GIVEAWAY: Win a Pair of Tickets to See Acid Bath in Los Angeles (8-28)


UPDATE: This giveaway is for the August 28th show!

Presented by Ghost Cult, Black Angeles/ Cell Arts Media: win tickets to see Acid Bath in Los Angeles next Friday, 8/22! This prize is for one pair (2) of tickets to the show, only, not for travel or lodging! Please enter if you can make the show! The return of Acid Bath (Dax Riggs, members of Goatwhore) as a touring band has been one of the stories of the year in heavy music 2025! Be part of their triumphant return and see them live at a sold-out headline show at the Hollywood Palladium! This is one of their few exclusive West Coast shows in 2025! Support comes from Pig Destroyer and The Obsessed. Thanks to Evil Robb Photography for these exclusive photos of the bands’ first hometown show back, in New Orleans.

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CONTEST: Win a Music and Merch Bundle from Ghost:Hello


Ghost:Hello released their killer new album The Sound of Color In Space last September! The synthy-stoner rock brings together influences that sound like Big Business, Death From Above 1979, Kyuss, Devo, Blood Ceremony, OM to many more, and is spending 2020 spreading the gospel of their band across the land. Teaming up with Ghost Cult, you can win an immense prize package from the band which not only includes a customer color vinyl, a t-shirt and other merch goodies from the band, but also EXCLUSIVE stuff from brands like Shadebeast, Robot Jurassic, and Thems That Wait! Five lucky runner-ups can win Bandcamp download codes for the new album as well! All you have to do is enter to win on our Instagram page by dropping a comment on the contest post with the name of any track from The Sound of Color In Space! Catch the band on tour all winter, coming to a venue near you! 

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CONTEST: Win a Pair of Tickets to See Attila Live in London


Atilla is currently on tour in Russia and are gearing up to smash the UK and Europe again starting this coming weekend! The band is on tour behind their album Villain, released on their own label earlier in 2019. Direct support on all dates to come from Veil of Maya. You can win a pair (1 winner) of tickets to see the show live in London, at the legendary Electric Ballroom on 22nd of November. Ages 14+ admitted only. 14s to 16s must be accompanied by an adult. The contest ends in one week! To enter, just find the contest post on Facebook and drop a comment with your favorite Attila song! We’ll announce the winner on the 19th!

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Life of Agony Announces Local Band Opener Contest for Europe


LOA, 2019. Photos by Gino DePinto.

Life of Agony has announced a contest where local bands in Europe can open for their upcoming tour with Doyle. One band will be selected for each city on the tour. LOA just released their amazing new album, The Sound of Scars (Napalm Records), the sequel to their classic debut album River Runs Red. Enter the contest below. Continue reading


Ghost Cult Turns 7! Celebrate with Us and Win Our “Mystery Box” Prize!


Way back in 2012, Ghost Cult started as a magazine in The Netherlands, specializing in avant-garde and extreme metal, stoner rock, and doom. We ran 19 issues as a digital magazine, which was fairly successful with wide-spread and acclaimed features on Behemoth, Neurosis, Ghost, Megadeth, Amon Amarth, Dragged Into Sunlight, Dream Theater, Korn, Bill Ward, Anathema, Ihsahn, GWAR, Anthrax, COC, Down, Intronaut, High on Fire, The Atlas Moth, and many more. We’ve improved and grown every year with your help. We’d like to think that we provide news, reviews, interviews and concert, and festival coverage with integrity, and without the drama and BS you see from most other websites out there. We will always do what we do and curate and cover all kinds of rock, metal, punk, hardcore, and indie artists. Now in our seventh year, we move boldly into the future! Thanks for being here and supporting us! As a bonus, we have a gift for one lucky fan! Enter to win below!Continue reading


CONTEST WINNER: Caustic Casanova Prize Announcement, On Tour Now


Ghost Cult wrapped up our contest with the badasses in Caustic Casanova! Congrats to Martin .D. of Milwaukee, WI won the bands’ entire discography on CD from their Big Cartel store. The band is on tpur all this fall and drops a new album via Magnetic Eye Records, next month.Continue reading


CONTEST: Win Music from Caustic Casanova, On Tour Now


Washington DC-based Caustic Casanova rocks in the grand tradition of the great D.C. area scene alt-rockers and punks, with a touch of modernism too! The band is currently on tour throughout the USA, with date through the end of September. This includes the incredible Black Out Cook Out Festival in Youngstown, OH with Inter Arma, Big Business, Child Bite, Brain Tentacles, Ken Mode, Lo-Pan and more. The band will release their new full-length album, God How I Envy The Deaf, via Magnetic Eye Records in October too! The tour also features new guitarist Jake Kimberley. To win the contest just head over to Ghost Cult on Facebook and enter by listing your favorite team-up ever (partners, lovers, enemies, cinematic partners/couples/team-ups/villains/heroes fictional or real life). The grand prize (1) is the bands’ entire discography on CD from their Big Cartel store. The contest ends on September 3rd!Continue reading


Casket Robbery New Single Out Now, Contest Winner Announcement


Maniacal Wisconsin Death Metal band Casket Robbery have released their new single ‘From Hell’! True to form the track is a slick burst of brutal, technical death metal with insane vocals. Ghost Cult teamed up with the band to giveaway a merch bundle including a Shirt, CD – their last album, Sticker, Patch, and handmade Coffin Nail necklace. The winner is Partha from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Partha is a big Casket Robbery fan and super stoked to win. Thanks to all who entered.  Stay tuned for more news about this up and coming act! Continue reading


CONTEST: Win A Merch Bundle From Casket Roberry


Brutal Death Metallers Casket Robbery have a new digital single out later this week, ‘From Hell’! The band has been teasing new music for months are our bodies are ready! Ghost Cult has teamed up with Wisconsin’s finest flayers for a killer contest! Win this merch bundle including a Shirt, CD – their last album, Sticker, Patch, and handmade Coffin Nail necklace. Head over Ghost Cult’s Facebook to enter to win! All you need to do is Like and Comment on the post with your favorite serial killer, real-life or fictional! Contest rules and details can be seen below! Stay tuned for more news about this up and coming act! Continue reading