โ€œThe eco-system needs itโ€™s predatorsโ€ mused Ian Astbury last year, and few beasts in rockโ€™nโ€™roll come bigger than The Cult. Those assuming Asto may be a few Tipis short of a reservation following his spell as Jim Morrison can think again.

Amped to an industrial sheen by producer Youth and packed with stripped-back stadium choruses, Born Into This rips from the speakers like an irate Velvet Revolver, Billy Duffyโ€™s relentless axe-hero riffing matched by Astburyโ€™s typically waspish lyrics. โ€œTaste the whip babe!โ€ he bellows in โ€œUndercover Of The Nightโ€ homage โ€œDirty Little Rock Starโ€.

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Still King Of The Jungle.

PAUL MOODY