Velvet Crucifix is a descent into sacred ruin — a four-track journey through fire, faith, and the darkness that rises from within. With searing riffs and gothic grandeur, The Black Cross delivers a single steeped in blasphemous beauty and spiritual collapse.

The title track, Velvet Crucifix, is a sensual hymn of damnation — where devotion turns to obsession and love becomes sacrilege. It’s followed by The Chapel Burns, a cinematic epic that begins with a priest’s solemn prayer and ends in chaos as demons rise to claim the altar in a triumphant black mass.

Ashes of Grace continues the descent, a mournful yet heavy gothic rock anthem about betrayal by divinity — a soul left to smolder in the wreckage of belief. The single closes with a stripped-down, acoustic version of Velvet Crucifix, revealing the raw ache beneath the flames, with Lilith’s ghostly harmonies echoing like lost prayers in a ruined cathedral.

Dark, melodic, and unapologetically unholy, Velvet Crucifix is not just music — it’s a ritual.

Velvet Crucifix

Velvet Crucifix (Acoustic)

Ashes of Grace

The Chapel Burns

The Black Cross is a gothic metal band conjuring soundscapes steeped in darkness, mysticism, and cinematic intensity. Formed as a ritualistic union of heavy riffs, haunting melodies, and baroque aesthetics, the band blends elements of hard rock, doom, punk, and darkwave into a force both brutal and beautiful.

Led by frontman Michael on vocals and guitar, the five-member coven includes the enigmatic Lilith (synth & vocals), the shadowy axe-wielder Cain (rhythm guitar), brooding low-end guardian Malach (bass), and the fierce and relentless Abaddon (drums). Each member represents a different facet of the band’s occult-inspired persona.

Their debut album The Chapel of Shadows introduced a new liturgy of sonic storytelling — songs like Velvet Crucifix, The Seraphim Lie, and Darkness Is My Friend explore themes of sin, salvation, and the sacred in decay. With theatrical visuals, powerful live performances, and an ever-expanding mythology, The Black Cross is more than a band — it's a resurrection in sound.

Listen. Worship. Burn the silence.