Cough is a sludge/doom metal formed in Richmond, Virginia 2005 and has independently released an EP, The Kingdom in 2007, as well as a full-length album Sigillum Luciferi via Forcefield Records in 2008. The band has recently written the follow-up to Sigillum Luciferi and has been working on the album with producer Sanford Parker. The new full-length, titled Ritual Abuse, was released on October 26, 2010 via Relapse Records amidst positive reception from various publications and have since embarked on a tour.