“Threats” - Bellhead
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If you’ve been following BELLHEAD, you already know they don’t mess around — and with their 2025 EP “Threats”, Chicago’s favorite doom-duo has officially leveled up.
Dropped April 8th via Oppressive Sky Records, “Threats” isn’t just a return — it’s a reckoning. It’s gritty, cinematic, and teeming with all the dark, twisted themes BELLHEAD fans live for: death, betrayal, heartbreak, femme fatales, drowning, and probably a few things that go bump in the night.
BELLHEAD are back with teeth bared. This ain’t a quiet comeback. This is a post-apocalyptic prom where love is a weapon and the dance floor is a war zone.
The EP dives deep into the shadows with:
Threats – A scathing opener that’s both a warning and a promise. Gritty vocals, serrated bass lines, and industrial overtones that pulse like adrenaline.
Heart Shaped Hole – Full of bleeding-heart drama and doom-pop grandeur. It’s heartbreak, but with spikes and eyeliner.
Shutters + Stutters – Think: post-punk on a bender, full of anxious rhythm and reverb-soaked static.
No Dead Horses – Refuses to beat around anything. It's fierce, raw, and wrapped in sonic barbed wire.
Double Jeopardy – A track that feels like walking through a noir nightmare, and loving every minute of it.
Bad Taste (Stabbing Westward Remix) – A synth-laced stomp-fest, reimagined for the dancefloor by Chris Hall himself. Yes, that Chris Hall. It slaps.
Heart Shaped Hole (Clubdrugs Remix) – A haunted remix that sounds like if David Lynch DJ’d a rave in a cemetery.
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One of the biggest shifts with “Threats”? The visual identity. Gone is the monochrome, minimalist black-and-white aesthetic. In its place: a blaring, vibrant yellow, as if the warning tape got tired of subtlety and slapped you across the face. It’s brash. It’s loud. And now, for the first time, you actually see Ivan Russia and Karen Righeimer-Schock staring you down.
It’s the perfect move for a release that feels less like a whisper in the dark and more like a scream into the void.
What makes “Threats” stand out is how it refuses to sit still. BELLHEAD has always embraced a raw, minimalist rock-meets-industrial sound — but here, they’re branching out.
There’s more drama, more punch, more dynamic shifts in mood and texture. At times, it’s like Nick Cave got trapped in a Nine Inch Nails demo, and someone dared him to make it groovy. Other times, you get flashes of Siouxsie, Bauhaus, or even early Ministry — but BELLHEAD never bites. They build.
And this time, they're not just building songs — they’re building a cinematic universe of vengeance, sorrow, and unrelenting catharsis.
Since 2023’s Good Intentions, BELLHEAD has been grinding it out, touring relentlessly — more than 50 shows across the country, sharing stages with legends like Stabbing Westward, Clan of Xymox, Julien-K, and Night Club.
Their live shows are fiery, chaotic, and fiercely interactive, and now, with Threats in the arsenal, they’re poised to torch every stage they step on. Spring 2025 is gonna be loud, dark, and unforgettable.
Threats isn’t just a title — it’s a promise. BELLHEAD didn’t come to play. They came to evolve, to break molds, and to remind everyone why they’re one of the most compelling acts in the modern darkwave/industrial scene.
With killer production (shoutout to Neil Strauch and Carl Saff), A-list remix features, and a newfound confidence bleeding through every track, Threats is more than just an EP — it’s BELLHEAD’s boldest, fiercest, most cinematic offering yet.
So here’s the deal:
Crank it loud.
Lean into the chaos.
And take the Threats seriously.
Because BELLHEAD isn’t just warning us — they’re daring us to listen.
“Threats” is available now on all major streaming platforms
