In a big year for Thrash Metal legends Exodus, they will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their classic Bonded By Blood (Combat Records) on April 25th, 2025. It doubles as the birthday for OG Exodus frontman Paul Baloff (RIP) and it is totally sold out! As part of their big year, the band will play two concerts in Los Angeles and Berkeley, California where they will perform the album in its entirety! Ghost Cult has teamed up with Cell Arts to give away 1 pair (two tickets) to one winner at random at the UC Berkeley Theatre in Berkeley, Califonia, the scene of some of the band’s most notorious early concerts! Enter to win on Ghost Cult’s Instagram to win! The winner will be contacted by DM and digital tickets will be transferred by email! Enter to win at our post on Instagram. Share our reel and follow @ghostcultmag and @cellartsmedia to win! Tag some friends for extra entries! Bonus entries can be earned by making your own video and letting us know what a big Exodus fan you are!Continue reading
Powerhill Share a Single and Video for “Powerhill” – New Album Coming Soon
Swiss ‘farm metal’ band, Powerhill, have first single “Powerhill,” along with a lyric video by UK videographer Andy Pilkington (Motörhead, Judas Priest, Saxon). It comes from their debut album, Generation X, set to be released via Dr. Music Records on June 27, 2025. Catch the new lyric video and more below.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Arch Enemy – Blood Dynasty
Perennial all-stars Arch Enemy are back at it with their twelfth studio offering titled Blood Dynasty (Century Media Records). With this new cut, the band stays true to form delivering a blistering lineup of eleven cuts of pure brutality. Track after track we are bludgeoned with instruments wielded at virtuosic levels. Guitars are on full blast in every respect, from driving riffage that hits full throttle to solos that divebomb and shred everything in sight, one-second soaring in the clouds and the next stomping holes in the earth. Continue reading
Faith No Gwar (ex-Rob Zombie) and Verona On Venus (ex-Devildriver) Announce Co-Headlining Debut Show at The Whisky A-Go-Go This June
It’s a double debut at the legendary Whisky-a-Go-Go in Hollywood! FNG a.k.a. Faith No GWAR, the electrifying new GWAR and Faith No More cover band founded by Piggy D. (ex-Rob Zombie/Marilyn Manson) and Verona on Venus, featuring former Devildriver guitarist and songwriter Mike Spreitzer, and are set to make their highly anticipated live debuts with a co-headlining show on Wednesday, June 25th, 2025.Continue reading
Unmerciful Share a New Single “Infernal Conquering” – New Album “Devouring Darkness” Coming Soon
Topeka, KS-based brutal death metal horde Unmerciful is set to unleash their highly anticipated fourth album, Devouring Darkness, dropping on May 23rd via Willowtip Records. The album marks a new era of relentless violence and sonic brutality! With ten tracks of scorching intensity and distorted vengeance, Devouring Darkness is filled with blistering blast beats, intricate kick drum patterns, and destructive riffing. Listen to the album’s first single, “Infernal Conquering” below! A blistering ode to nuclear annihilation, “Infernal Conquering” embodies total annihilation.Continue reading
GWAR’s “This Is GWAR” Movie Screening at Kevin Smith’s (Clerks, Mallrats) Theater in August
Writer and Director extraordinaire, Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma), will host a special screening of GWAR’s documentary This Is GWAR on Saturday, August 30th, in Atlantic Highlands, NJ. at his own Smodcastle Cinemas. This definitive documentary dives into the wild and blood-soaked history of GWAR, the most outrageous band in shock rock, chronicling their rise from underground misfits to intergalactic legends.
INTERVIEW: Bay Area Thrash Lives On! Heathen’s David White on “Bleed The Sky: Live”
In this episode, Keefy sits down with singer, David White of Heathen to dive into their blistering new live album, “Bleed The Sky: Live” – out now on Nuclear Blast Records 
They discuss the making of the album, capturing the raw energy of their live shows, and what fans can expect next from the Bay Area thrash legends.Continue reading
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Has “767 New Riffs” Written for The Next Metallica Album, Won’t Record Before 2026
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett sat for a new interview with Rolling Stone, to promote the upcoming 2025 M72 tour dates and festivals. In that chat he shared that he has 767 new riffs written for the band’s next album. He also stated he is working on his first full length solo album, and that Metallica will continue to tour for one more year behind 2023’s M72 album, touring dates already announced for in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, before the band takes a short break and then begins working on a new album. Hammett said the following:Continue reading
Miss Velvet Shares Her Single and Video for “Pistols at Dawn” – New EP “Triptych” Out Now
Drawing inspiration from the timeless classics of rock and luxe fashion, singer/songwriter, Miss Velvet, has just shared her new single, ”Pistols at Dawn.” Accompanied by a video directed by Gus Black (Greta Van Fleet, Phoebe Bridgers, Teddy Swims), the track is the final release from her new EP, Triptych, out now through the artist’s own Mother Ride Records via The Orchard/Sony. Check it out below.
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Watch Bob Mould on The Tonight Show – On Tour Soon
Bob Mould recently tore up the stage on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with a special performance of his new song “When Your Heart Is Broken.” The studio version of the track comes from his new album Here We Go Crazy, which is out now. Watch “When Your Heart Is Broken” live on The Tonight Show below, and read more from Bob Mould below.
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Gibson Wins Trademark Ruling on Guitar Shapes
Gibson–the iconic global instrument brand, has won a legal ruling to protect the shape of their Flying V, Explorer, and SG guitars, as well-recognized trademarks. The US Federal court decided by jury, once again, to uphold that these trademarks are valid, and not generic, and the defendants (Armadillo Enterprises) were guilty of both infringement and counterfeiting. Find out more below.
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