{"id":21408,"date":"2026-07-08T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21408"},"modified":"2026-07-08T08:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:28:20","slug":"chicago-darkwave-band-bleached-cross-share-blood-moon-via-new-morality-zine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21408","title":{"rendered":"Chicago darkwave band Bleached Cross share &#8220;Blood Moon&#8221; via New Morality Zine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bleached-Cross-Matty-Gagui-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21409\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992706158290667;width:562px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bleached-Cross-Matty-Gagui-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bleached-Cross-Matty-Gagui-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bleached-Cross-Matty-Gagui-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bleached-Cross-Matty-Gagui-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bleached-Cross-Matty-Gagui-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bleached-Cross-Matty-Gagui-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: Matty Gagui<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago blackened dark-wave band&nbsp;<strong>Bleached Cross<\/strong>&nbsp;are excited to share their new single \u201c<strong>Blood Moon,<\/strong>\u201d the final preview of their new album,&nbsp;<strong><em>Wrath<\/em><\/strong>, available&nbsp;<strong>July 24, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;via&nbsp;<strong>New Morality Zine<\/strong>. The track is defined by shimmery guitars and synths, reflecting on memories of a lost love, culminating in an anthemic, cathartic ending.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About \u201cBlood Moon,\u201d the band shares,&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cThis song is about eternal love, devotion, and the idea of fate bonding people together even beyond death, as love is the one thing death is unable to take away from the living. The ending implies the taking of someone else\u2019s life to ease their suffering, knowing fate will bind you together again in the next life, but it can also be interpreted as killing yourself to be with someone who has passed\u2026both ideas come up in other songs on the album.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCrucible\u201d arrived alongside the announcement of&nbsp;<em>Wrath,&nbsp;<\/em>charging forth in anticipation of impending grief. \u201cLingering Souls\u201d arrived last month, pushing the band further into the shadowy edges of their sound, pairing eerie, spectral vocals and strong melodic hooks with layered, synth-heavy atmosphere and an almost dance-like electronic breakbeat.&nbsp;<\/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=\"BLEACHED CROSS - Blood Moon (Official Audio)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FpLlTbhu0Vs?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 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqEOs2F32ObW5TB0cXoEpJ8cimB_3uWG1rY24QY-6cs5Y2X51njA-dVn1HMo8ptdYiIYu-6VNOCXjJVhVBUTpAwS0iF2kNB2vpTNSeacKqumU3x_mVBADc1ar3U2S9yZEOA==&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LISTEN<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>TO \u201cLINGERING SOULS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqEOs2F32ObW56OUVW6VYdNX82eiSLKHNCZSffCIpKIkghQqQxdh78KWuFe7mZJ57dgDScgxKGM2kls839Kn2w-eL3dsWag63DuPtvslrKP63Z9Focvq1EPsRHcazo_uwWA==&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LISTEN<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>TO \u201cCRUCIBLE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqEOs2F32ObW5e6ODjD4mDfkuM9_ZUxDYXz_pfp4rK-Ay2dET4CH2I4qq-Vdu8o_ILq0IO3VuYEAjMBawAO_elA_qX1da0z_yVoCdKk5zb4oIKM6UHiRLvUUzIOaSnIxS9cHobVCp8_rAQcsgjAWUN10=&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PRE-ORDER<\/a><strong>\u00a0<em>WRATH<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Wrath<\/em>&nbsp;represents the culmination of years spent carving out a distinct identity within underground heavy music. Following early self-recorded demos and a split release with Shamewave, Bleached Cross released their self-titled debut LP in 2022 through Protagonist Music, later followed by 2024\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Columns of Impenetrable Light<\/em>&nbsp;split with Boston\u2019s The True Faith. Along the way, they\u2019ve toured and shared stages with artists like&nbsp;<strong>Frail Body, Secret Shame, Black Magnet, Bongripper, Cloakroom, Deaf Club<\/strong>, and<strong>&nbsp;Your Arms Are My Cocoon<\/strong>, while continuing to evolve beyond easy genre classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next month, Bleached Cross will team up with Milwaukee screamo band&nbsp;<strong>snag<\/strong>&nbsp;for a tour across the U.S. that begins August 4 in Indianapolis, IN, at Healer. For more information and details on upcoming shows, follow the band on Instagram at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqEOs2F32ObW5UfESbOvcaqyk6qAfhJdOLZjraFnD0kDgpAPz37Z9Zw6HRp8SQB3RtUBXcBGbQbIxDYhIe21naeKKTN7bAIdk9tIF6XWUfoTCZsHHCZlA5Saj1p1wWMBSpPtwRWioPp3WchGqOT9wCVuhNI3XfsU4IA==&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@bleachedxcross<\/a>&nbsp;and see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>? BLEACHED CROSS LIVE 2026 ?