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USA-based punk/industrial/horror metal band Black Cross Hotel, featuring members of Stabbing Westward, The Atlas Moth, Minsk, and more, will release their debut full-length, Hex, on the 11th of November. 11th. The band also revealed the first single "Shape" which is available for listening below.
“What if Mick Mars and John Carpenter joined Killing Joke?” That was the question that synth player Andrew Ragin (The Atlas Moth) and guitarist Marcus Eliopulos (Stabbing Westward) posed to each other during the darkest depths of the plague. The answer turned out to be Black Cross Hotel. “Marcus and I are brothers-in-law”, Ragin explains. “I’m married to his sister, and we’ve been friends forever. He’s filled in for me with The Atlas Moth from time to time. We’ve been talking about jamming together for damn near twenty years, but the pandemic provided the opportunity.”
With a line-up completed by producer/bassist Sanford Parker (Corrections House, Minsk), vocalist Dee DeEmme (Whipped), and drummer Mike Miczek (Broken Hope, The Atlas Moth), Black Cross Hotel is a punk/industrial metal band forged in the crucible of the finest ‘80s culture. “Killing Joke is definitely our spirit animal band, but John Carpenter’s movies and music, and other classic horror movies, are where we found our inspiration”, Ragin explains. “A lot of the stuff on this first record is inspired by specific ’80s horror movies.”
Like many a classic horror flick, Hex is the addictive first chapter of Black Cross Hotel’s inevitable franchise. “We’ve got ten songs already demoed for the next album”, Ragin says. “We’re going to make this a thing.” Link
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