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EXCLUSIVE SINGLE PREMIERE: Marrowomb Shares a New Single – “Vicarious Visage” – New Album Coming Soon

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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

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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. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Black Duck – Black Duck

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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. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Ready For Death – Ready For Death

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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.

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Chout Shares New Video For “Seasons”, New Album Out Now

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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

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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

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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

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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 →


Pelican Releases New Version Of Live Album, Sales Donated To ACLU

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Pelican, by Jessica Lotti Photography

Pelican, by Jessica Lotti Photography

Chicago Post-rock leaders Pelican continue to give their die-hard fans something to smile about. The band has released the full version of their Live In Wroclaw, from their deluxe version of their City Of Echoes vinyl set. You can stream the live album or purchase it from the band on their Bandcamp page.The band is also donating purchases to the ACLU. Hear the album below: Continue reading →