'Cultic' Storm The Zach Moonshine Show Dungeon Siege Takeover | A Night Of Lore, War, And 117 Thousand Metal Maniacs In The Pit
Friday night was one for the books. A downright iron clad event. A staggering 117,504 metal maniacs from across the...
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'Cultic' Storm The Zach Moonshine Show Dungeon Siege Takeover | A Night Of Lore, War, And 117 Thousand Metal Maniacs In The Pit
Friday night was one for the books. A downright iron clad event. A staggering 117,504 metal maniacs from across the planet tuned in live as Pennsylvania’s dungeon metal warlords Cultic took over The Zach Moonshine Show for a special Dungeon Siege edition that hit harder than a flaming catapult shot.
This wasn’t your run of the mill promo chat. This was a real dive. Grit, honesty, stories, riffs, and the kind of raw creative energy you only get when a band is locked into their own world and you give them room to talk about it. The band emphasized their spontaneous start, noting, "We didn't have any plans. You were just gonna play music in the bedroom and call it Dungeon ***** ." They added that their philosophy is "always been more about the process of creating things. Nothing ever sat down and said, hey, this is this is what we're going to do, right? It wasn't like we planned it. It just just kept evolving and we don't know when to turn it off."
Cultic showed up ready for war.
Their new album Lore had already been raising hell with fans. The band walked us through the guts of it, sharing how they crafted the dungeon atmosphere that defines their sound. They hit everything from the concept building to the choices behind the doom heavy riffing to the cold blackened textures that creep through the record.
The foundation of their sound was discussed, with one member recalling, "I think it just developed naturally. Like when we first started the band, I really wanted to like... like really like Celtic Frost and winter. I like I like that sound and I was like attributed like winter to being like slow Covic frost, but I wanted to to like build upon that aesthetic ." They also emphasized their writing style: "We definitely write very unrelenting music. Like there's not a lot of breaks in there, you know? And that's intentional ." The host perfectly captured the essence, stating, "They've got you pinned to the pinned against the wall with a knife to your throat kind of sound."
They talked process too. The writing, the recording, the tone hunting. How each track had to feel like another step deeper into the dungeon. They went into the artwork, the visuals, and the old school metal attitude that fuels the whole project. On their visual consistency, they explained: "If you would stack it up on a board, it's. Comes from the same place for each album ." The band's artist detailed her creative medium: "I do all of the artwork itself. Um, so I, I do painting mostly oil paints also deal drawings and ink and different things like that." No shortcuts. No modern polish for the sake of polish. Just something real, grim, and carved from the same stone as the legends that came before.
That is the kind of mindset you cannot fake. It is why Lore hits the way it does. It is why the fans showed up in droves.
And man did the fans show up. The chat never slowed down. People from Europe, South America, Australia, Asia, and every corner of the States chimed in, threw questions, and went wild the whole time. The energy felt like an old school global tape trading frenzy, just updated for 2025.
The band also opened up about influences, early experiences, and the twists of life outside the studio, including the dynamic of creating with a spouse. As one member shared, "It's a mutual thing , like we, we get along and we're, we're on the same page, you know what I mean? Like so creating together just feels natural. Definitely takes it to a whole another level for sure ," with another adding, "It gives you another depth of to your relationship ." They're not slowing down either, despite wrapping up their shows for the year: "The wheels don't stop turning. We're already starting to ripe for the next one already, so we're starting to turn over some ideas and going over making some withdrawals from the rift bank." Classic Gen X metal mentality. A little humor, a little grit, a little “yeah we lived through worse.” It made the conversation breathe in a way most interviews just don’t anymore.
For anyone who missed the live chaos, the interview is now archived on Mixcloud. It’s the pure cut. No ads, no breaks, just the raw conversation exactly how it went down.
Cultic came out of the dungeon swinging and the world tuned in to watch. Nights like this remind you why underground metal still matters. It’s still alive, still dangerous, and still in the hands of bands who care enough to build something worth fighting for.
And judging by 117,504 metalheads showing up on a Friday night, the underground isn’t going anywhere.
Keep the torches lit. The dungeon is far from empty.
Track List:
Battle Of The Bands Top Six Winners:
1 - ANTISAINT - SNAFU2 - Fueled By Fear - Godmade3 - Eden On Fire - Brigade4 - Bound To Prevail - Into the Depths5 - Stalwart - Pandora6 - Them Damn Kings - Burn
The Zach Moonshine Intro
7 - Black Sabbath - Hole In The Sky/Who Are You?8 - Day 40 - Symptom of the Universe9 - KING HEAVY - Nero Megaton
Cultic - Interview feat: Nomad/Executioner's Tale
10 - Guttural Slug - Suspended From A Single Strand Of Sanity11 - Emissary - The Silent Treatment12 - Kings of Thrash - Megadeth medley live13 - Pathos & Logos - In Bloom14 - Survivalist - (sic)15 - Carnifex - The Heretic Anthem (Slipknot Cover)16 - Zakk Sabbath - Hand Of Doom/Electric Funeral17 - The Red Mountain - N.I.B./The Devils Whiskey (feat Zach Moonshine)18 - Brutal Death Fuck - The Devils Whiskey/Alcohol - Remastered19 - Sons of Hades - The Fall of the House of Usher20 - INHUMAN CONDITION - Severely Lifeless21 - KREATOR - Satanic Anarchy22 - Dogsflesh - MEDUSA'S KISS23 - CYANATE - CLAUSTROPHOBIC24 - Farewell From the Gallows - Glimpse the Sun25 - Univertigo - eXtinctioN26 - Philippe Drouin Obvurt - Gojira Medley27 - As The Palaces Burn - DEFYING THE POWER28 - Ov Sulfur - Vast Eternal29 - Tentaclaus - Get Fucked30 - sins of infirmity - Dark Wings31 - THUNDERCHIEF - Saipan Death March
Full show streaming on Mixcloud:
The interview segment is also available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple etc
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