Release Date: 05/05/2025

Released quietly on May 5th, 2025, PRE7UDE V marked the unofficial start of the Sin cycle. Limited to 33 copies, the cassette stripped away all drums and guitars from the core Sin compositions, leaving only the ambient pads, keys, and synths beneath. It was not a remix. It was what remained when the violence was removed.

A deluxe edition—limited to just 7 copies and available only through the Gods of the Marketplace—featured identical audio but was printed in black ink as a nod to the deeper, hidden world of The Cultus. It also included access to hidden digital prelude versions of the ambient B-sides from the Sin 7” deluxe edition.

Inside the packaging was a hidden puzzle. Those who deciphered it—by realigning the track titles using a diagram pulled from the Confusion of Tongues gatefold—unlocked access to an early stream of Sin on June 30, The Cultus Holy Day known as Aurora. It was an initiation, veiled in obscurity, offered only to those willing to piece it together.

PRE7UDE V was not an announcement. It was a quiet signal. A threshold for those already paying attention.