Golem Dance Cult conjure gothic alchemy with new video for ‘Call Of Wendigo’
With the release of ‘Shamanic Faultlines’, Golem Dance Cult have summoned another shadow-drenched ritual, and its second track ‘Call of the Wendigo’ emerges as one of its most intoxicating incantations. A three-minute descent into the mythos of a cursed spirit, the song weaves heavy riffs, glam-doom vocals, and a seething undercurrent of unease into something strangely danceable.
The track channels the ravenous spirit of the Wendigo, an old North American legend of cannibalistic transformation, but uses it as a symbol of deeper rot: unchecked hunger, moral collapse, spiritual famine. Golem Dance Cult embody the myth, twisting it into a mirror for the modern psyche.
Visually, the video is a fever dream. With camera work that jolts and spirals like a mind slipping out of sanity, it immerses us in a haze of purple sepia and ritualistic distortion. Forest canopies loom, masks leer, skulls flicker. Every frame feels like it’s convulsing between worlds, matching the track’s seething energy and occult weight. The band, masked and magnetic, perform as spectral avatars of the Wendigo mythos.
Musically, ‘Call of the Wendigo’ is a tightly coiled force, balancing gnashing guitar snarls with a creeping, almost seductive groove. There’s a sense of swagger buried in the gloom, echoing the glam-punk theatricality of Bauhaus with a modern industrial sheen. Charles Why’s production is both raw and expansive, giving the track enough space to breathe while still sounding claustrophobic in all the right places.
With ‘Shamanic Faultlines’, and especially with this standout cut, ‘Golem Dance Cult’ prove themselves as sonic shamans, dragging ancient myths into the now, clad in distortion and dressed for the apocalypse.