are a very great sounding mixture of black, doom, death emtal, punk and dungeon synth and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Nomad" "Night Grifter" "ancinet Kings" and "Dungeon Wench". 8 out of 10.
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