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AUGUST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN \u2013 Healer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA \u2013 Roboto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 Deadbirds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY \u2013 Gold Sounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 \u2013 Washington, DC \u2013 Marx Cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 \u2013 Columbus, OH \u2013 Dirty Dungarees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 \u2013 Chicago, IL \u2013 Casa Cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bleached Cross have spent the last several years refining a sound rooted fully in collapse and catharsis. Formed remotely between Chicago and San Diego in the winter of 2019, the band began as an exchange of files and ideas between collaborators Zak and Alex before evolving into a full live band in 2020. Since then, Bleached Cross have steadily built a reputation through emotionally overwhelming live sets and a sound that blurs the lines between post-punk, industrial music, darkwave, blackened hardcore, and noise rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On their newest full-length,&nbsp;<em>Wrath<\/em>, the Chicago band push every element of their sound further than before. Across ten tracks,&nbsp;<em>Wrath<\/em>&nbsp;explores grief as both psychological horror and spiritual transformation, tracing a narrative centered around loss, guilt, death, and the struggle to preserve love in the aftermath of tragedy. Ritualistic imagery, existential dread, and meditations on mortality run throughout the album, but beneath its crushing atmosphere is something deeply human: the attempt to survive unbearable loss without allowing it to hollow you out completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cDownfall and redemption of the self are themes explored over the course of ten tracks, while love\u2019s ability to reverberate beyond this mortal coil is central to the album\u2019s core, and the inflection point at which Bleached Cross offer us to consider how one can both come to terms with death, and heal in the shadow of loss.<\/em><strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recorded at Bricktop Recording with Andy Nelson during the summer and fall of 2025,&nbsp;<em>Wrath<\/em>&nbsp;was approached with an obsessive level of preparation and detail. The band focused heavily on tension, pacing, and sound design, often creating heaviness through atmosphere and noise rather than sheer volume alone. The result is Bleached Cross\u2019 most cinematic and immersive release yet: an album that can feel suffocating and violent one moment before opening into massive hooks and moments of fragile clarity the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dark, mournful, and deeply sincere,&nbsp;<em>Wrath&nbsp;<\/em>captures Bleached Cross at their most refined and emotionally devastating. It\u2019s a record consumed by death, but ultimately driven by the possibility of redemption. An acknowledgment that grief changes you permanently, and that surviving it means learning how to carry love and pain at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CONNECT WITH BLEACHED CROSS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqAmOdEH5yW9LtZHohIezH2Bk2-M2aZtQODjoZTyWwk8RpAXAWpCuViPZgXFydeCzM5OHbvUjh5yAp0tWfM8qhqOnnIMYOs7NYPvfNCX_bUFTtEpjcIaoU3Y=&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FACEBOOK<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqAmOdEH5yW9Li_TxAVb5HqvYs1jyTb5U8FBRHxtAsVtlnXXS5Qm_B73YV-ww5P6PJi3osDu7akEErvIoZ2o64HTQinjdTGzmRlGAVStmRS8C&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LINKTREE<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqAmOdEH5yW9LxpVZtYaQEjQVnEQaG-wSyn3HarmArd6cBwgeGh-C8rnP2BrT5MPJWR-WSYV7vx_uNg1ogIzon14IHvdkEkIjJNd-Gpqx3g2oDNAk6Uz4sbmTZEYNnoqp8nEIgaUSTttQ&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/n6thwjcab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001dWWrbAQCUZAWU8GgA2aForZ36JJq7mSFjH7LnRKVikidi_PwZAlQqEOs2F32ObW5qiXi9GQrK8gBoDg7AMyk4s6G2Uu06dzt5lm1R-I0Kuuv97WyE4gqnw_N4bgySHOA6reVvvGBTxD6TSTPo6oXVYYqnSZq6w0VlJTEHqXO8B4AoZIP4U23ATs3CKpXmabN&amp;c=yGNxDiDW2TG5i60oA0jFFzdjG_gwijNLm16WfRgrR2XukPH6qpo3aw==&amp;ch=pXRTYawXclRWpSj2YNHRejYFNgw58lawKd1rGfA4dz5nt_fNPE1Myg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BANDCAMP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Matty Gagui Chicago blackened dark-wave band&nbsp;Bleached Cross&nbsp;are excited to share their new single \u201cBlood Moon,\u201d the final preview of their new album,&nbsp;Wrath, available&nbsp;July 24, 2026&nbsp;via&nbsp;New Morality Zine. The track is defined by shimmery guitars and synths, reflecting on memories of a lost love, culminating in an anthemic, cathartic ending.&nbsp; About \u201cBlood Moon,\u201d the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21408\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chicago darkwave band Bleached Cross share &#8220;Blood Moon&#8221; via New Morality Zine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21409,"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-21408","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\/21408","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=21408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21412,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21408\/revisions\/21412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}