Culto ocultO is a Venezuelan
rock band, founded in 1989 by guitarist José Henriquez, bass player Sydney "Gato" Reyes and keyboard player Ricardo Da Silva Typically categorised as a foundational an experimental, dark and progressive rock group. The band has in fact incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during its long history, drawing from jazz, classical to
psychedelic rock, new wave, hard rock, gamelan, folk music, electronica and drum and bass. Its first album
Flotar no es mas que existir.. un movimiento ondulatorio was released in 1996. The second album
Baralt000mix was released in 2000. Both albums were published by
Plutonrecords. The third album Blanco was released by
Plutonrecords in 2002 and re-released by
FTS-Records in 2006. In 2003, the band toured in Spain and Portugal as part of Blanco Tour 2003. After the European tour, band members ceased its activities beginning new musical projects. In 2007, Culto Oculto performed a special show at15th
Sziget Festival 2007 in Budapest, Hungary. The band made a special presentation in January, 2010 in
Caracas, Venezuela announcing they are working in a new album. ==Band members==