System of A Down has booked three stadium shows for next summer, each featuring a different fellow legends co-headlining at the different shows! Deftones, Korn, and Avenged Sevenfold perform the shows with SOAD, which plays and tours very rarely since reuniting a few years ago. Polyphia and Wisp will open all the shows. Ticket on sales and presales info is at the link below. Continue reading
BLACK FRIDAY BLACK LIST: Holiday Gift Guide for Rockers and Metalheads 2024
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Welcome to Black Friday 2024, where the entire human race is trapped in a weird time loop where we attempt crush down our unbridled trauma with retail therapy! Wahooo! We have all your Rock and Metal gift needs and gifts the ones you love, and for yourself (you narcissistic dweebs!) J/k, us too! The Black Friday and Holiday Gift guide For Rockers and Metalheads is here. Check out all the links below to support bands, labels, festivals, record stores, and other small and local businesses this year for Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. And don’t forget to donate to some worthwhile charities on Giving Tuesday!
Ghost Cult Mourns The Loss of Tom George from TAG Publicity
Sad news as the music community has lost another one of our own. Tom George of TAG Publicity passed away, on the evening of December 11th, 2024. His sudden loss was felt by the online music community and industry peers, journalists, and bands shared their memories and condolences. Tom got his start in the music industry initially working with Static-X as his first client. Other clients included Neal Schon of Journey, Doyle of The Misfits, Fozzy, Buckcherry, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Prong, Bloodywood, Lords of Acid, Shallow Rising (ex Lamb of God), Nova Sons, Blacktop Mojo, Small Town Titans, Die So Fluid, and others. Over many years with other PR firms and his own brand TAG Publicity, which he ran with his wife Tracy Ann George, Tom helped launch and promote the careers of countless artists with his tireless advocacy and never-ending positive attitude. In addition to music PR, Tom was a family man, a passionate Minnesota sports fan, and concerned with the welfare of his fellow people. He will be greatly missed. RIP. Continue reading
Reba Meyers (Code Orange) Releases Debut Solo Single, “Certain Uncertainty” – Debut Album Due in 2025
Reba Meyers, the Grammy-nominated vocalist and guitar player of Code Orange, has released her debut solo single, “Certain Uncertainty” accompanied by a self-shot video directed by Greg Puciato (Better Lovers/The Black Queen).Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Ryder Shares a New Single and Lyric Video for “Queen Viper’s Kiss”
Queens, New York Heavy Rockers Ryder will drop their new album Menagerie, January 31, 2025. Now the band has joined forces with Ghost Cult to share their newest single and lyric video for “Queen Viper’s Kiss!” Rocking hard and soulful, the track is a banger and the band will find new fans of followers from bands such as Monster Magnet, Clutch, Down, COC, and more! Jam out to “Queen Viper’s Kiss” now! Continue reading
System of A Down Adds Additional Stadium Shows with Deftones, Korn, and Avenged Sevenfold Due to Sell-Outs
System of A Down has added additional stadium shows for the co-headlining dates with Deftones, Korn, and Avenged Sevenfold, due to popular demand. SOAD, which plays and tours very rarely since reuniting a few years ago. Polyphia and Wisp will open all the shows. Ticket on sales and presales info is at the link below. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Todestrie – Cenorona Tebra
Today on the block we have some killer metal straight from Poland. Avantgarde Music label artist Todestrieb with their new album Corona Tenebra. One thing I really enjoyed on this album were the things I did not see coming.
EXCLUSIVE SINGLE PREMIERE: Marrowomb Shares a New Single – “Vicarious Visage” – New Album Coming Soon
Chicago’s Blackened Death Metal project Marrowomb will drop their debut album, Phisenomie, on February, 21st, 2025. The band has teamed up with Ghost Cult to debut their first single – the bleak and uncompromising cut “Vicarious Visage!” Bringing together the harshness of Midwestern Black Metal, and the technical prowess of the best modern Death Metal, with a great sensibility for songcraft, this is going to be an artist to watch for extreme music fans in 2025! Check out “Vicarious Visage” now! Continue reading
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Eindhoven Metal Meeting Kicks Off Today with Katatonia, Carpathian Forest, Dark Funeral, Alfanhanne, and More
The long-running great Black and Death Metal Festival Eindhoven Metal Meeting kicks off today at the legendary Effenaar venue in the Netherlands. Ghost Cult is honored to once again cover the fest, which we have supported for the majority of its history. Leading the stacked lineup this year are Katatonia, Carpathian Forest, Dark Funeral, Alfanhanne, and many more! The fest will start today with a warm-up party and follow up with full lineups on Friday and Saturday, with another round of killer bands. Last-minute combination tickets are still avaialble at the links below. Check out our day-by-day list of bands and the running-order time schedule as well, here. Continue reading
Claustrofobia Share a New Live Video for “Unleeched”
After recently returning home from tour, Claustrofobia have shared a new live video for “Unleeched.” The song is the title track off the Brazilians’ latest album, released via the record label M-Theory Audio. Watch it below.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Dark Sky Burial – V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
Had I been told four or five years ago that the spirit of psyche-exploring, experimental Electro/Industrial duo Coil would be alive and flourishing in the hands of Napalm Death’s bass player, I would have been … surprised. Continue reading
Burning Witches Drop Their Single and Video “Mirror, Mirror” – New Maxi-single “The Spell Of The Skull” Out Now
Burning Witches have just dropped a lyric video for their track “Mirror, Mirror.” It partners with “The Spell Of The Skull,” the title track of the band’s new bring back 80s heavy metal vibes and recharge their powerful force with renewed sonic clarity on their maxi-single, which is also out now, on Napalm Records. Catch the new lyric video and more below.
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