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BLACK MOON CULT/ Heavy Psych Rock / DEBUT ALBUM "OPHIDIAN FUTURE: THE CHILDREN OF YIG" OUT NOW (September 5th) on BLACK DOOMBA RECORDS// 2025 Debut album of the year- THE OBELISK

Featured Top 100 2025 Doomcharts// Rock & metal union's Favorite Albums of 2025// #7 Album of the Year- Heavy Underground Farm Report. Weedian Top 100 of 2025/ Cleanandsoberstoner Best of 25

BLACK MOON CULT is a Heavy Psychedelic Rock band from Toledo, OH. Founded by Lead Vocalist/Guitar & Synth player Kaleb Riser in late 2021, along with Bassist/Synth player Kevin Lewis, and Drummer/Percussionist Jeff Vandebussche. They are currently signed to Black Doomba Records, of Atlanta, GA & SuperKool Booking of 29 Palms, California.

Black Moon Cult takes sonic inspiration from classic bands such as early Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and Hawkwind, while incorporating eclectic influences such as Classic Prog, Neo-Psych, Desert Rock, & Classic Heavy Metal. Blending Trippy and Dreamy atmospheres with Fuzz-laden Stoner Rock riffage and Progressive songwriting; fans have drawn comparisons to acts such as Nebula, Earthless, and The Sword.

- HAS PLAYED WITH: Pentagram, Dead Meadow, EYEHATEGOD, The Obsessed, Crobot, The Atomic Bitchwax,Today is the Day, Dopethrone, Year of the Cobra, and many more.

-HAS PERFORMED: Several US headlining and support tours, including East Coast, West Coast, and Midwest runs. Maryland Doomfest, Ohio Doom & Bloom, Holler of Doom, and showcases presented by Heavy Chicago, Grand Rapids Doomfest, and more.

FOR TOUR BOOKING PLEASE CONTACT:

Patrick Brink  

SKB SuperKool Booking 

SKB EMAIL

 (Flyers by Mike Stuart)

2026 tour DATES  

4/16- Chicago, IL- Liars Club

4/17- St Louis, MO - The Sinkhole

4/18- Lawrence, KS *Midwest Doom Coalition Fest* 

4/21- Costa Mesa, CA - Tiki Bar 

4/22- Thousand Palms, CA- Coachella Valley Brewing Co 

4/23- Las Vegas, NV- Red Dawrf

4/24- Pheonix, AZ - The Blooze Bar

4/26- Denver, CO *HUFR FEST*

5/23-24-  COSMIC SONIC RENDEZVOUS- Brooklyn, NY**

6/20- KEGS & METAL- Geneva-on-the-Lake, OH**

6/23- Beachland Tavern- Cleveland, OH ^^

6/24- Sanctuary- Detroit, MI ^^

6/25- Rumba Cafe- Columbus, OH ^^

6/26- Liar's Club- Chicago, IL ^^

*FEST DATE// ^^ SUPPORTING HASHTRONAUT

PRESS QUOTES// REVIEWS 

-Outlaws of the Sun- "The band are aiming BIG with Ophidian Future (The Children of Yig) and it really does have a gigantic CINEMATIC quality which taps right into the classic heyday of 1970’s Hard Rock EXCESS but delivers this with a free-flowing modern day attitude which is where the REAL MAGIC happens. Ophidian Future (The Children of Yig) is delightfully weird and absolutely bonkers at the same time. However, it’s also a brilliantly entertaining record with Black Moon Cult delivering a highly anthemic and original sound of their own making." 

-Matt Hartnett ( Heavy Galaxy Show/ Director of 'LIFERS')- “The perfect blend of Heavy Psych, Stoner Rock, and Classic Heavy Metal”

-Cleanandsoberstoner- “This is an album that should be heard by millions of people. It's a historical statement. It's a statement in purpose, it's the mic drop. It is throwing the cards down and saying 'Yeah, We're Here.”

-The Heavy Underground Farm Report-  “We have a tendency to overhype so many releases and debuts in the heavy underground.   But out of nowhere of Black Moon Cult releases a debut record that is actually worthy of the accolades. Young guitar hero Kaleb Riser may be this generations Jimmy Page, and his band is fueling a resurgence in the classic rock influenced heavy music scene.”

~ Rich Piva (Musipedia of Metal, FuzzDoomRip, Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour)- “As a young band, BLACK MOON CULT sure know how to bring the psych drenched stoner rock to the parishioners who worship their chosen deity, with the delivery vessel of choice being their debut record, Ophidian Future (The Children of Yig). Getting Tony Reed to mix and master said vessel certainly helps their cause as well. Kaleb Riser is the next guitar virtuoso, and along with the rest of the trio have the youth and enthusiasm to make even the most curmudgeon listener confirm, for sure, that rock is not, in fact, dead.”

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2025 DATES 

-4/24- Afterlife Live- Akron, OH

4/25- 5 o'Clock Lounge- Lakewood, OH

4/26- Rex Theater- Morenci, MI 

5/10- Frankies Inner City- Toledo, OH

5/23- 5 o'Clock Lounge- Lakewood, OH 

6/6- Corktown Tavern- Detroit, MI 

6/7- Mulligan's- Grand Rapids, MI 

6/8- Liar's Club- Chicago, IL 

6/10- Century Bar- Philadelphia, PA 

6/11- T's Kitchen- Stamford, CT 

6/13- Cafe Nola- Frederick, MD 

6/14- Chapel of Bones- Raleigh, NC

6/15- Al's Bar- Lexington, KY 

7/11- 7/12- HOLLER OF DOOM FEST- Marydell, KY 

7/26- The Rex Theater- Morenci, MI

8/114- The Golden Road- Toledo, OH

8/15- New Dodge Lounge- Detroit, MI

8/29- The 5 o'Clock Lounge- Lakewood, OH

9/10- The Crypt- Denver, CO  

9/11- The Echoes- Albuquerque, NM

9/12- The Blooze Bar- Phoenix, AZ 

9/13- The Bancroft- San Diego, CA 

9/14- The Tiki Bar- Costa Mesa, CA 

9/15- The Redwood- Los Angeles, CA

9/16- Thee Parkside- San Francisco, CA 

10/25- Frankies- Toledo, OH *VINYL RELEASE PARTY ft. The Atomic Bitchwax & Crobot 

10/31- Cafe Nola- Frederick, MD 

11/112- Spacebar- Colombus, OH 

12/12- Mulligan's- Grand Rapids, MI 

12/13- Liar's Club- Chicago, IL 

ALL LIVE SHOTS BY *LITTLE SISTER SHOOTS PRESS* 

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