In terms of a normal year for me, this has been anything but normal for attending concerts so far. This is actually been a good change. I decided for my health mental and physical well-being that I need to do less concert and Festival-going than in the past. Five years ago, I might have been at a show 6 days a week when I lived in Brooklyn. Now I’m down to a few every few months. Even though I do suffer from some fomo, I am picking and choosing my spots of when to make an appearance in the local scene here. We’ll see if it keeps up. Not attending my first show until mid-month February is weird for me, let’s just say that.Continue reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: Scour – Gold
Trading Louisiana sludge for a more European soundscape, black metal act Scour is the latest project from Phillip H. Anselmo, the former frontman of Texan bruisers Pantera and New Orleans supergroup Down. Although quite some distance away from his usual musical stamping ground, this isn’t the first time Anselmo has turned his hand towards black metal, but where the likes of Eibon and Viking Crown merely laid the groundwork, it’s with Scour where all the pieces have finally come together.Continue reading
GIVEAWAY: Win a Vinyl and T-Shirt Bundle from Pathogenic, Skepsis Recordings, and Ghost Cult
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Boston’s brutal Technical Death Metal masters Pathogenic dropped their recent album Crowned In Corpses, via Skepsis Recordings last fall! To celebrate, the band, their label have teamed up with us to giveaway a killer vinyl and t-shirt bundle! Open to any fans in the USA, enter at the post on Instagram! Drop a comment about how much you love death metal! One winner will be chosen at random, so make your comments good! Follow all the accounts and tag a friend for more chances to win! The band is kicking off a headline tour this weekend with support from Leylines! Enter to win and catch the band destroying a stage in your city soon!
ALBUM REVIEW: Open Kasket – Trials Of Failure
You either love Beatdown Death Metal and all its violence-even-though-it’s-carefully-controlled live atmosphere, or you think it’s a bunch of amped-up spinkickers with no respect for their surroundings.Continue reading
CONCERT REVIEW: Nile – Six Feet Under – Psycroptic Live at Red Flag
This evening I was picked up by my good friend Danny as we headed down the finally thawing streets of St. Louis, MO en route to Red Flag, the pre-eminent club to see some serious death metal in St. Louis.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Fleshbore – Painted Paradise
Today on the block we have the new cut Painted Paradise from Indianapolis’ own Fleshbore. If I had to wrap this new cut in a single word it would probably be “blistering”. Everything on this cut is at an 11 even when they decide to slow it up the listener is sitting with crazy anticipation for the next time the pedal gets stomped on. The drums and guitars scream through each track like crazy ass racecars from hell whose pilots have tossed the brakes aside long ago. (see what I did there lol)! Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Vertex – The Purest Light
For a microgenre that asserts itself to be progressive and quite serious, the result in regards to band members is quite the opposite. Djent, while having quite serious origins in the progressive metal-sphere, quickly turned quite tongue-in-cheek, with even big hitters Periphery using their tongue-in-cheek album title Djent is not a genre as a light-hearted jab at the genre. Vertex, on the other hand, seem like they’re bringing in a more serious tone to the scene, taking inspiration from huge acts in the acne with their debut EP in 2019, the band have been hard at work to follow this up with their debut album, The Purest Light (Le Cri Du Charbon). This may have taken over 5 years, but the band has grafted hard to create this 53-minute behemoth. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE SINGLE PREMIERE: Stress Test Share “God Sucks” From Their Debut Album, Coming Soon
Born in the dark times of pandemic-imposed lockdown, Portland, Oregon’s Stress Test originated in the soul of Brandon Hill—bassist for metallic Goth-Rock band Unto Others. A musical vehicle to exorcise disgust at humanity’s worst impulses and actions, Stress Test expanded into a full band early in 2024. Prior to the album’s release next month Ghost Cult is proud to be sharing an exclusive stream for one of the album’s most relentless and fast-paced auditory assaults, “God Sucks”. Check it out! Continue reading
EP REVIEW: Ex Deo – The Year Of The Four Emperors
Written Examination Paper – January 2025
(Examiners Guide
Q1. History
Which ancient culture does Ex Deo write about?
ALBUM REVIEW: The Halo Effect – March Of The Unheard
After blasting onto the scene a few short years ago with their electrifying debut, Swedish supergroup The Halo Effect return with second full length studio release March of the Unheard (Nuclear Blast Records). Comprised entirely of former members of In Flames, The Halo Effect is sort of like the musical equivalent of a support group for disgruntled ex-employees, but with riffs instead of complaining.