ALBUM REVIEW: Swamp Coffin – Drowning Glory


An entire anthropological study could be done on how the region a band comes from affects the sound of any given genre. Continue reading


Barbarian Hermit Share Their Single and Video “Stitched Up” – New Album Coming Soon



Manchester, UK stoner metallers, Barbarian Hermit, have released a new video for their single, “Stitched Up.” Along with this, they have shared the news that their next album, Mean Sugar, is to be released on August 02nd, on CD, digital, and limited edition splatter vinyl, via APF Records. Keep reading below for the new video and more from the band.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Trevor’s Head – A View From Below


 

Trevor’s Head are self-described as the most exciting thing to come out of Redhill, Surrey in three centuries. Without being a local, a quick investigation suggests little of note from the town bar the Foundling Museum setting up a school in the 1920’s and the construction of the M23 Motorway nearby during the seventies (thanks Google) and very little else of note, so this is most certainly a tongue in cheek boast. It is one that certainly sells the band short however as evidenced on the intriguing genre-melding on display on their latest album A View From Below (APF Records).Continue reading


GUEST POST: Possessor – Top Albums of the Year 2020


Ghost Cult continues our “End of Year Guest Post Extravaganza” with a slew of posts from bands, industry, PR pros, and more! We’ll be sharing lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the globe.  Nathan, Ollie, and Graham from Possessor shared their collective Top Ten Albums List for 2020. the bands’ new album Damn The Light released this past October on APF Records.


GUEST POST: Andrew Field of APF Records Top 10 Albums of 2020


 

Ghost Cult is kicking off our “End of Year Guest Post Extravaganza” with a slew of posts from bands, industry, PR types, and more! We’ll be sharing lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the globe. Andrew Field of APF Records gets things off to a greater start with his top 10 albums of 2020, in reverse order. Continue reading


Tides Of Sulfur – Paralysis Of Reason


Despite having released a host of material since its 2012 inception, Glamorgan trio Tides Of Sulfur has issued just one album, the coruscating Extinction Curse (Self-Released) in 2016. New EP Paralysis Of Reason (Sludgelord Records / APF Records / Astral Noize) is the first thing to come from the band since that album, and in that time the ripping hostility has become even more twisted.Continue reading


Mastiff – Plague


For the better part of the past six years, Hull’s Mastiff has been slowly festering in the underbelly of the UK’s underground scene. A handful of demos and 2016’s Wrank set expectations for the band to become mainstays of any grotty pub or club gig you’d care to attend, and Plague (APF Records) continues their trend of spreading as much abject misery as musically possible.Continue reading


GUEST POST: Tom Brumpton of Polymath PR – Top Albums of 2018


 

With an eclectic roster that dances in and out of the realms of the Ghost Cult, Polymath PR guru Tom Brumpton took time out from his Christmas shopping to discuss his 2018, and his optimism for what is coming in 2019…Continue reading