LORE

“With this album, Cultic have broadened the scope of their project, and firmly established themselves as one of the more unique voices in modern metal.”

“Lore is brutal, weird, cinematic, and absolutely unrelenting. It’s heavy metal with guts, imagination, and zero fks given.”

"A heavy, pounding and truly atmospheric record that captures the darkest D&D campaign the band could muster."

"Cultic’s dark fantasy isn’t pulling punches: it wallows in the malevolence and apathetic elements of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Here the delivery is deeper, darker, and since the lyrical cadence feels so accentuated it gives you that opened window into following words with ease."

“Cultic are not afraid to stretch themselves musically and take a few chances…”

"Our imagination is put to work, prompted by the framework provided on ‘Lore’, the listener is provoked to actively engage with the music precisely because of its sparsity, in an environment that encourages a two way flow of ideas between the music itself and the listener’s interpretation."

"This Pennsylvania-based trio forges their own path in dungeon metal – primitive, raw, and ugly in the best possible way. Like a lost demo from the early ’90s, Lore captures that DIY spirit with unapologetic grit and originality. Cultic embrace the naivety and turn it into a sound that’s uniquely theirs."

"The music is heavy, sure, but also strangely hypnotic and catchy as hell".

"The chorus, with its cry ‘NOMAD! RIDE FREE!,’ conveys a spirit of fierce resistance. It’s like a metaphor for liberation: breaking chains and riding into the unknown without fear. Therein lies the essence of extreme metal, that mixture of brutality and defiance that shakes both the mind and the body."

“Cultic make music that alludes to high fantasy sword-and-sorcery tales—King Arthur and Conan the Barbarian. They call it battle punk or dark dungeon metal. We call it awesome.”

"Tortured screams and dangerous magic roam the halls of Cultic’s loud, often dilapidated-sounding metal: prepare for wild synthesizer lines, a theoretically lethal amount of delay and reverb. It’s unhinged, delightfully so, and hones in on its chosen aesthetic with an incredible precision."

"Very enjoyable, very grim and extremely twisted."

"If you like your doom barbaric and blunt with a blatant disregard for anything younger than the late 80s then by Crom, this is for you!"

"Cultic demand your attention but it’s not like they’re punching you in the face for it. You crawl to them and crawl for more as opposed to the other way round, the band are in full control. "

"Cultic take their primary influences from the likes of Hellhammer, Celtic Frost and Winter, wielding a sound something like a cross between primitive death/doom and early extreme metal."

"CULTIC! What can I say? When I listen, it really feels like it’s a late 1980 analog recording made in the depth of hell and was recently discovered in the back yard of Tom Warrior’s childhood home about six feet deep by a rabid Goat. The power, vibe, and true essence of the time is captured and introduced to us all over again!"

“This is extreme metal that channels the aesthetics of early death metal, doom, crust-punk, black metal, and sludge in such a way that none dare try to stand against it. With downtuned guitars and war-ready drumming, the music of CULTIC is equal to donning chain mail, hoods and cloaks, taking up sword and shield, and charging into the fray of battle.”

"Cultic sounds really authentic, as if an old album had been found here in a box of dusty tapes."