EP REVIEWS: Clot – Dehiscence – Hostility


To put it mildly, Grindcore is king. 

Sub-minute songs; albums that pack dozens of tracks in less than ten minutes; and the most chaotically bombastic sounds you can possibly combine and still label music. Continue reading


Ghost Cult Magazine Turns 12 Years-Old

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Time marches on! 

We are officially in our awkward tween phase! October sees Ghost Cult Magazine’s 12th year around the sun! Established in the doomsday year of 2012, Ghost Cult Magazine has been a daily music news, interviews, and reviews portal dedicated to covering Rock, Metal, Punk, Metalcore, post-Hardcore, Hardcore, Indie Rock, Doom, Prog, Death Metal, Black Metal, Sludge, Industrial, Grindcore, Dark Folk, Synthwave, other related genres, and geek culture as well! Shout out to our founders, past collaborators, partners, and you dear readers! 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Swamp Coffin – Drowning Glory


An entire anthropological study could be done on how the region a band comes from affects the sound of any given genre. Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Fohn – Condescending


The worst that can happen by pairing two contrasting ideas is it doesn’t sound or feel pleasing or appropriate.Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Aivvass – Spiritual Archives


The occult has a questionable history in Rock music, as it is typically used for window dressing with little substance behind it. Continue reading


Neon Nightmare Shares Debut Single and Video “Lost Silver” – Signs with 20 Buck Spin


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20 Buck Spin has signed synthy Doom Goth artist Neon Nightmare! The artist has shared a chilling debut single or the project’s first single and music video for “Lost Silver!” Any inspiration gleaned from Peter Steele and Type O Negative is purely on purpose, and we are 100% here for it! Watch the video, directed by Emmanuella Zachariou now. 
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ALBUM REVIEW: Maudissez – Maudissez


What Maudissez are able to do with instruments (at least I assume they’re instruments) is unsettling to the nth degree.

The anonymous and self-described anti-Christian blackened sludge-cum-Death/Doom entity doesn’t simply make music; the four tracks featured within Maudissez (Sentient Ruin Labs) are as raw as a mooing filet mignon. Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Fórn – The Departure of Consciousness


Nothing beats a sunny day, a cold beer, and some sludge and doom blasting over the speakers as I melt in the heat. Just in time for summer, Fórn is reissuing The Departure of Consciousness (Persistent Vision Records) for its ten-year anniversary. The Boston-based funeral doom/sludge outfit made their name in the Boston scene by bringing some of the heaviest, most beefy riffs. Now they grace us with a reissue of their debut full-length where those riffs are as tasty as ever.Continue reading


INTERVIEW: John Jarvis of Nest Talks Touring with Pantera and Unveiling Their “Endeavors” Album


In this episode, Keefy chats with John Jarvis (Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Scour) of the sludge/doom metal band Nest, as he discusses their latest album “Endeavors,” released through Housecore Records. Listen to their firsthand accounts of touring with Pantera and Lamb of God, and working with Phil Anselmo’s label. Additionally, John offers a fascinating glimpse into the vibrant music community of St. Louis, Missouri – his new home.Continue reading