Beyond the Gates festival has just unveiled their final seven artists, completing the 2026 lineup. Joining a bill already featuring Emperor, Testament, and more, are stoner-doom legends Electric Wizard, death-metal prog visionaries Blood Incantation, Marduk, Gaahls Wyrd, Mortuary Drape, Whoredom Rife, and Terrestrial Hospice. Keep reading below for more information.
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: November 28th Heavy New Releases You Shouldn’t Miss
From the underground to the big time, it’s New Music Friday for November 28th 2025!
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PREVIEW: New Music Friday: November 28th Heavy New Releases You Shouldn’t Miss
From the underground to the big time, it’s New Music Friday for November 28th 2025!
Can you pronounce all these bands?
Nergal and Misþyrming to Team Up for a 30th Anniversary Performance of Behemoth’s “’Sventevith” at Beyond The Gates
Norway’s Beyond the Gates festival is to present special collaboration between Behemoth frontman, Nergal and Misþyrming. They mark the 30th anniversary of Behemoth’s seminal debut, Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic), playing the entire record live. The event also recently added thrash veterans, Testament, Greek metal legends, Rotting Christ, French post-metal icons, Alcest, and Icelanders, Vafurlogi. Find out more below.
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Testament, Rotting Christ, Alcest, and Vafurlogi Booked for Beyond the Gates
Norwegian extreme metal festival, Beyond the Gates, have just announced four new bands to the already stacked 2026 bill. The festival now welcomes US thrash veterans Testament, Greece’s Rotting Christ, French post black metal troupe, Alcest, and Icelanders, Vafurlogi. Read more below.
Beyond the Gates 2026 Books Emperor, 1349, Arcturus, The Ruins of Beverast, Spectral Wound, Warning and More Among First Wave of Bands
Beyond the Gates is now pleased to announce the first batch of bands for the 2026 edition, Chapter XIV! Beverast, Spectral Wound, Warning, Forteresse, Misotheist, Imha Tarikat, Sulphur Aeon + Concrete Winds w/ more TBA! Continue reading
GHOST CULT MAGAZINE TOP 75 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2024
Last-minute slinky Norwegian jesters aside, our dedicated and awesome team of writers, photographers, editors, contributors, alumni, designers and what have you, have come together to work through our regular collaborative and demographic confirmation of those albums that tickled our collective pickle in 2024.Continue reading
Sylvaine, Dödsrit, Osi And The Jupiter, and Darkher Booked for Fortress Festival
Fortress Festival has announced the addition of four new names to their 2025 bill. Sylvaine, Dödsrit, Osi And The Jupiter, and Darkher will perform at this year’s event at Scarborough Spa, UK, 31 May – 1 June. Keep reading below for more information.
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Abbath, Cadaver, Kirkebrann, Negative Plane and More Booked for Inferno Festival
Inferno Festival Norway has announced the next set of bands to play at their 2025 edition, April 17-20 in Oslo, NO. The festival now welcomes Abbath Doom Occulta among the headliners – performing a special set from his career with his former band – as well as Cadaver, Kirkebrann, Negative Plane, Udåd, Malum, Feral Nature, and Vingulmork. Keep reading below for more.
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: Rock and Metal Releases for 10-4-24
Covering various subgenres, it’s New Music Friday: The Rock and Metal Releases for 10-4-24.
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