Ghost Cult’s Album of the Month is a feature here at the site, voted on by our global team! This month’s winner by vote is Fuming Mouth’s “The Ringing Bell” – out now via Triple B Records! It narrowly beat out new albums by Quicksand, Loathe, and Moonspell, cutting across bands of different sub-genres and even generations. Check back every month to see our other winners as well as our 2026 Album of the Year Review, later this fall! Continue reading
Tim Ledin caught up with Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouth to discuss the band’s third full-length, “The Ringing Bell,” released July 17, 2026, through Triple B Records! Mark breaks down the making of the record, what it meant to track with Kurt Ballou (Converge) at GodCity Studios, and how “The Ringing Bell” delivers a devastating return to form built on massive death metal riffs, frantic chugging, and direct themes of resilience, death, and rebirth.
“The Ringing Bell” features an explosive drumming performance from Jay Weinberg, formerly of Slipknot and Suicidal Tendencies, bringing one of the most talked-about collaborative moments in death metal and hardcore punk this year. Continue reading
Converge have detailed the lineup for this year’s Saddest Day festival, set for December 12th and 13th at Roadrunner in Boston, MA. The band will play both nights with entirely different sets. Their December 13th performance will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jane Doe with a full-album set. A special guest co-headliner for the opening night has yet to be announced. The current lineup also includes Cave In, Chat Pile, Emma Ruth Rundle, Baroness, and more. Continue reading
Massachusetts metal powerhouse Fuming Mouth has announced their highly anticipated new full-length album, The Ringing Bell, due out July 17th via Triple B Records.
The album marks the first Fuming Mouth recording to feature drummer Jay Weinberg alongside vocalist/guitarist Mark Whelan, guitarist Pat Merson, and bassist Chris Berg. Recorded at GodCity Studio with Kurt Ballou, The Ringing Bell finds the band pushing their trademark fusion of death metal and hardcore to new extremes, delivering their most powerful and fully realized release to date. The band also unveils the album’s lead single and music video, “A Blaze of Nihilism,” offering the first glimpse into the relentless intensity and sharpened songwriting that define the record. Continue reading
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Revocation will commemorate their 20th anniversary with a special month-long North American headlining trek this Fall! The 20 Years Of Torment tour runs from September 10th through October 10th and will find the band performing tracks from across their entire catalog. Support will be provided by Defeated Sanity, Fuming Mouth, and Weeping. The journey follows the band’s European tour this August, which includes festival performances, headlining shows, and more.
On Saturday, June 15th, Unearth will celebrate 20 years of their Metal Blade Records album, The Oncoming Storm, with Storm Fest, at Big Night Live in Boston. The band will play the record in its entirety, along with a selection of other songs from their catalog. Joining them, at their first all ages gig in the city for 21 years, will be Bleeding Through, Overcast, Fuming Mouth, All Out War, High Command, and Apes. Read more from Unearth below.
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Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida this week to kick off the festival season bigger and louder than ever event May 9-12, 2024! 200,000 fans are expected to attent, which would be a new record. Produced by Danny Wimmer Presents organization, the fest will be headlined by Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Judas Priest, Foo Fighters Disturbed, Limp Bizkit, Queens Of The Stone Age, Judas Priest, Greta Van Fleet, Evanescence, and Kerry King among many others. Tickets and more info along with the full lineup can be seen below. Now the fest has announced their expanded experiences offerings to make it an even better value for fans!
Acclaimed New England death metal band Fuming Mouth has released a new single, “Daylight Again,” In anticipation for their upcoming US Tour with August Burns Red and festival performances at Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple.
The furious new death-sludge track was produced with Kurt Ballou (Full Of Hell, Code Orange, Nails) at GodCity Studios during the band’s Last Day of Sun recording session and is part of the critically acclaimed record’s concept of perseverance, survival and resurrection inspired by vocalist/guitarist Mark Whelan’s battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The single features artwork by sci-fi/fantasy legend Bruce Pennington and is accompanied by the b-side track ‘Timeless,’ an alternate version of ‘Out of Time’ from Last Day of Sun. Stream ‘Daylight Again’: Continue reading
Sonic Temple 2024 is fast approaching next month! With 4 stages and 120 bands that’s 40 more than last year), the fest features headliners Disturbed, Misfits, Pantera, Slipknot, along with Kerry King of Slayer, Judas Priest, Evanescence, Limp Bizkit and more. They have now released the daily schedule so you can plan your weekend if you are going! Taking place May 16-19, 2024, at the iconic Historic Crew Sonic Temple 202.4 Continue reading
