Chicago’s duo BELLHEAD burst into 2025 with "Threats," a scalding 7-track album that solidifies their standing in the underground darkwave and post-industrial scene. At a breezy 26-plus minutes, the album hammers with forward surge, tension, and determination delivered by their signature bass vs. bass attack and bolstered with creepy atmosphere and brash energy.
Produced by Neil Strauch and mastered by Carl Saff, “Threats” kicks off with its title track, a razor-edged statement of purpose. It’s raw, immediate, and snarling, paving the way for an album that feels as cathartic as it does cinematic. “Threats” and “Bad Taste” tower sharpest of all the lacerations. The former is a paranoid sprint down a dystopian alley, and the latter, especially in its remix, is a full-body club anthem pumped up by the added vocals and industrial snarl of Stabbing Westward’s Chris Hall.
BELLHEAD passes the scalpel elsewhere, giving it to darkwave visionaries Clubdrugs, who transform “Heart Shaped Hole” into a brooding, whirling, haunted hallucination fit for a warehouse séance. The remixes function not as appended afterthoughts, but as full-fledged reinventions, expanding rather than retreading the album’s world.
"Threats" is BELLHEAD's most focused and forceful album. It pulsates with shadowy defiance, perfect for darkened, sweat-choked clubs, late-night drives, and high-noon headphones turned up.
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