THE CULT released their first new album in five years, Choice Of Weapon, on May 21st internationally, and on May 22nd in North America, on Cooking Vinyl worldwide.

Choice of Weapon has come out of the gate strong, debuting on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart at #34. The album made other impressive Billboard chart numbers as well - #3 on the Hard Rock chart, #15 on the Rock chart, and #7 on the Indie Albums chart. Choice Of Weapon made impressive entries on the UK charts (#20) as well as the Canadian national charts (#15).

Choice Of Weapon was produced by Bob Rock (METALLICA). It was written by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy, recorded in New York City, Los Angeles, the California high desert, and the band's Witch Mountain studio between July and December 2011. The new release features founding members Astbury on vocals and Duffy on guitars, with drummer John Tempesta and bassist Chris Wyse.

Choice Of Weapon tracklist:

'Honey From A Knife'

'Elemental Light'

'The Wolf'

'Life > Death'

'For The Animals'

'Amnesia'

'Lucifer'

'Wilderness Now'

'A Pale Horse'

'This Night In The City Forever'

In addition to the ten songs listed above, The Choice Of Weapon deluxe edition features four bonus tracks:

'Every Man And Woman Is A Star'

'Embers'

'Until The Light Takes Us'

'Siberia'

Bravewords.com’s Martin Popoff recently conducted an interview with the band about the new album. Check it out at this location.

Check out the new video for 'For The Animals' below:

The Cult are currently on the road in support of Choice Of Weapon. Remaining tour dates are below:

June

1 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
2 - Windsor, ON - Great Canadian Beaverfest, Riverfront Festival Plaza
3 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE - Indoor Stage
5 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
7 - Buffalo, NY - Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf
8 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
9 - Hampton Beach, NH - Ballroom
10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
12 - Washington, D.C. - The Fillmore
13 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
15 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
16 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
17 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
19 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
20 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
22 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
28 - Belgrade, Serbia - USCE Park (with Ozzy & Friends)
29 - Graz, Austria - Schwarzl Freizeit Zetrum (with GN'R)

July

1 - Bucharest, Romania - Rock the City Festival (with GN'R, Faith No More)
3 - Split, Croatia - Spaladium Arena (headline)
4 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kino Siska (headline)
7 - Zottegem, Belgium, Rock Zottegem Festival
8 - Weert, Netherlands - Bospop Festival
10 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli (headline)
13 - Pizzola Sul Brenta, Italy - Contarini Festival (headline)
14 - Rimini, Italy - Velvet Rock (headline)
15 - Milano, Italy - Carroponte (headline)
17 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz (headline)
18 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera (headline)
19 - Porto, Portugal - Mares Vivas Festival (with Garbage)

September

11 - Newcastle, UK - Metro Radio Arena
12 - Sheffield, UK - Motorpoint Arena
14 - Manchester, UK - Arena
15 - Birmingham, UK - LG Arena
16 - London, UK - Wembley Arena