Hail The Sun Reissue Their Albums “Mental Knife” and “New Age Filth”


Independent New York label, Equal Vision Records, with experimental California rock band, Hail The Sun, have re-pressed two more of the band’s albums on limited vinyl. 2018’s Mental Knife and 2021’s New Age Filth are available to order now, limited to 500 special edition units each. Find out more below.
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Armor For Sleep Book US Tour with Boys Night Out and Hellogoodbye


Closely following “What A Beautiful World,” their latest single for  Equal Vision Records, Armor For Sleep have just announced a fresh US tour. The New Jersey post-hardcore crew will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its second studio album, What To Do When You Are Dead, taking in 25 evenings across March and April 2025, with the album being performed in its entirety. Support comes from special guests Boys Night Out and Hellogoodbye. VIP packages are on sale now with general on sale beginning Friday, November 15 at 10 a.m. local time. Keep reading for more details.
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Armor For Sleep Share Their New Single and Video “What A Beautiful World”



Following on from their previous track, “In Another Dream,” Armor For Sleep have just released their latest single, “What A Beautiful World,” through New York-based indie label, Equal Vision Records. These tracks are the seminal New Jersey post-hardcore band’s first new material since 2022’s The Rain Museum. Catch the new video and more below.
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Kaonashi Share Their Single and Video “Straycations” – New EP Out Soon



Philadelphia experimental post-hardcore band, Kaonashi, have just released their new video single, “Straycations.” It is latest track to be lifted from their upcoming EP, A Second Chance at Forever: The Brilliant Lies from Casey Diamond. The five track record is due out via legendary, independent, New York-based rock label, Equal Vision Records, on Friday, July 26th. Check out the new video and more below.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Hail The Sun – Divine Inner Tension


 

The Metal, and by extension Rock community has been one more open with mental health struggles over recent years. Often the roots of the music come from trauma, grief, or pain. Hail The Sun have been such a band who up to this point have gained the most of their insight into making their music from these more dark places. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Nightmares – Séance


 

Hailing from Newport, Wales, noir pop and alternative rock quartet The Nightmares reveal their bleak yet breezy souls with their debut album, Séance, via Venn and Equal Vision Records. The record’s themes of death were inspired by the COVID pandemic putting a hold on the band’s touring plans, leading to experiments with seances during the writing process. As one could imagine, the mental and spiritual outcomes of this paid a great contribution to the music’s morbid concepts and haunting execution. 

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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Vans Warped Tour – Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View


Do you remember where you were the first time you ever went to Vans Warped Tour? A lot of us do! This year’s final farewell to twenty-five years of amazing music and shared experiences came to a close with some of our favorite Warped Tour artists, old and new, and it was a heartfelt goodbye. Ghost Cult Magazine got a chance to cover the Mountain View, California Warped Tour to celebrate with the most nostalgic of performers. Continue reading


PREVIEW: The Final Vans Warped Tour Event Starts Today


 

The final Warped Tour event, or at least the final one for now, begins in a few hours in San Manuel, California. Paying respects on the twenty-five-year history for the festival Kevin Lyman build and nurtured, the final two-day celebration will showcase of the tour’s iconic culture. Fifty bands will play on dozens of stages and returning big-name bands are fan favorites like Bad Religion, Circa Survive, Frank Iero, Less Than Jake, Save Ferris, Simple Plan, Sleeping With Sirens, The Offspring, The Starting Line, Thrice, We The Kings, and more!

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Bad Religion, Circa Survive, Frank Iero, Less Than Jake, Save Ferris, The Offspring and more Booked For Vans Warped Tour 2019


In grand style, Vans Warped Tour will not only honor their twenty-five-year history, but they will also put a face on their bold future of all live music events with their bi-coastal 25th Anniversary events that celebrate the final showcase of the tour’s iconic culture. The unique music experience will stop in three locations including Cleveland, Ohio, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Mountain View, California and caps off 25 years of history of the Vans Warped Tour. Fifty bands will play on dozens of stages and returning big name bands are fan favorites like Bad Religion, Circa Survive, Frank Iero, Less Than Jake, Save Ferris, Simple Plan, Sleeping With Sirens, The Offspring, The Starting Line, Thrice, We The Kings, and more! Each stop on the tour will have distinctly different lineups from across genres. Tickets on sale day at the link below. Continue reading


Hail The Sun – Mental Knife


Californian band Hail The Sun have been knocking around for a few years now with their debut, the brilliantly titled POW Right In The Kisser being self-released back in 2010. They have always seemed to me at least a band with an intriguing set of influences and styles that have never quite meshed together over an entire album. Latest release Mental Knife (Equal Vision) is set to change all that and then some.Continue reading