New Single: “Mourning the Night” (2025)
Single: “Until the Chains Come Off” (2025)
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Album: “Festival of Invocations” (2024)
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Single: “Wife of the Sea” Temple Hymns, Vol. 1
a collaboration with King Dude
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Album: “1 Verse” (2019)
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“Powerful, leads listeners through otherworldly realms, a sonic odyssey” – Rolling Stone
“The band creates an eerie, hypnotic spell that pulls listeners into a dark, cinematic world – SPIN
“One of the year’s most unique and compelling debuts” – The 405
“Witchy undertones weave a labyrinth of shadows and light, where the dark and divine dance” – Post-Punk
“Haunting and cinematic dark rock” – Metal Injection
“Droning, meditative” – Brooklyn Vegan
“A fresh face in gothic music, makes them one of the most promising acts within dark music.” – Filter
“Crafting a musical manifesto that can perhaps best be described as ‘yogic metal” – BlackBook
“Gong-sounding harrowed majesty and doom from the pages of The Book Of The Dead” – Monolith Cocktail
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Bio
Society of the Silver Cross is a Seattle-based band fronted by songwriters Joe Reineke (The Meices, Alien Crime Syndicate) and Karyn Gold-Reineke. Critics have described their sound as haunting, neo-folk, witchy and even “yogic metal.” Their music explores themes of life and death, beauty and darkness while blurring the boundaries between worlds.
Drawing inspiration from the rich musical traditions of India, Society of the Silver Cross blends harmonium (Indian pump organ) and shahi baaja (Indian autoharp) with 12-string acoustic guitar, Hammond B3 organ, esoteric synthesizers (swarmatron, therevox, surge), commanding tribal rhythms and chant-like vocals. The result is a dark and spellbinding fusion of east meets west with hypnotic melodies and immersive soundscapes.
Their latest album, “Festival of Invocations” (2024), has earned praise from Rolling Stone as “a sonic odyssey that leads listeners through otherworldly realms” and from SPIN as “an eerie, hypnotic spell pulling listeners into a dark, cinematic world.” This follows their critically acclaimed debut, “1 Verse” (2019), lauded as “one of the year’s most unique and compelling debuts.”
The band’s live performances include drums and occasionally gong player (Stephanie Wood).
Society of the Silver Cross reimagines contemporary Gothic music, blending mystery, romance, and spiritualism into their evocative sound.