Roadburn 2025 Kicks-Off Today with Oranssi Pazuzu, Kylesa, Cave In, Thou, Steve Von Till, SUMAC, Chat Pile, Messa, DHG, Midwife, Insect Ark and More! 


Roadburn Festival, arguably the best underground heavy and avant-garde music festival in the world kicks off today at 013 Popoddium in Tilburg, NL! Ghost Cult is honored to attend the festival once again, as we have throughout our existence for all our nearly 13 years. Among the headliners, special guests and exclusive world-premiere commissioned works, Oranssi Pazuzu, Kylesa in their first show back as a touring band, Cave In, Thou, Steve Von Till, SUMAC, Chat Pile, Messa, DHG, Midwife, Insect Ark, and many more. Plus, the side shows, merch sales, art exhibitions, artist and industry Q & A’s, and infamous after parties, Roadburn is one of the can’t-miss events of spring for music lovers. Check out the full timetable below.  Continue reading


END OF YEAR GUEST POST: Sylvaine Top 10 Albums of 2024


Wrapping up all the business of 2024 with some fun End of Year Guest Posts from bands, friends, music industry pals, label types, and assorted good fiends! Check out this list from Sylvaine to discuss her top picks for best music of 2024!Continue reading


END OF YEAR GUEST POST: Chris Enriquez (Spotlights, Julie Christmas) Top 10 Albums of 2024


Wrapping up all the business of 2024 with some fun End of Year Guest Posts from bands, friends, music industry pals, label types, and assorted good fiends! Check out this list from our friend, Chris Enriquez, drummer for Spotlights, Julie Christmas, and others.Continue reading


GHOST CULT MAGAZINE TOP 75 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2024


Last-minute slinky Norwegian jesters aside, our dedicated and awesome team of writers, photographers, editors, contributors, alumni, designers and what have you, have come together to work through our regular collaborative and demographic confirmation of those albums that tickled our collective pickle in 2024.Continue reading


Korn, Muse, Scorpions, Linkin Park, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, and More Booked for Hellfest Open Air 2025


  

The Hellfest Open Air festival 2025 has booked a huge lineup. Taking place from June 19th to 22nd in Clisson, France, the fest features headlining performances from Korn, Muse, Scorpions, and Linkin Park, as well as, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, Jerry Cantrell, Jinjer, Turnstile, Unto Others, The Warning, VOLA, Alcest, Abbath (Doom occulta set), SUNN O))), HEALTH, Russian Circles, Chat Pile, Savatage, Dream Theater and more out of a total of 184 bands. A “very special guest” yet to be revealed for June 20th.Continue reading


PODCAST: Episode 594 – The Power Hour – October Recap and Album of The Month with Keefy 


 

The gloom of fall is here, but at least we have great music! The Power Hour is back with just Chief Editor Ghost Cult Keefy! We look back at albums released in October 2024, and a forecast of new music out this month.  Continue reading


Chat Pile Reveal “Frownland” Music Video, Embark on North American Tour


Chat Pile photo by Matthew Zagorski

 

Oklahoma City noise rock quartet Chat Pile released their sophomore LP Cool World just shy of three weeks ago and now, the band is getting ready for leg one of their North American tour spanning October 31 through November 22. The tour kicks off with two hometown shows in Oklahoma City then traverses the midwest into Canada, followed by a string of east coast shows. The second leg of the tour runs February through March around Texas and along the west coast of the U.S. and Canada— check out all tour dates listed below. Chat Pile have shared a music video for Cool World single, Frownland.  Director Matthew Zagorski comments on the video treatment: “When I first heard this song, I heard despair, so I wanted the video to start off troubling. The main character laying there in the rubble of his old life, digging through the ruins of what used to be. I was dealing with extreme feelings of loneliness and not feeling worthy at the time of piecing together this video and it really bled into the narrative.” Watch / share the “Frownland” music video on YouTube! 

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PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 10-18-24


Check out what you missed this week in the world of Rock and Metal! Continue reading


NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – Rock and Metal Releases for 10-11-24


What new Rock and metal releases are you looking forward to this week?Continue reading


PREVIEW: New Music Friday – Rock and Metal Releases for 10-11-24


What new Rock and metal releases are you looking forward to this week?Continue reading