{"id":72412,"date":"2018-11-08T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=72412"},"modified":"2018-11-08T07:20:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T07:20:53","slug":"review-cult-leader-a-patient-man-changes-to-be-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-cult-leader-a-patient-man-changes-to-be-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Cult Leader &#8211; A Patient Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72416\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Cult Leader A Patient Man\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cult-Leader-A-Patient-Man-500x500.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When <strong>Cult Leader<\/strong> released their debut album, <em>&#8216;Lightless Walk<\/em>&#8216;, it was generally well received for its chaotic nature.\u00a0The band&#8217;s new record, <em>&#8216;A Patient Man&#8217;<\/em>, follows in a similar vein but this time there is a darker, brooding beauty within the turbulence of the Salt Lake City four-piece.\u00a0In a somewhat unorthodox manner, <strong>Cult Leader<\/strong>\u2019s music isn\u2019t all about sheer brutality and trying to be the heaviest band on the planet. Instead, it feels as though every inch of every song has been carefully planned out.<\/p>\n<p>Frantic guitar riffs paired with pummeling drums and Anthony Lucero\u2019s visceral vocals lay an early foundation of what is to come, as \u2018I<em> Am Healed\u2019\u00a0<\/em>puts you into a false sense of security that this record will be a continual punch to the gut.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;A Patient Man&#8217;<\/em> has been constructed to be a record of two halves. With the opening three tracks being familiar territory for the former Gaza members, with guitars ruling the roost and Lucero\u2019s haunting vocals adding an additional layer to what is being created.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Cult Leader &quot;Isolation In The Land Of Milk And Honey&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rPjAyupCT6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, by the time you arrive at \u2018<em>To: Achlys\u2019<\/em>, the tone of the album changes and the early brute force slows down to reveal something quite beautiful.\u00a0Its transition into <em>\u2018A World of Joy\u2019<\/em> is the perfect palate cleanser, giving\u00a0<strong>Cult Leader<\/strong> the opportunity to stretch their legs, adding huge atmospheric soundscapes to their arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be fooled by the beauty that the band possess though because as soon as you let your guard down, they will come in with some more crushing riffs and a wall of noise which will shake your core.<\/p>\n<p>Having started the album with an assault of the senses, <strong>Cult Leader<\/strong> close the record with an absolute masterpiece.<em> \u2018The Broken Right Hand of God\u2019 <\/em>which\u00a0ebbs and flows and builds to an absolutely crushing crescendo, which if your neck wasn\u2019t already hurting from headbanging, it will be now.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;A Patient Man&#8217;<\/em> by <strong>Cult Leader<\/strong> is released 9th November on <strong>Deathwish Inc<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cult Leader<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CultLeaderMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cultleadermusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cultleadermusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cultleadermusic.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Tim Birkbeck (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_birkbeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@tim_birkbeck<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;A Patient Man&#8217; 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