Sick New World Las Vegas ft. System Of A Down, Korn, Bring Me The horizon, Ministry and More Release Schedule


System Of A Down and Korn will headline Sick New World Las Vegas on April 25th, 2026, at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The lineup also includes Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Danny Elfman, Knocked Loose, Ministry, AFI, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath, and more. The fest has revealed its running order and full schedule, which you can see below!

The festival will expand next year with the first-ever Sick New World Texas, set for October 24th, 2026, at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX, featuring System Of A Down, Deftones, and Slayer (performing Reign in Blood in full), among others. Continue reading →


END OF POSTSRAVAGANZA: Tim Ledin’s Top 20 (and More) Albums of 2025


2025 was yet another year where I spent a Sunday in November sweating buckets trying to cut down all of the music I’ve listened to in the current year to twenty albums as part of the Ghost Cult staff voting. Each year is a mix of pain and pleasure, and 2025 was certainly a difficult one. Before I unveil my Top 20, here are some Honorable Mentions, in no particular order, that you should add to your library if not done already.

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Ghost Cult Magazine’s Top 75 Albums Of The Year 2025


Clockwise as the seconds tick away, I make my move today… Time and life, life and time, to have and hold and sometimes find… Time… Marches on, and on, and on… flies eternally…

Once more ’round the sun we go again…

And here we are, a year closer to oblivion, and with all the chaos, and craziness, and biiiig riffs that has been 2025 now in the rearviewmirror. At the dying of 2025’s light, all the sailors of the good ship Ghost Cult have come together to cast their votes independently and agenda-free to crown our collective Top 75 albums of year, and ultimately, the overall official Ghost Cult Album of the Year for 2025. To find out more, venture forth, dear reader… Continue reading →