{"id":16811,"date":"2025-10-25T07:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16811"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:09:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:09:31","slug":"arsenic-kitchen-conjures-the-dead-with-their-new-ep-handbook-for-the-recently-deceased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16811","title":{"rendered":"ARSENIC KITCHEN Conjures the Dead with Their New EP HANDBOOK FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARSENIC-KITCHEN-2025-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16812\" style=\"width:513px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARSENIC-KITCHEN-2025-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARSENIC-KITCHEN-2025-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARSENIC-KITCHEN-2025-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARSENIC-KITCHEN-2025-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ARSENIC-KITCHEN-2025.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Prepare to cross over into the beautifully macabre. Arizona&#8217;s dark alternative rock force ARSENIC KITCHEN returns with their most ambitious and haunting work to date \u2014 the new EP, Handbook for the Recently Deceased, out NOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The narrative of \u201cDevil\u2019s Advocate\u201d presents the story of a reaper figure who develops sympathy for the individuals he observes. This narrative strategy introduces the EP\u2019s conceptual framework, which explores themes of morality from an unconventional perspective. The single is accompanied by a music video that highlights the band&#8217;s focus on visual storytelling. The video depicts the reaper encountering individuals at their moment of passing and presenting each with a copy of the \u201cHandbook for the Recently Deceased,\u201d a direct homage to director Tim Burton\u2019s 1988 film, Beetlejuice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Arsenic Kitchen - Devil&#039;s Advocate (Official Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zhOR87YKBsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ARSENIC KITCHEN<\/strong>&nbsp;is a fusion of early 2000s Alternative and modern Post Hardcore that evokes feelings of nostalgia and heartbreak, anger and excitement, weaved into a theatrical stadium level performance no matter the setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the deserts of Phoenix, Arizona the band stand out as uniquely high energy and meaningful musicians onstage &amp; off. Through the musicality and lyrics of every song,&nbsp;<strong>ARSENIC KITCHEN<\/strong>&nbsp;is able to reach and connect with the deepest feelings and emotions of listeners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare to cross over into the beautifully macabre. Arizona&#8217;s dark alternative rock force ARSENIC KITCHEN returns with their most ambitious and haunting work to date \u2014 the new EP, Handbook for the Recently Deceased, out NOW The narrative of \u201cDevil\u2019s Advocate\u201d presents the story of a reaper figure who develops sympathy for the individuals he&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16811\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ARSENIC KITCHEN Conjures the Dead with Their New EP HANDBOOK FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16812,"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-16811","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\/16811","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=16811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16813,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16811\/revisions\/16813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}