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
FEATURE: Morgan Y. Evans of Walking Bombs Talks Seven Influential Protest Songs
Morgan Y. Evans – photo credit Elizabeth “Lizzie” Gomez DaPena
Morgan Y. Evans is a nonbinary musician, activist, and writer from Woodstock, NY who has been in the scene since 1993. They live in SoCal now and record as Walking Bombs, an ongoing musical project based on solo songs and/or collaborations which has included team-ups with folx as varied as Garry Brents of Gonemage, industrial pop duo VOWWS, Lis from Filth Is Eternal, Gridfailure, and Jørgen Munkeby of Shining/Emperor (to name a few). Continue reading
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Gibson Publishing Announce “The Collection: Kirk Hammett” Coffee Table Book and Live Tour
Kirk Hammett of Metallica ID 24705247 © Yakub88 | Dreamstime.com
Join Kirk Hammett, legendary guitarist of the multi-platinum-selling and 9X Grammy® Award-winning band Metallica, for an intimate, live discussion that will take a deep dive into KIRK’s storied music career, and celebrate the launch of his new coffee table book, The Collection: Kirk Hammett. Tickets for the “Kirk Hammett The Collection: Live” book events are limited and on sale starting Friday, April 11, at 10:00 AM local time in the following cities and venues, April 25 in Toronto, Ontario at Tiff Lightbox, May 2 in Nashville, TN at Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame, May 10 in Columbus, OH at Columbus Metropolitan Library, May 24 in Philadelphia, PA at The Fillmore, on June 7 in Tampa, FL at TBD, and on June 28 in Denver, CO at TBD. Watch the trailer for the book here, narrated by actor and Metallica superfan Jason Momoa.Continue reading
Orthodox Share Their Single and Video “Sacred Place” – New Album Coming Soon
Nashville hardcore/metal crew, Orthodox, are currently preparing for the June 6th release of their fourth studio album, A Door Left Open, via Century Media Records. They have now shared a fresh single from the record, “Sacred Place,” which comes with a music video. Watch it below and find out more.
Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Cytotoxin – Biographyte
Cytotoxin have well and truly embraced the Chernobyl disaster as impetus for what they term Nuclear Death Metal, and their latest foray, Biographyte (Self-Released) is yet another gruelling installment, for better and worse.Continue reading
Behemoth Share a New Single and Video for “Lvciferaeon” – New Album Coming Soon
Behemoth have shared their third new single and music video from their upcoming new album The Shit Ov God, which is due to be released on May 9 via Nuclear Blast Records is available for pre-order now at the links below. Watch the music video and stream “Lvciferaeon” now!
Powerwolf Book North American Headline Tour Dates with Dragonforce
The German heavy metal juggernaut, Powerwolf, is returning to North America, on a new headline tour, beginning September 17, 2025 in Toronto, ON. The live campaign features special guest support from their label mates, Dragonforce, and make stops in Detroit, MI, Vancouver, BC, Seattle, WA and many more. It will also see Powerwolf performing at the likes of Louder Than Life and Aftershock for the first time.
Continue reading
Kadavar Share Their Single and Video for “Regeneration” – New Album Coming Soon
German rockers, Kadavar, have just dropped their new single, “Regeneration,” along with an official music video. The track comes from their upcoming album, I Just Want To Be A Sound, due out on May 16th via Clouds Hill records. Check out the new video and more from the band below.
Continue reading
Dopelord Sign with Season of Mist – On Tour Soon
Polish psych/doom meisters, Dopelord, have just signed a new deal with the Season of Mist record label, which will see them release their sixth album. Celebrating their 15th anniversary, they also hit the road for a live schedule including Desertfest London and Orange Goblin’ s final Finnish show. Find out more below.
Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: The Infernal Deceit – The True Harmful Black
A duo accompanied by an unofficial yet ever present third member, German Blackened Death Metal act The Infernal Deceit are back with second full length album The True Harmful Black (Personal Records). Formed in 2018, the pair from North Rhine-Westphalia go only by enigmatic single initials – guitarist/bassist C and vocalist R – while session drummer Jörg Uken gets to use his full name while pounding the living hell out of his kit.Continue reading
Allegaeon Drop a Single and Video for “Wake Circling Above” – New Album Out Now
Technical death metal outfit, Allegaeon, have unveiled their latest single and video for “Wake Circling Above.” The track comes off their brand new full-length, The Ossuary Lens, which is out now on Metal Blade Records. Catch the new video below and read more from the band.
Continue reading