The bright blue paint job on The Sanctuary makes it the most inviting building on Cardiff Street. Nestled in the middle of Hamtramck, a pint-sized town in Detroit, The Sanctuary is actually one of the most inviting music venues in the whole city. The Canadian Death Metal act, Beyond Creation brought their proggy and technical goodness to Ham Town earlier this week. It was the second to last gig on a month-long tour with Fallujah, Arkaik, and Equipoise. The band has been promoting their most recent full-length album, Algorythm (Season of Mist) on this run and hearing it played in full made for a perfect Metal Monday. Continue reading
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Beyond Creation Books North American Headline Tour
Technical Death Metal masters Beyond Creation have booked a headline tour of North America. Direct support will come from Fallujah, Arkiak, and Equipoise. The tour takes place on September 20 in Chicago, IL and will conclude on October 22 in Lexington, KY. Ticket links will be available soon. All tour dates can be found below. The band have won the Independent Music Award in the Best Metal/Hardcore Album category for their 2018 release, Algorythm. The album was also nominated for a JUNO-Award (Canadian Grammy) earlier this year. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Black Passage – ”Silent Home” Guitar Playthrough
Bay Area Technical Death Metal Band Black Passage is releasing their debut album, Veil, this July. An underground supergroup featuring members of Fallujah, Wolf King, and Anisoptera and led by guitarist Kevin Wilson, the band is already proving to have a deft touch for progressive songcraft, soaring melodies, and unflinching brutal vocals. So far the bands’ music is anything but predictable or safe. Ghost Cult is proud to debut the playthrough video for their current single, ‘Silent Home’. Continue reading
Fallujah – Undying Light
Is post-Death Metal a thing? I’m sure there’s some Metal forum that can vindicate that subgenre, but who’s got the time for that. On second thought Gorguts’ Colored Sands probably has already nabbed the coveted best post-Death album title, but I digress. Fallujah’s latest LP Undying Light (Nuclear Blast) certainly seems to fit the post-Extreme label as well, seeing that it’s an album equal parts Death and Deftones.Continue reading
Fallujah Drops A New Single, New Album Coming This March
Fallujah just dropped a fire-new single and music video for ‘Ultraviolet’! The track is the first new music from their upcoming album Dreamless, out this March 15th via Nuclear Blast. It will be the first album with new vocalist Antonio Palermo. March 15th via Nuclear Blast Records and will be the first to feature new vocalist Antonio Palermo. Check out the music video directed by Robert Graves (The Black Dahlia Murder, Abysmal Dawn) for ‘Ultraviolet’ now.Continue reading
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Ozzfest Meets Knotfest Live At Glen Helen Amphitheater, San Bernadino, CA
Fans from all over the world converged in the mountains of San Bernadino, California for Ozzfest Meets Knotfest 2017. Taking place at the Glen Helen Amphitheater & Festival Grounds, the scenic vista of mostly blue skies and mountains all around us was the perfect setting for a weekend of some of the most entertaining, heaviest bands on Earth. After arriving in California a night early, but missing the pre-party show, the Ghost Cult crew got settled in at our hotel, had a great meal and beers at BJ’s Brewhouse, and rested up for the big weekend ahead. Continue reading
Ozzfest Meets Knotfest Takes Over Southern California This Weekend
Ozzfest Meets Knotfest returns again to San Bernadino California today in a weekend jam-packed with incredible metal headliners, and some of the best up and coming bands in the world. The 2017 Ozzfest Meets Knotfest takes place Glen Helen Amphitheater & Festival Grounds in California today, November 4th and tomorrow, November 5th, and we get you ready to go! Continue reading
Decapitated, Thy Art Is Murder, Fallujah, Ghost Bath Tour Dates
Decapitated announced last week that their seventh studio album, Anticult, will be unleashed on July 7th via Nuclear Blast, and now they’ve revealed their first headlining tour in support of the new material. Continue reading
Carnifex, Despised Icon, Fallujah, Rings Of Saturn, Lorna Shore, She Must Burn Tour Dates
Ghost Cult Album Of The Year 2016 Countdown Part I
Our goal is to bring the latest genre-pushing work from heavy and underground music’s most innovative artists directly to you, and the end of year “Album of the Year” list is a time-honored tradition that enables us to do just that. Added to the fact that we’re a big bunch of geeks who love a list, the Ghost Cult countdown also helps us highlight the bands and albums that have not only made the biggest impact on us this calendar year, but showcase the releases that have stirred something deeper and more visceral in the hearts of the Ghost Cult team.Continue reading