Philosophy On Pessimism is the debut EP released on Translation Loss Records by New Miserable Experience, a project featuring members of Rosetta, Model Prisoner, and Revocation. The quartet pieced together the sum of their parts remotely, using file sharing to bounce their ideas around to one another, and have created an ethereal-sounding record with a foot firmly in the darker regions of the eighties synth-wave style.
In a new feature here, we recap the biggest stories of the week that was here at Ghost Cult! We went over ten, but it’s Christmas! This week the big stories include Dani Filth and Ed Sheeran making good on their promise to make music together, Slipknot’s pro-shot full concert video, our Crosses EP review and a new single, Metallica’s online art archive, a review of the final (ever?) Battlecross show, the first single from supergroup The Last Rockstars, a new single teaser from Orgy, a guest post from Greg at Allegeaon, Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin’s Hanukkah Sessions, interviews with Jared James Nichols, Tobey Amies (King Crimson doc filmmaker) and Casket Robbery, and more!
Crosses a.k.a. ††† the duo made up of Deftones’ Chino Moreno and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez has shared heir cover of George Michael’s “One More Try” accompanied by an animated visualizer. Releasing covers is now a holiday tradition for the duo, with last year’s rendition of “Goodbye Horses” by Q Lazarus. With the Crosses touch on it, this 1980’s heartbreaking ballad takes on an even greater weight, considering the upcoming 8th anniversary of George Michael’s death on Christmas Day. The group just released their new EP, Permanent.Radiant (read our review here). Purchase, stream and Watch “One More Try” here! Continue reading