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💥 BELLHEAD Fire Warning Shots with Explosive New EP THREATS

Death, revenge, drowning, heartbreak, and murder—Chicago’s bass duo returns louder, darker, and more dangerous than ever.

Chicago’s rising industrial post-punk duo BELLHEAD have officially dropped the hammer with the announcement of their new EP THREATS, set for release on April 8, 2025 via Oppressive Sky Records. Available on CD, digital download, and all major streaming platforms, the title track is already live now via Bandcamp preorder.

🔥 THREATS is the first new material since their 2023 EP Good Intentions, and it’s a full-throttle evolution in both sound and style. Familiar themes of femme fatales, heartbreak, murder, and sorrow are back—but this time, the duo have cranked up the intensity and peeled back the curtain.

🎯 A New Era Begins

Gone is the signature black-and-white branding. In its place: vibrant yellow and a sharp, full-color portrait. For the first time, you can see the faces behind the menace: Ivan Russia and Karen Righeimer-Schock are making good on their threats.

Engineered by Neil Strauch and mastered by Carl Saff, the 7-track EP includes five new songs plus two remixes—each dripping with venom and vision. Highlights include:

  • “Heart Shaped Hole” twisted into a hallucinogenic haunt by Clubdrugs
  • “Bad Taste” reimagined with Stabbing Westward’s Chris Hall, giving it a dancefloor stomp you won’t soon forget

🩸 THREATS Tracklist

  1. Threats
  2. Heart Shaped Hole
  3. Shutters + Stutters
  4. No Dead Horses
  5. Double Jeopardy
  6. Bad Taste (Stabbing Westward Remix)
  7. Heart Shaped Hole (Clubdrugs Remix)

⚔️ BELLHEAD Live 2025

Fresh off a relentless national touring schedule that saw them supporting legends like Stabbing Westward, Clan of Xymox, Julien-K, and Night Club, BELLHEAD is heading back on the road in support of THREATS.

Spring Tour Dates:

  • 3/27 – Indianapolis, IN – Black Circle Brewery
  • 3/28 – Kenosha, WI – Port Of Kenosha
  • 4/05 – Minneapolis, MN – Fireseek Festival
  • 4/24 – Urbana, IL – Rose Bowl Tavern
  • 4/25 – Louisville, KY – Art Sanctuary
  • 4/26 – Cape Girardeau, MO – Spectrum Record Lounge
  • 4/27 – Kansas City, MO – Sk8bar
  • 5/03 – Chicago, IL – Liar’s Club w/ Skatenigs
  • 5/04 – Milwaukee, WI – Falcon Bowl
  • 5/09 – Detroit, MI – Fixation Festival w/ Assemblage23, Cyanotic, AL1CE
  • 5/30 – Chicago Steampunk Convention
  • 8/09 – Indianapolis, IN – Bats Over Indy Fest

🎟️ More dates to be announced soon!

💿 Preorder & Presave

📀 Preorder THREATS on Bandcamp
💾 Presave on Spotify

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CHICAGO’S POST-PUNK DUO BELLHEAD TO RELEASE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EP ‘GOOD INTENTIONS’ ON FRIDAY MAY 5TH ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS

Bellhead, a post-punk duo from Chicago, IL, USA,, will be releasing their highly anticipated EP ‘Good Intentions’ on May 5th, across all platforms.

This new release comes after the band spent most of 2022 touring to support their critically acclaimed sophomore release ‘Dead Lights’.

‘Good Intentions’ features six new songs that explore a pop sensibility while giving nods to New Order and a wink to Jesus and Mary Chain. The lead single “Valentine” evokes Depeche Mode synth lines and Placebo style bass grooves while exploring the themes of loss and hope or death and forgiveness. The EP includes other songs like “Bad Taste” and “Into the Deep”, which tackle topics like unsavory stalkers, unreliable narrators, and blood-thirsty sirens at sea. The EP’s second half includes Bellhead’s take on Love and Rockets’ hit “No Big Deal”.

Bellhead’s previous surprise single, a cover of Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U”, quickly gained popularity and earned over 6,000 plays on Spotify within 30 days of its release. The band has toured alongside international and national touring artists in 2022, and their 2023 spring dates include two shows with gothic acts Clan of Xymox and The Bellwether Syndicate. Afterward, they will co-headline nine dates with NYC’s coldwave artists The Clay People before ending the month of May as direct support for LA’s dark electronic duo Night Club in Chicago.


Bellhead has worked with their trusted production team to deliver ‘Good Intentions’, which includes audio engineer Neil Strauch (Iron and Wine/Counting Crows/Owls/Joan of Arc/Walking Bicycles/Slow Mass), mastering engineer Carl Saff (Acid Mothers Temple/Smoking Popes/Red Fang/Guided by Voices), and management team David Schock (WTII Records).

To purchase ‘Good Intentions:

Good Intentions by BELLHEAD


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BELLHEAD spent 2022 touring alongside international and national touring artists Powerman 5000, Holy Wars, Then Comes Silence, The Bellwether Syndicate, Hate Dept, China Crisis, and Night Club. 2023 is even more explosive with touring plans to include two dates with legendary gothic acts Clan of Xymox and The Bellwether Syndicate as a warm up before heading back out on the road in May co-headlining nine dates with NYC’S coldwave artists, The Clay People. BELLHEAD ends the month of May as direct support for LA’s dark electronic duo, Night Club in Chicago.

BELLHEAD 2023 SPRING DATES

3/19 Eastside Bowl – Nashville, TN w/ Clan of Xymox / The Bellwether Syndicate

3/23 Cactus Club – Milwaukee, WI w/ Clan of Xymox / The Bellwether Syndicate

4/15 The Ruin – Fort Wayne, IN w/ Vazum / Observer

4/21 Blockhouse Bar – Bloomington, IN w/ Pilgrims of Yearning / Freeze Etch

4/22 Mag Bar – Louisville, KY w/ Gentleman Pig / Star Guided Vessel / Village Elder

5/6 Livewire Lounge – Chicago, IL w/ The Clay People / Melter

5/7 Mac’s Bar – Lansing, MI w/ The Clay People / Zombie Apocalypse / No Skull

5/8 Black Circle – Indianapolis, IN w/ The Clay People / Broken Nails

5/9 The Foundry – Lakewood, OH w/ The Clay People / Bonded by Darkness / Temple Witch

5/10 The Runaway – Washington, DC w/ The Clay People / High Horse Cavalry / Raw Dawgs

5/11 Bar Freda – Queens, NY w/ The Clay People / The Amatory Murder / Chroma

5/12 Darq @ Koto – Salem, MA w/ The Clay People / Acheron

5/13 Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center – Harrisburg, PA w/ The Amatory Murder, Faux Fear, Goth Goth, Sugar Hysteria

5/14 Buzzbin – Akron, OH w/ Night Goat / Bonded By Darkness / Temple Witch

5/26 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL w/ Night Club / Iron Years / Plasmata