Fine Shammy Records (Sect. 8, Johnny Miller, co-founder Abe Allen is going through it right now and needs our help. A GoFundMe has been launched for his legal defense fund as he is being detained under suspicious circumstances in Sacramento, California. Abe and Fine Shammy have been supporters of Ghost Cult and vice versa for several years now. We are trying to support our friend in his hour of need.Continue reading
Last-minute slinky Norwegian jesters aside, our dedicated and awesome team of writers, photographers, editors, contributors, alumni, designers and what have you, have come together to work through our regular collaborative and demographic confirmation of those albums that tickled our collective pickle in 2024.Continue reading
Let’s hope the Acid Bath reunion shows, bring more attention to Dax Riggs’ solo work. It’s been 13 years since his last release, and Riggs finds himself. Reigniting his songwriting magic on 7 Songs For Spiders (Fat Possum Records). This time around Dax is backed by a three-piece band of grooving Cajuns who slither through these songs with a melancholic pulse, taking things back to his darker roots. The opening track “deceiver” finds a dream-laden haze hovering over his soulful speculation. It’s almost like gospel music for someone whose acid trip has been tempered by opiates. It picks up closer to what “We Sing of Only Blood or Love” let off, though more sonically layered. His trademark croon sounds as good as ever. Continue reading
Metalcore artist, Storm, also known as 16 year old Leo Davadi Sundli, has been nominated for the 2025 Norwegian Publishing Awards in the category of Breakthrough of the Year, an award previously won by artists such as Girl in Red, Sigrid, Highasakite, and Fixation. Find out more below.
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It’s been six years since the last malformed utterances of The Great Old Ones, but now the French H.P. Lovecraft worshippers have returned from the cosmic void, not only with new album Kadath (Season of Mist) but with a change in direction.Continue reading
Stockholm post-punk band V**gra Boys (**= “ia” because of spam filters) have announced a new album v**gr aboys (** = ia here too) for April 25th via their newly launched label Shrimptech Enterprises. Co-produced by frequent collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt with the V**gra Boys,, v**gr aboys channels the band’s sharp observational humor and unique ability to dismantle everything and nothing at the same time, while juxtaposing real life with high art. The album art, created by Leo Park, digs further into that concept. The album’s first single, “Man Made of Meat,” draws inspiration from vocalist Sebastian Murphy’s experience cruising through Walmarts while touring the U.S. with Queens of the Stone Age last year. The track is powered by masterful basslines and guitar riffs as Murphy mocks your mom’s OnlyFans and dreams of scoring free women’s sweaters from L.L.Bean. As the chaos escalates, so does Murphy’s sense of complicity, culminating in his bleak yet relatable confession: “I hate almost everything that I see, and I just wanna disappear.”Continue reading
Cradle Of Filth is thrilled to unveil their upcoming 14th studio album, The Screaming Of The Valkyries, out March 21, 2025 via Napalm Records. Available for pre-order now, the album excels as a succinct summation of the ghosts of Cradle’s past, while taking bold new steps into the future. Entrance yourself with a brand new Cradle Of Filth anthem for a new era – “To Live Deliciously” – out now. The track hits with rhythmic, menacing urgency built around a Libertine lyrical hook that twists and writhes with aggression, atmosphere and melody.Continue reading
Chicago, US-Knuckle Puck, have today released the gritty and anthemic track “Nice To Know Ya”, The song follows on from previous track “On All Cylinders”- the first in the line of new music from this beloved band. Listen to the single HERE or stream on youtube:Continue reading
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Rise Against return with their first new music in three years. Out now on Loma Vista Recordings, “Nod” is a rally cry and call to action, fuelled by compassion, camaraderie and the collective urge for change. “Nod is about the solace we find in community,” says lead vocalist and lyricist Tim McIlrath. “It’s about the comfort in knowing that we are not alone. This comfort can temper our anger and our frustration, at least temporarily.” Listen to ‘Nod’ on streaming services and watch the visualizer below.Continue reading
On January 10th, post-emo band, Troubled Minds, released their new single, “The Way Back Down.” They have now shared an official music video for the track, the follow-up to previous single, “The Things We Mend.” Both tracks come off the band’s last full-length album, Disconnect. Catch the new video and more below.
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Fresh off tour supporting Slipknot in the UK and Europe, Scottish metal squad, Bleed From Within, have just released their new single and video, “A Hope In Hell.” This is latest cut from the new album, Zenith, due out on the 4th of April via Nuclear Blast Records. Watch it below and read more from the band.
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British death metal legends, Benediction, have just announced their upcoming studio album, Ravage Of Empires. The new full-length is due to be released on April 4, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records, and is the band’s ninth full-length since forming back in 1989 in Birmingham, England. Head into the article below for more from Benediction.
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