Jason Becker is a man who has touched many people, not only through his music, but also through his perseverance while dealing with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He’s been dealing with ALS for over 27 years, but that hasn’t stopped him from writing amazing material, and here’s how you can be a part of his next record. Continue reading
Ghost Cult Magazine has launched a crowdfunding campaign with Patreon to improve our brand and continue our path to providing the best music website experience for our fans possible. Continue reading
Post-hardcore supergroup Hundred Suns have dropped a new single, ‘Bedburner’. Continue reading
Stuck Mojo has risen again with new music, a new lyric video, and a new lineup. They released the lyric video to a new song, ‘Verbal Combat’, which you can see at this link or below:
Stuck Mojo leader Rich Ward commented on the Pledge Music campaign launched to support their new album, Here Come The Infidels:
“Pledge Music is a perfect fit for us. This time we’re not just putting out a record like bands have done since the dawn of the record industry, we’re offering it directly to YOU. Pledge Music has become our virtual merch booth, where you can buy a CD, a limited-edition LP in red vinyl and a t-shirt directly from us, just like you would at one of our shows. And unlike traditional retail chain stores, Pledge Music also allows us to offer signed CDs, LPs and posters, in addition to all kinds of one of a kind items, right from our Pledge store.”
Produced by Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Exodus, Testament, Killswitch Engage, Accept), Ward also commented on that relationship:
“Let me get this out of the way: I love Andy Sneap. He is arguably the best metal producer in the world, and his leadership in the making of this record has elevated it to a standard that few albums achieve. Plus, we had a great time seeing how loud we could turn up a guitar amplifier for an extended period of time.”
The band ha been relaunched with another new lineup with Rapper Robby J. and bassist Len Sonnier. On Robby J., Ward opined:
“Robby J is a fucking ninja, the total package vocalist/frontman. Mark my words, this guy is going to set a new standard for what a band with a rapper looks like.”
Stuck Mojo new lineup:
Rich Ward – Guitars/vocals
Robyy J – Vocals
Len Sonnier – Bass
Frank “Bud” Fontsere – Drums
Here Come The Infidels will release on June 24th. Here is a link to the full Pledge campaign, complete with tons of free extras for even lowest levels of support. The band describes the album as “an album for this moment in history, as it escalates Stuck Mojos rich history of desecrating the remains of Che’ Guevara and causing your Prius to emit plumes of black smoke. Its overwhelming lyrical rebuke against leftist, authoritarian, fascist dogma makes ‘Here Come The Infidels’ a 41-minute-and-18-second pushback against the social justice movement.”
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A passionate fan of late legendary singer and metal music icon Ronnie James Dio has started a petition at Change.Org, calling for the construction of a statue in his honor to be built in Porstmouth, NH. Dio was born and raised in Portsmouth. Metal fan Brian Kelly started the petition, which passed the 1000 signatures mark after just a few days and is fast closing in on the first milestone of 1500. The petition calls on the City Council and Mayor of Portsmouth to honor Dio as well. Using the hashtag #BuildDio, fans from all over the world have responded, even though Change.Org is a USA-based entity. Dio who passed away in 2010 from cancer at age 67 is widely known as one of the most talented and endearing vocalists ever in music, not just heavy metal. Singing for bands such as Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven And Hell, he has been emulated and influenced by countless other artists. As a result there are numerous awards in his name, stages at metal festivals bare his mark, tribute bands and albums; and of course the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund charity as well.
There is currently no statue of Portsmouth native Ronnie James Dio, paragon of Rock and Roll, anywhere in Portsmouth.
Ronnie James Dio is a hero and a champion of art and deserves to be memorialized forever on his native soil. This petition is to help bring a statue, bust or memorial of Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona; July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010) to an agreed upon location in Prescott Park the South End of Portsmouth, NH
Dio was a musician that had, and still has, a great influence on many in the music industry. There are currently other towns and cities with Dio’s likeness, but at this time, his birthplace has nothing. Mr. Dio sold over 47 million albums in his life and is still selling today. He was a heavy hitter in bands like Elf, Rainbow, Dio, Black Sabbath and more. His contributions are undeniable. We have to do something.
