Djent never really took off as the next big thing, but it did spawn a few world-class bands that are probably more happy simply living under the Progressive Metal banner. And tonight London’s Shepherds Bush Empire hosts two of the scenes leading lights, Between the Buried and Me and TesseracT.Continue reading
Record Store Day Black Friday not only supports artists and labels you love but it an opportunity to support small businesses, indie record shops and basically keep your scene alive, And if you can’t get out of the house, for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, don’t have a lot of money to spend, or just plain hate consumerism, consider heading over to our pals at Bandcamp and purchase even one track from one of your favorite bands. Consider joining Metal Bandcamp Gift Club or starting your own with friends. If you are participating in #RSDBlackFriday2018, Ghost Cult has you covered with our exhaustive list below.Continue reading
Ghost Cult invaded New York Comic Con for the first time ever this year and it was, in a word a spectacle. It was a feast for the senses, except the olfactory. The only downside to the entire weekend besides the swarm of people like squiddies in The Matrix was the smell. The smell of movie theater butter popcorn, no doubt delights most people like a childhood memory burned on the brain. To me, it is vomit inducing in mass quantities and there was not one corner of the Javits Center that was not baked in this smell. Other than that is was a perfect combination of geeks, artists, and Cos-players and superfans. Comic-Con is vast and exhilarating. It’s incredible and a little scary to be honest. It was amazing overall. Continue reading
Yesterday BABYMETAL released a new single and a statement about the future of the band, with Yuimetal splitting from the former Kawaii Metal trio. Now Yui (Yui Mizuno) has released a statement to fans about the split and her future plans: Continue reading
BABYMETAL is about to kickoff a new headline tour in Japan next week at Makuhari Messe starting October 23rd and will be ending at Kobe World Memorial Hall on the 31st. To celebrate, the band released a new single ‘Starlight’, digitally. They also unveiled the music video on October 19th (JST). A portion of this new song ‘Starlight’ is included in BABYMETAL’s graphic novel Apocrypha: The Legend of BABYMETAL‘s trailer. You can listen to and purchase the new song below. Continue reading
Recording artist Andy Biersack has revealed the cover for his comic book collaboration during New York Comic Con. He worked with writer Scott Tuft (Severed/Swamp Thing) and Artist Eryk Donovan (Batman/Eugenic) to create Ghost of Ohio coming in 2019 rom Z2 Comics. Z2 also has comics unveiling at the con with BABYMETAL and Steve Aoki. He will be onAoki and artists today at Comic Con.Continue reading
It’s no surprise that where ever we go and talk to bands and fans of music, they love comics, movies, anime, and everything related. Our greater culture reps all of these things together, not compartmentalized. So this year Ghost Cult is heading to New York Comic Con at the Javits Center from October 4th to the 7th to hang with all the geeks, creators, writers, artists, movie stars, directors, fandom personalities, YouTubers, cosplayers, and also bands and musical artists too! The New York Anime convention is also running parallel to Comic Con too. Many musicians have crossovers to Comic-Con and this year is no exception with Alan Robert (Life Of Agony), Steve Aoki, Andy Black (Black Veil Brides), Babymetal and more will be on hand signing their work, and making big announcements right along with comic companies and movie studios. There are still Thursday passes available, but the rest of the weekend is a sell-out. Check our social channels all weekend for some videos and pictures from the con and our review will soon follow. Continue reading
BABYMETAL surprise released a brand new single, ‘Distortion’ this past May, delighting their fans. Now with a month to go the band have confirmed their release of a Distortion 12 vinyl worldwide on November 23rd, including a special version as part of Record Store Day Black Friday in the US and Canada. This vinyl will coincide with the bands Babymetal Wold Tour 2018 In Japan, including a show opening for Babymetal friends/fans Judas Priest. The single release ushered in a new storyline in the Babymetal mythos, including a new stage show in time for their current tour as well. Along with the studio recording, the new vinyl includes the recording of their live performance at Download Festival 2018 (UK) on June 9th. Watch the band play “Distortion” live at Download Festival 2018 now. Continue reading
Enigmatic K-metal sensations Babymetal have announced a new live concert video, Legend – S – Baptism XX tomorrow via earMUSIC. The video captures the two-day performance which took place at the Hiroshima Green Arena on December 2nd and December 3rd, 2017. This concert was the first headline show for Babymetal to perform in Hiroshima, which is the vocalist, Su-Metal’s birthplace and a special concert to celebrate her 20th birthday. This new digital live video includes all 16 songs including their new song, ‘In The Name Of’! Watch this teaser trailer now! Continue reading
