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Hidden City, the tenth studio album from The Cult, closes out the powerful trilogy that began with Born Into This (2007) and continued with Choice of Weapon (2012). Produced by longtime collaborator Bob Rock and written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, this 12-track record finds the band at their fiercest and most inspired.

From the opening surge of “Dark Energy” through the layered, cinematic soundscapes that follow, Hidden City is a masterclass in atmosphere, grit, and intensity. It captures The Cult in full command of their sound—dark, seductive, and unapologetically uncompromising.

Astbury describes the album as a meditation on the tension between self and soul, with Hidden City serving as a metaphor for that inner conflict. The result is an album that’s both deeply personal and universally resonant, further cementing The Cult’s reputation as one of rock’s most enduring and visionary bands.

A vital closing chapter to an epic trilogy, Hidden City is The Cult at their prime—epic, raw, and unrelenting.