This petition will help gauge and demonstrate interest in a tribute we can all agree upon. The tribute itself will be crowd or city funded (through provisions set aside in Portsmouth to pay for artistic installations) and multiple designs will be presented before asking for approval. We truly hope the city of Portsmouth will help us find the right tribute to one of the most influential musicians of our time.
We would like to set the statue in Prescott Park, the heart of the Arts in Portsmouth, honoring the legacy of this influential man. Preferably there would be a water feature on this memorialization considering our strong maritime tradition. We believe it should be constructed of metal (naturally). We would defer to the artists for all decisions, of course, and we are open to discussion.
We would love to see him him to be depicted as he was in the video for Holy Diver, sword in hand, ready to fight for the Arts and what is right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkysjcs5vFU. We understand this might not coincide with the wishes of all, so we will of course work with the estate of Mr. Dio to determine how they would like him depicted.
Please consider signing. Throw up some horns with your other hand when you do.
Melodic metalcore leaders Affiance are self-releasing their new EP on March 11th, titled Gaia, following a successful crowdfunding campaign last year. The bad has premiered the title track, which you can hear at this link or below:
Vocalist Dennis Tvrdik commented:
“The title track is very much the general theme of the EP. If we keep this course, we will destroy ourselves. We can’t survive if we don’t respect our home. Though it may come off as a cheesy ‘global warming’ song, it has more to do with the overall disregard of how our actions today will impact society for the next generation.”
The band is celebrating the release with a special FREE hometown show at The Agora Ballroom, in Cleveland OH on March 11th, when the EP drops.
Pre-orders bundles for Gaia are available now via MerchNow.
Gaia EP track listing:
1. Reboot
2. Gaia
3. Hollow Empire
4. Knowing
5. Crusader
6. PRSVR
7. Exist
Affiance tour dates:
Mar 11: The Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH (Record Release show/FREE admission)
Mar 12: The Summit – Columbus, OH
Mar 13: The Ritz- Warren, MI
Mar 14: The Cinema- Connellsville, PA
Mar 15: Waterstreet Music Hall- Rochester, NY
Mar 16: Firehouse 13- Providence, RI
Mar 17: Amityville Music Hall- Amityville, NY
Mar 18: The Loft- Poughkeepsie, NY
Mar 19: Championship Bar & Grill- Trenton, NJ
Mar 21: Arizona Pete’s – Greensboro, NC
Mar 22: The Handlebar- Pensacola, FL
Mar 23: Scouts Bar- Houston, TX
Mar 24: Dirty Dog- Austin, TX
Mar 25: The Rail Club- Ft. Worth, TX
Mar 26: Texas Korova- San Antonio, TX
Mar 28: Aftershock Live Music Venue – Merriam, KS
Mar 30: The Garage- Burnsville, MN
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Aaron Aites, the musician and filmmaker best known to music fans as the creator of the stellar historical black metal documentary Until The Light Takes Us has been stricken with an aggressive form of cancer. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched by Aaron’s partner Audrey Ewell to try and save Aaron’s life. Please read and share the post below and give if you can.
https://www.gofundme.com/e3pbfwrj
Rob Zombie has announced the details of his new album Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser, releasing on April 29th. Pre-orders are live with a corresponding Pledge Music campaign, including limited edition merchandise offers at this link https://robzombie.pmstores.co. Zombie also released a teaser for the album and a message to fans about the release:
“Hey you fuckers. Just want to welcome you and say thank you for getting on board with The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser!
This album is the best thing we’ve done to date, and we can’t wait to share it with you. No, we mean it. It’s the most fucked up thing we’ve ever done. We spent so much time putting this monster together and it’s been worth it because this thing is about to explode!
The album is out on April 29, but there is a lot of shit going on in the lead up to the release, so check out the presale, get involved in the discussions and check back here for updates regularly! This bitch is moving forward FAST, and it’s a train you don’t want to fucking miss.
Oh, and if you don’t believe how fucked up this album is, take a look at the track listing below. Shit gets weird.
