Are you feeling sexy? If the answer is no, that is about to change once you press play on Pixel Grip’s Perceptide the Death of Reality. The grooves on this album will stir your loins in a way that will have you side-eying that jar of Vaseline you’ve been too depressed to touch in weeks. There is a bit of foreplay to set the mood as it opens with an atmospheric pop song that simmers with introspection. Rita Lukea is very aware that singing is a lot like sex, as it requires putting your heavy breathing in all the right places, which she has mastered on “Bet You Do.” This gives the song a sensual slither that licks your ears and tells you to turn the lights off. Continue reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: Cheer-Accident – Admission
Cheer-Accident has been around since 1981, which equates to the same length of time as Metallica. Unlike the Thrash Metal legends however, the Chicago outfit (named after a Hallmark shopping display) have released a fantastic amount of albums, nearly 30 at last count, as well as several compilations, EPs and seven inches, some of which have been released by the legendary Skin Graft Records (home to Squid Pisser, U.S. Maple, The Flying Luttenbachers, Dazzling Killmen and other such wonderful artists). Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE SINGLE PREMIERE: Marrowomb Shares a New Single – “Vicarious Visage” – New Album Coming Soon
Chicago’s Blackened Death Metal project Marrowomb will drop their debut album, Phisenomie, on February, 21st, 2025. The band has teamed up with Ghost Cult to debut their first single – the bleak and uncompromising cut “Vicarious Visage!” Bringing together the harshness of Midwestern Black Metal, and the technical prowess of the best modern Death Metal, with a great sensibility for songcraft, this is going to be an artist to watch for extreme music fans in 2025! Check out “Vicarious Visage” now! Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Molder – Catastrophic Reconfiguration
The third album from Joliet, Illinois-based Molder, Catastrophic Reconfiguration (Prosthetic Records), is a collection of sonic brutality.
Presented here are ten cuts where each stands on its own, each vying to be the song that kicks the most ass.
ALBUM REVIEW: Black Duck – Black Duck
Black Duck can best be described as a supergroup featuring as it does key members of the Chicago music scene such as guitarist/bassist Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day), guitarist Bill MacKay (Broken Things, Sounds of Now), and drummer Charles Rumback (Colorlist, Leaf Bird). I confess to only really being familiar with McCombs due to his involvement in those bands who I’ve listened to for a number of years and hence why my interest was peaked when selecting this album for review purposes.
ALBUM REVIEW: Ready For Death – Ready For Death
Despite their name, Chicago’s newly formed Ready for Death offer more of a hardcore and thrash style in their debut offering. With 10 tracks and a run time of a little over 20 minutes, their self-titled debut on Translation Loss offers plenty of furious tales about chaos and destruction in a compact package.
Chout Shares New Video For “Seasons”, New Album Out Now
Chicago heavy rock band Chout, acclaimed for their major Alice In Chains influence has released a new video. They have shared a clip for their track ‘Seasons’, from their current album ‘Dogwater’, out now. The band also has a brand new three-song EP coming out within a few weeks. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Huntsmen – Canary King
Ghost Cult is proud to bring you the première from Chicago’s Huntsmen and their new clip for the track ‘Canary King’! The track comes from their upcoming album ‘American Scrap’, due out on February 23rd from Prosthetic Records. Huntsmen blends their passion for Americana and storytelling with the unique POV lyrics and heaviness of bands they admire such as Neurosis, Wovenhand, Red Fang, High On Fire, 16 Horsepower and more. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Watch Death On Fire’s New Video -Requiem
Chicago melodic-death metal project Death On Fire have partnered with Ghost Cult to premiere their new music video for their track ‘Requiem’. The song comes off of upcoming new album Witch Hunter, releasing on February 2nd. Death On Fire is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Tim Kenefic, who formally operated under the name LazerWulf. If you are a fan of classic Carcass, top-tier Swedish melo-death or just great heavy music in general, jam this loud right now!Continue reading
Russian Circles Books European Tour For This Winter
Upper echeleon post metal band Russian Circles is riding high from their acclaimed 2016 release Guidance out now via Sargent House. The band has booked a tour of Europe for winter 2017, kicking off at 013 Club in Tilburg, NL. Direct support on all dates will come from Cloakroom. You can see all of the dates below:Continue reading