RVA metal gods COUGH drop first new album in five years

by | Jun 20, 2016 | MUSIC

It’s loud. It’s brutal. It involves a lot of screaming and droning guitars. And we fucking love it.

It’s loud. It’s brutal. It involves a lot of screaming and droning guitars. And we fucking love it.

Produced by Electric Wizard’s Jus Oborn and recorded by Oborn and Windhand’s Garrett Morris, COUGH’s first new record since 2010’s Ritual Abuse is sure to satisfy fans who had been waiting for a return from the band.

Still They Pray offers a glimpse into the abyss, like a cacophonous hurricane that aims to blow your neighborhood away along with your sanity.

We’ve got a longer interview with the band lined up for our next print issue, but in the mean time check out the first release from the new album below:

COUGH was birthed from RVA’s fertile metal scene back in 2005. 2008’s full length Sigillum Luciferi gave audiences the first chance to hear the band in full. Tours and a second full release, Ritual Abuse in 2010, helped establish the band. In a recent interview with Noisey, guitarist David Cisco said the time between Abuse and Still let the band become more “mentally stable.”

“We’ve always drawn inspiration from the shit life throws at us,” he said. “Without getting into too much detail the themes of life and death weave through this record pretty substantially.”

An international tour happens this July, and they played at Hardywood back in early June at their record release show, but I’m sure (fingers crossed) an RVA date will happen again before too long.

You can snag Still They Pray in CD, MP3 or double LP here via Relapse Records.

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner




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