Yidhra Streaming "Cult Of Bathory" Title Track

Next month the stoner/doom bringers in Yidhra will undrape a brand new EP via Black Voodoo Records. Titled "Cult Of Bathory," the follow-up to 2013's "Hexed" full-length was captured live with master engineer and producer Bill Metoyer at Skull Seven Productions and boasts four murky, lead-footed anthems centered on the occult, witchcraft, inhumanity, life, death and imminent destruction.

As a precursor to its release, today the record's title track comes online for public intoxication. Listen in below.

"'Cult Of Bathory,' at its root, is about the inhumanity of humanity. I've always found it fascinating how the words, which are typically considered opposites, felt so synonymous," issues Yidhra vocalist/rhythm guitarist Ted Venemann of the lumbering track. "The most vile and inhumane acts are always perpetrated by humans. In nature, most seemingly atrocious acts can be explained by the base instinct to survive."

He goes on to say, "That is definitely not the case with mankind. With our industrial capabilities and 'advances' in science and technology, we've grown quite efficient at destroying and profiting off of nature. Not even the most docile and innocent are immune to our perverse behaviors. The legend says the Countess Bathory bathed in the blood of virgins to maintain her youth. Millions of people are inadvertently doing the exact same thing every day. The truth is, no matter how hard we try to be 'cruelty free,' we're not. At some point along the way there's a product that you use, or there's a component used in the manufacturing of that product that is covered in the blood of innocence. In that instance we are all guilty. We are all members in the Cult of Bathory."

Black Voodoo Records will release "Cult Of Bathory" on December 11, 2015 on 10-inch vinyl in three limited edition color variants: 100 blood red splattered, 100 purple, and 100 standard black. "Cult Of Bathory" will also be available on CD and digitally in early 2016. Stay tuned for details.