Metal video streaming service, Thunderflix, have shared the top ten releases on their service for 2023. Featured among them are Death, Ozzy, Powerwolf, Opeth, and more. The site has also teamed up with Nuclear Blast Records, and added a huge batch of new material. Head into the article below for more.
For a chaser in between D.R.I. episodes Nik and Keefy unbox and review a ton of new records they have been buying!
Powerwolf honors the 75th birthday of the Prince of Darkness himself, the legendary Ozzy Osbourne, by releasing a cover of one of the Black Sabbath vocalist’s most famous solo tracks, “Bark At The Moon”! The title track of Ozzy’s celebrated 1983 album, Bark At The Moon, is an immortal classic, and the wolves’ cover of the song is performed in true Powerwolf style while fully respecting the original version. The cover arrives with an accompanying official lyric video. Watch the Official Lyric Video for “Bark At The Moon” now!
Black Sabbath tribute band Zakk Sabbath return with new double full-length “Doomed Forever Forever Doomed”, which contain their brilliant takes on the Birmingham Four’s classic heavy metal masterpieces “Paranoid” (1970) and “Master of Reality” (1971). “Doomed Forever Forever Doomed” has been scheduled for release on March 1, 2024. Pre-order the album at the link below and check out the new Zakk Sabbath tour dates kicking off next week!
With their second full-length record Managed Decline (Church Road Records), Underdark really have pushed the boundaries of the broader post-Black Metal sound by incorporating many different styles and influences, while also lyrically creating somewhat of a concept album that champions the working class in much the same way as Ashenspire’s 2022 album, Hostile Architecture.
Life comes at you fast. Since releasing the details of latest album The Dark Parade (Metal Blade Records) to the world just a few weeks ago, Californian legends Cirith Ungol have already had to make two other major announcements regarding their future. First came the news at the end of September that long serving guitarist Jimmy Barraza was having to leave due to ongoing health issues, and then just a few days ago, the band shared the sad news that they were to be retiring from performing live shows as of next year.
Nik and Keefy of GhostCultMag discuss vinyl collecting, from settings realistic goals for yourself, the finer points of how to go about crafting a primo collection, and the top reasons not to collect records.
Aesthetic contradictions within the metal scene are not an uncommon sight these days. Bands whose image says one thing while their music does something entirely different vex and confuse people on a daily basis. But then there’s Twin Temple. A band favoured by a certain core of fans, whose image is a perfect representation of their sound but has nothing to do with heavy metal in the slightest.
2F9TEF1 English rock band Black Sabbath: guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath has announced the release of a new vinyl box set – Hand of Doom! The release features eight of the band’s classic albums, released from 1970 to 1978, on picture disc vinyl. Limited to just 3,000 copies, Hand of Doom arrives on December 1st exclusively in UK, EU and all territories outside North America via BMG. Fans can pre-order the box set now here
Newly unearthed photos of Black Sabbath, KISS and Ozzy Osbourne arrive on Oct. 30 as part of Quidd and POP Culture, Inc.’s next release of images, dubbed “Helloween,” from the recently unearthed vaults of Retna Pictures and London Features International.