Cult of the Lamb Summons Heavy Metal G.O.A.T.s for Hymns of the Unholy Album

Massive Monster, Devolver Digital and Laced Records have formed an unholy alliance with an all-star line-up of musicians to release Cult of the Lamb: Hymns of the Unholy – out October 28th. The six-track album is a metal reimagining of River Boy’s award-winning soundtrack for Massive Monster’s breakout indie game, Cult of the Lamb.

 

Written, arranged and produced by Sam George (Pick Up Goliath) at Mammoth Sound Studio, the six songs feature vocals written and performed by Howard Jones (Light the Torch, Sion, ex-Killswitch Engage) and Matthew K. Heafy (Trivium); guitar work by Scott LePage & Clay Gober (Polyphia), Javier Reyes (Animals as Leaders), Josh Baines (Malevolence) and Sean Long (While She Sleeps); and drums by Mike Malyan (ex-Monuments).

 

An official music video created by animation studio Half Giant for the lead single “CULT” (featuring Pick Up Goliath, Howard Jones, Scott LePage and Mike Malyan) is out now, alongside the single streaming and available for download on all major music platforms. The video features footage from previous Cult of the Lamb trailers along with new scenes to tell the full story of the Lamb’s rise to Godhood.

Matthew Kiichi Heafy, lead singer of Trivium, said: “Video games have always been an important part of my life, so it’s been amazing to work with the Massive Monster team and turn Cult of the Lamb’s iconic soundtrack into a metal album. There’s such a natural link between video games, heavy metal and the game’s themes that a collaboration like this just makes sense. I hope fans of the game have as much fun listening to this as I did writing and performing my parts, and I hope the metal community and anyone who might not have played Cult of the Lamb before embraces this as a standalone album and checks out the game!”

Jay Armstrong, co-founder of Massive Monster, says: “We’re huge fans of metal music and know there’s a lot of metalheads in the Cult of the Lamb community too. There’s a natural link between the game’s themes and heavy metal music and, given the recent release of our Unholy Alliance DLC and the Goat character, why not get some G.O.A.T.s from the world of metal to transform River Boy’s iconic melodies into heavy metal slammers? All the artists featured on this release have given 100% commitment to this project, and we couldn’t be more grateful for their support and the backing of their management.” 

Vinyl pre-orders go live today for a Devolver Digital store Exclusive Edition LP, alongside two t-shirt designs featuring artwork by Godmachine and an original logo by metal designer Nekromorph. Album artwork was created in-house by Massive Monster designer Carles Dalmau. The full album releases on all major music platforms on October 28th 2024 and is available to pre-save now.

 

Available on PC, Mac, and consoles, the action roguelike video game Cult of the Lamb allows players to start their own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers. The smash hit indie has sold more than 4.5 million copies since its 2022 release, winning four Australian Game Developer Awards, a Golden Joystick Award, and being nominated for The Game Awards and BAFTA Awards. The soundtrack won the video game category at the World Soundtrack Awards.

Stream/download lead single “CULT” across all major music platforms now: LISTEN NOW LINK

Pre-order the vinyl and T-Shirts now via the Devolver store (Ships March 2025): PRE-ORDER LINK

Pre-save the full album now (Releases 28th October): PRE-SAVE LINK

 

Track List

1. “CULT” – Performed by Pick Up Goliath feat. Howard Jones (Light The Torch, Sion, ex-Killswitch Engage), Scott LePage (Polyphia) & Mike Malyan (ex-Monuments)

2. “CHAOS” – Performed by Pick Up Goliath feat. Matthew K. Heafy (Trivium) & Mike Malyan

3. “FAMINE” – Performed by Pick Up Goliath feat. Howard Jones, Scott LePage & Mike Malyan

4. “PESTILENCE” – Performed by Pick Up Goliath feat. Matthew K. Heafy, Javier Reyes (Animals As Leaders) & Mike Malyan

5. “CONQUEST” – Performed by Pick Up Goliath feat. Howard Jones, Josh Baines (Malevolence), Clay Gober (Polyphia) & Mike Malyan

6. “DEATH” – Performed by Pick Up Goliath feat. Matthew K. Heafy, Sean Long (While She Sleeps) & Mike Malyan