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Deth Cult scores Number 1 on the Singles Chart
"Tsunami of Deth" chronicles a tale of peace while checking out
Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor
August 28, 5699


Deth Cult playing a show at Max's Back Stage in Sulari this July

The Sulari-based alternative band Deth Cult has scored their first Number 1 on the KRTVN Radio 1 Singles Chart with the second single from their new LCR debut album Nasty, Brutish and Skilled. The song, titled "Tsunami of Deth" depicts the singer, Avy Schwartz walking out into the ocean and just surfing away to foreign lands. It hit Number 1 on the weekly poll of sales, spins, and swipes tracked by KRTVN Radio 1, and is the deemed the most popular song in the nation.

"Well, I mean, what do you want?" asked music analyst Yael Booker of Kaliburg Rawk Monthly. "It's got everything Kalistani music buyers just flock to. Loud guitars, a driving but danceable beat, and lyrics about surfing. I mean, it was a homerun the minute it was written. I'm actually sort of surprised the label didn't lead off with this track from the beginning."

"The song is a joke," said composer Avy Schwartz. "'Tsunami' is a ridiculous fantasy about checking out. It's about achieving inner peace in a world of turmoil and chaos. But really the song is very brutal and could be more like what a person sees as they are being dragged into the sea and are about to drown. There's peace right next to violence, centering and calming right next to turbulence. Its a dichotomous song that is not meant to suggest anyone should go drive their car into the ocean. I'm really surprised to hear it went to Number 1."

But those who enjoy the song said it is just an example of what a fun band Deth Cult is. "Their shows are so fun," said Gina Formosa of Sulari. "I go to these shows, and think I'm just gonna listen this time, and next thing I know, I am front and center in a circle pit pushing kids left and right. This band really just full on puts their entire energy into the music, and Tsunami of Deth is just an example, an ironically chill song as the first song on the second side of the record that just happens to be made with amplifiers on blast."

At just over two minutes, the radio also loves the song. "Contrary to what you might think, it gets a lot more plays because it is so short," said KRTVN Channel 1 programmer Chet Hawkins. "You can slide it in a bunch of spots to fill up time. Having a utility song like that available makes programming the hour a lot easier, because we don't always have a lot of 2 minute long songs but we almost always have 2 minutes extra in an hour. So, we can either play four commercials, which everyone hates, or throw in 'Tsunami of Deth'. I know which one the listeners want, and so I do that." Hawkins argues that the length of the song has contributed to its rise up the charts, given that it gets heavy rotation due not to sales necessarily but due to practical considerations of the way KRTVN is programmed.

Whatever the reason, it is number 1 now. So you can hear it here! Here's "Tsunami of Deth" from Sulari band Deth Cult's debut album Nasty, Brutish and Skilled on LCR right now.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bMfh3QQjE]

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