This Halloween, blackened metalpunk band BASTARD CRÖSS will unveil the auditory blasphemy that is their forthcoming album, Crossripper via Morbid and Miserable. The debut full-length as been heavily inspired by horror movies, and draws from religious history notably dark and violent documented events. The music video for the first single and title track is available now.
BASTARD CRÖSS bring "Crossripper" to life through the medium of B-Movie horror. Filled with the harrowing chants of the names of seven demons, aggressive thrash riffs, and shifting dynamics make for a thrilling and gloomy display. The track traverses the heavy weight of slower tempos and sections with a more raucous pace until it reaches its gory end.
About BASTARD CRÖSS:
The blasphemous quartet emerged from the crypts in Philadelphia in the grim winter of 2021, releasing their self-titled EP in the same year. This was followed by a Split with BLACK KNIFE in 2022 (released via JEMS), and 2023 saw the arrival of the Beasts of the Night EP and the Faster than the Devil 2 split (released via Wiseblood Records). The upcoming 2025 offering Crossripper (via Morbid and Miserable), sees the band extend even further into the hellish realms of their extreme sound.
BASTARD CRÖSS' musical influences stem from a menagerie of metallic inspirations from thrash (SLAYER, EXODUS) to black metal (DISSECTION) and punk aggression (ANTI-CIMEX). The band experiment with melodic harmonies layered above loud and dirty riffs. The band's distinctive edge derives in part from the two vocalists who combine influences from early black and death metal.
BASTARD CRÖSS explain that they combine their "love for classic horror media with black metal, thrash and punk to create intense, aggressive metalpunk splashed with twin vocal attacks, powerful guitar harmonies and crusty bass tones. Our songs can appeal to horror fans, metalheads and punks alike."
BASTARD CRÖSS is:
Blasphemous Axe (Guitars/Vocals)
Heathen Chevalier (Vocals/Guitars)
Beheader of Priests (Bass)
Infernal Bastard (Drums)
Album Credits:
Producer: BASTARD CRÖSS, Armen Koroghlian
Recording Studio: Red Mausoleum
Engineer: Armen Koroghlian
Mastering: Jamie King
Mixing: Armen Koroghlian
Album Cover Artist: Sandy Rezalmi
Formats: digital, vinyl, CD and tape.
Links:
Bandcamp: https://bastardcross.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bastardcrossphl/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bastardcrossphl
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kRbRwikUtyBfHlIk9IjYW
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bastard-cr%C3%B6ss/1624083956
