American instrumental post-metal trio Kult Ikon premiere new single and music video »Lost Sea«

Raleigh, North Carolina based instrumental post-metal trio Kult Ikon premiere new single and music video »Lost Sea« taken from their sophomore full-length album, »Black Iron Prison«, set to release on March 16th, 2024.

Tracklist:
01. Lost Sea
02. Overburden
03. Untethered
04. Norman Fell

Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:

Kult Ikon premiere »Lost Sea« single and music video on Doomed & Stoned!

“From Raleigh, North Carolina comes the venerable Kult Ikon, a stalwart instrumental post-doom trio that weaves elements of dreamy psychedelic metal with hints of industrial, grunge, and groove metal, strapped onto an engine of doom.” – Billy Goate (Doomed & Stoned)

»Lost Sea« is the first song Kult Ikon wrote after the release of the Sheet Metal sessions. It was during those writing sessions that the band began to realize they could create music in a style that is »Lost Sea«, long form instrumental metal. After months of musical crafting and iteration, a water vibe started to develop… crashing, churning, waves, tides: »Lost Sea«.

The video design for the song »Lost Sea« is based on the Rorschach inkblot test. But in this case, it’s ever evolving, while at times in sync with the music and other times not.

Kult Ikon’s music is slow, heavy, and introspective. It occupies a space between post-metal and progressive doom with long mid-tempo pieces. The music ebbs and flows from prettiness to heaviness, draped across unexpected structures, creating compelling listening.

More about the band:

John Vincent (bass) and Ryan O’Connell (drums) started exploring music together in early 2018 after the calling was answered by O’Connell to join a bassist interested in heavy fuzz, doom and psych music. Initial jams were experimental and inspirational exploring music without guitar. The practices laid a strong foundation but something was still missing. Scott Holthausen filled that void once he plugged in his guitar. The final piece to the puzzle was placed and Kult Ikon was born. Because early jams were rhythm driven, the writing process took on a unique format. Bass riffs were built upon drum beats and the foundation of the song was created first. This allowed Holthausen to use the foundation as a canvas painting in the intricate details capturing the audience’s attention.

By mid 2018 Kult Ikon was taking their art to the stage. In late 2019 Sheet Metal Sessions were recorded by the band and available on CD. Its release coincided with the plague and Covid quickly shut down progress. The trio didn’t let that affect them for long and soon they were back in the practice space trying to process and exorcize. As the world reset, Kult Ikon were hard at work. The set back allowed time for Kult Ikon to create something massive. The result is the full-length album »Black Iron Prison«.

Album credits:

All songs written & performed by Kult Ikon
Recorded & mixed by Scott Holthausen
Mastered by Jeff Carroll at Bluefield Mastering, Raleigh, NC
Album artwork by Nemo Crux

Kult Ikon are:
John Vincent – Bass
Ryan O’Connell – Drums
Scott Holthausen – Guitar

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well