Cult Leader - Skin Crawler

Holy hell, this was just too exciting not to share. I'm sure many of you recall Salt Lake City's Gaza calling it quits earlier this year. Well, 3/4 of the band (minus vocalist John Parkin) have reformed as Cult Leader, and have signed with Jacob Bannon's reputable Deathwish Inc. Stoked to see these dudes are still making music. 

Cult Leader's new EP, Nothing For Us Here, is scheduled to drop in April of next year.

Gaza - Not With All the Hope In the World

Another new Gaza track has been leaked, and it's a sludgy one.

Gaza - The Truth Weighs Nothing

"It sure was nice of Jesus to take time away from ignoring 

Ethnic cleansing genocide and famine bloated children.

Or regrowing limbs for landmine victims

To help you score that touchdown

To help you find your keys
To help you land that promotion.

Is it that he can't? Or is it that he won't?

Wake up. Wake the fuck up.

The truth weighs nothing. Travel light, be unburdened."

Decibel is currently streaming the new Gaza track here.

Gaza - Mostly Hair and Bones Now

If I could sum up Gaza in one word, it would be raw. Their first two full-lengths are already underground successes, and their upcoming release, "No Absolutes in Human Suffering,"  was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge. You can expect the same intensity, anger, and mandatory God-hating, coupled with Ballou's production sensibilities (so it's already a hit).

The lyrics, which I found exceptionally disturbing: 

"I pulled a dead horse out from under a tarp in the back yard piece by piece.

Once proud, once full of strength...She was gold.

Mostly hair and bones now.

I dragged a leg around the yard for hours wearing a path.

I left it there in the sun, abandoned like a child's bicycles at the call of a mother. 

Mostly hair and bones now."

"No Absolutes in Human Suffering" drops July 31st on Black Market Activities.