GIVEAWAY: Riot Fest Announces Single Day Band Lineup, Shuttle Service to RiotLand and the Community Band Contest

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UPDATED: Win another pair of tickets to Riot Fest from Ghost Cult below!

Riot Fest, the iconic annual punk rock and alternative music festival, is excited to announce its 2024 daily lineup, shuttle service, a community band contest in the Lawndale & Little Village neighborhoods and more! This year’s festival will take place at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, from September 20-22nd, featuring 90+ bands over 3-days, and will feature RiotLand, an immersive “Choose Your Own Adventure” world that promises to elevate the festival experience to new heights. Riot Fest, while reluctant to leave its longtime home in Chicago, made the difficult decision to relocate due to issues with the Park District, which paved the way for RiotLand, a 3-day version of which will be explorable on the Riot Fest website starting tomorrow. Fans can double tap their way through the various locations in this punk rock town.Continue reading →


GIVEAWAY: Win Two Weekend Passes to New England Metal and Hardcore Festival 2024 from Ghost Cult!

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Ghost Cult and our partners in the Lambgoat Media Network are stoked to bring you the opportunity to win Two Weekend Passes to New England Metal and Hardcore Festival 2024. The festival features Killswitch Engage, Converge, Machine Head, Suicidal Tendencies, As I Lay Dying, Bane, Overkill, Better Lovers, Nails, the return of Year of The Knife, and more! Enter to win the giveaway at the links below and be sure to visit our friends at Lambgoat, This Day In Metal, Nu Metal Agenda, and Metal Insider! There are 5 chances to win between all five sites. Share with your friends to get more chances to win! This Giveaway is only for passes to the festival.* Enter at the form below! The giveaway is for residents of the USA only.Continue reading →


PODCAST: Woodstock 1999 – Experiences, Pitfalls, and a Day By Day Review

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In part one of a two-part series, Keefy discusses his Woodstock 1999 experience with a review of each band he saw and an overall conversation about all the highs and lows of the fest. Continue reading →


Ghost Shares a New Single and Animated Video for “Mary On A Cross” in The Style of Scooby Doo – “Rite Here Rite Now” Live Album Out Now

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Ghost’s new soundtrack/live album from their first ever feature film Rite Here Rite Now: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is out now! Bundles are available below with streaming on all DSPs. The band has shared the new singles and animated videos in the style of the Scooby Doo Gang animated cartoons, for “The Future is a Foreign Land” and their epic viral hit “Mary On A Cross!” Check it out!Continue reading →


PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 7-26-24

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Metallica Performing “Fuel” Live in Poland

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Metallica kicked off year two of their M72 World Tour last Friday, May 24th in Munich Germany! The band continues to tour behind their 2023 album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings, read our review here) performing deep cuts, and hits. The tour features a “no repeats” weekend’s events features two different shows, with no repeated songs in the set list either night, along with other events, including their extended merch pop-up shops and their M72 Takeover Weekend! Check our our review of the St. Louis weekend last year, and watch a pro-shot video of Metallica performing their classic 1990s song “Fuel” live in Poland.Continue reading →


Shadow Knell (Poison Ruin) Have a New Album Coming Soon

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Featuring members of Poison Ruin, Philadelphia’s Shadow Knell are closing in on the release of their self-titled full-length. The album is due out on August 02nd, via Relapse Records. A month ago, they shared a music video for the record’s closing track, “Night River.” Check it out below and find out more.
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Nightborn Share a Video for “Temporal Nightmare” – New EP Coming Soon

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Swedish thrashers, Nightborn, have just dropped a brand new video for their single, “Temporal Nightmare.” The track originally appeared  on 2022’s Unhuman, and is one of a series to be released from the album this year. The band are also gearing up for their upcoming EP, Hammer of the Heretic, featuring Simon McKay (Agonist), plus Hubert Wiecek (ex-Decapitated, Dieth), and slated for a September arrival. Check out the new video and more below.
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Sick Puppies Share Their New Single and Video “ There Goes The Neighbourhood” and Sign with ONErpm Records

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Having just inked a deal with the ONErpm record label, Australian alt rockers, Sick Puppies, have shared their latest single and video, “There Goes The Neighbourhood.” It comes from their next album, Wave The Bull, which is due to arrives through their new label in early 2025. Keep reading below for the video and more.
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Low Hum to Drop a Cover of “Romantic Rights” (Death From Above 1979) for Last Gang Records’ 20th Anniversary

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LA indie artist, Low Hum, is set to release a cover of Death From Above 1979’s track, “Romantic Rights,” on July 31st. It will be the 2nd installment of cover series in collaboration with Toronto’s Last Gang Records, as it reaches its 20th anniversary. The label kicked off celebrations by announcing vinyl re-pressings of Metric’s Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and Mother Mother’s The Sticks, and the first of the covers; Maia Friedman (of Dirty Projectors) reimagining Metric’s “Love Is A Place,” feat. Anand Wilder (of Yeasayer).
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