{"id":15745,"date":"2025-09-04T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=15745"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:48:31","slug":"the-cult-announce-vinyl-reissues-as-north-american-death-cult-the-cult-tour-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=15745","title":{"rendered":"The Cult Announce Vinyl Reissues as North American Death Cult\/The Cult Tour Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sept. 4, 2025 \u2013 The Cult reissue two of their acclaimed albums, Choice of Weapon<\/em> and Hidden City<\/em>, on vinyl on Oct. 17 via Cooking Vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally released in 2012 and 2016 respectively, the albums form part of a trilogy that witnessed the rebirth of the band with Record Collector<\/em> dubbing Choice of Weapon<\/em> \u201ctheir best album in years,\u201d and The Guardian<\/em> noting Hidden City<\/em> features \u201cthe strongest Cult songs in years\u201d in a four-star review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available now for pre-order<\/a>, Choice of Weapon<\/em> arrives as a 2LP limited-edition color-in-color effect vinyl (LP1: red\/black vinyl, LP2: purple.black vinyl). Hidden City<\/em> has been newly remastered for vinyl by Justin Shturtz at Sterling Sound and is presented as a 2LP set (LP1: red vinyl and LP2: white vinyl).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choice of Weapon<\/em> was recorded in the California desert with Chris Goss (Queens of the Stone Age, Masters of Reality) at the helm and finished by long-time collaborator Bob Rock who first worked with the band on Sonic Temple<\/em>. Driven by the lead single \u201cFor the Animals,\u201d Choice of Weapo<\/em>n earned iTunes\u2019 Rock Album of the Year in 2012 and debuted at #1 on the UK Rock Chart. Out of print since the original pressing, it has become one of The Cult\u2019s most sought-after modern releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hidden City<\/em>, The Cult\u2019s tenth studio album was also produced by Rock. Introduced by the sonic assault of \u201cDark Energy,\u201d the 12-track collection is a master class in space and time, showcasing a band in its absolute prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band embarks on a North American tour next month, with the special performances featuring two sets each night: one from the band\u2019s post-punk origins as Death Cult, and another spanning The Cult\u2019s stories discography. Tickets are on-sale now via TheCult.us<\/a>. Patriarchy opens as special guests.<\/p>\n\n\n

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October 9 Niagara Falls, ON OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 11 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 14 New York, NY Beacon Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 15 Washington, DC Warner Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 17 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 18 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 20 Fort Worth, TX Will Rogers Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 21 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 24 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 25 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 27 San Francisco, CA The Warfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 29 San Diego, CA The Sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 30 Los Angeles, CA The Shrine Auditorium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thecult.us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram.com\/officialcult<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facebook.com\/officialcult<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter.com\/officialcult<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sept. 4, 2025 \u2013 The Cult reissue two of their acclaimed albums, Choice of Weapon and Hidden City, on vinyl on Oct. 17 via Cooking Vinyl. Originally released in 2012 and 2016 respectively, the albums form part of a trilogy that witnessed the rebirth of the band with Record Collector dubbing Choice of Weapon \u201ctheir best album in years,\u201d and The Guardian noting Hidden City features… Read More »The Cult Announce Vinyl Reissues as North American Death Cult\/The Cult Tour Looms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15748,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15745\/revisions\/15748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}