Chicago industrial post-punk collective Black Cross Hotel, featuring members of The Atlas Moth and Stabbing Westward, will release their new album Songs for Switches on October 31 via Someoddpilot Records. The band has unveiled the video for the album's lead single,...
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Earlier this year, there was a mini-shitstorm after a company from Panama called World Digital filed suit against 80 fans that had downloaded All Shall Perish’s This is Where it Ends. After the band and management (and label, initially) denied reports that they...Follow Us
Black Cross Hotel (The Atlas Moth / Stabbing Westward) announce new album; unveil “The House God Doesn’t Visit”
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