1. The Last Of The Demons Defeated
2. Satanic Cyanide! The Killer Rocks On!
3. The Life And Times Of A Teenage Rock God
4. Well, Everybody’s Fucking In A U.F.O.
5. A Hearse Overturns With The Coffin Bursting Open
6. The Hideous Exhibitions Of A Dedicated Gore Whore
7. Medication For The Melancholy
8. In The Age Of The Consecrated Vampire We All Get High
9. Super-Doom-Hex-Gloom Part One
10. In The Bone Pile
11. Get Your Boots On! That’s The End Of Rock And Roll
12. Wurdalak
Thanks again, you Zombie motherfuckers.
Rob“
Hey man, head over to www.FuckinginaUFO.com for all the latest info on my new album! Find out how you can be part of it all! #FuckinginaUFO
Posted by Rob Zombie on Monday, January 11, 2016
UK instrumental pro rockers Maybeshewill have confirmed an upcoming New York show on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City. The band announced they will be embarking on their last tour as a band in 2016, and a PledgeMusic campaign has been launched and they commented on this:
Making a show in North America happen has been a challenge for Maybeshewill, but something we’ve wanted to do for a very long time. We’ve come so close on so many occasions, and with time finally running out we’ve decided that we have to make that leap, if there is any way we can.
We have announced a show at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City on the 20th February 2016.
Unfortunately we aren’t able to add any more shows whilst we’re over there, but we hope that this will at least allow a few of you to come and meet us in the middle.
That said, this is a big leap for us, and we’re going to need your help if we’re going to make it happen – whether or not you’re able to make it to the show we’ve put together some packages of things we think you guys will like, and started a PLEDGE campaign which will help us offset some of the costs of flights and visas and all the stuff that goes along with playing a show on the other side of the world.
We’re not a band who take asking for this sort of thing from our fans lightly, so we’ve tried to put together some things that we think you guys would be genuinely interested in having – especially as we’re increasingly aware that there are people we won’t be able to see on the final tour, and who might never be able to see us live – so whether or not you’re based in North America, hopefully there are some things here that will interest you, and maybe you can help get us that little bit closer to playing for as many people as possible before our time is up.
Amongst other things we’ve got an exclusive t-shirt design which will only be available to pledgers, two huge backdrops from previous Maybeshewill tours, and a whole selection of stuff which you can get signed to whoever you wish, including full final tour posters which will also only be available here.
CHECK OUT THE PLEDGE CAMPAIGN HERE, AND HELP US IF YOU’RE ABLE: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/maybeshewill-usa
The campaign is only running until the end of January, so get in quickly!
If you’re able to help, thank you, from the bottom of our hearts,
Maybeshewill
xxx”
The Dollyrots. Photo Credit: Jen Rosenstein Photography
LA pop punk sweethearts The Dollyrots is streaming “Run, Run, Rudolph” below. They will be releasing their upcoming CD/DVD Family Vacation: Live in the USA on March 11, 2016 via MVD Entertainment. Family Vacation is a concert film with a live companion album that captures The Dollyrots on their 2015 summer tour with long-time roadmates Bowling For Soup. Its 40 minutes of pure rock frenzy, harnessed by filmmaker Ian MacLeod and delivered as both a video/audio download and deluxe double disc set. The band is currently running their third crowdfunded project which can be found here.
They also have a string of upcoming UK tour dates in February:
Feb 01: O2 Academy Glasgow (UK)
Feb 02: O2 Academy Newcastle (UK)
Feb 03: o2 Academy Leeds (UK)
Feb 04: O2 Academy Liverpool (UK)
Feb 05: O2 Academy Manchester (UK)
Feb 06: O2 Academy Birmingham (UK)
Feb 07: O2 Academy Sheffield (UK)
Feb 08: UEA Norwich (UK)
Feb 09: Rock City Nottingham (UK)
Feb 10: G Live Guildford (UK)
Feb 11: Roundhouse London (UK)
Feb 12: O2 Academy Bournemouth (UK)
Feb 13: o2 Guildhall Southampton (UK)
Feb 14: Great Hall Cardiff (UK)
Feb 15: O2 Academy Bristol (UK)