When the music leads you into strange lands and genre categorisations start to feel like a near-impossibility, thank the heavens for Luna Honey who save us from wandering the streets at night, lost in perplexed reflection. Continue reading
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CONCERT REVIEW: Wardruna – Chelsea Wolfe – Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater
Kicking off their world tour at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, Chelsea Wolfe delivered a mesmerizing performance as she opened for Wardruna. Her blend of Gothic Rock, Doom Metal, and Folk echoed hauntingly against the cliffs, creating a vibe uniquely suited to the venue.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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Watch a Liquid Death and e.l.f. Cosmetics Corpse Paint Goth Make-Up Set Unboxing and Tutorial
In a brand collab for the ages, Liquid Death and e.l.f. Cosmetics teamed up to launch Corpse Paint, a limited-edition goth-centric and Black Metal inspired makeup set. Corpse Paint includes a five-piece makeup kit, housed in a stunning keepsake coffin, featuring matte black packaging adorned with gold lettering to create drop-dead gore-geous looks. Ghost Cult Scribe Jessie Frary unboxed the set and tried out some kvlt-as-fuck looks on for the first time in her life! See the results below! Continue reading
CONCERT REVIEW: Ministry – Gary Numan – Front Line Assembly Live at Terminal 5
How concerned are you that you missed one of the best tours of 2023? Ministry, Gary Numan, and Front Line Assembly took their spectacle on the road and blew away audiences everywhere they went. The three like-minded bands have become fast friends and the mutual respect they have for each other is evident in social media posts and comes out in stellar performances night after night. How do you top that kind of success? Do it again. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: New Years Day – Half Black Heart
New Year’s Day helped pave the path for today’s female-fronted nu-metal bands who balance hard rock aggression with pop hooks. Having emerged from the days of Myspace, they have refined the weighty grooves of that era to transcend the bandwagon of their peers. This is largely due to frontwoman Ash Costello. On Half Black Heart (Century Media Records) Costello’s voice finds more piercing power. She knows how to pack a punch without resorting to screaming. This helps their songs avoid the modern rock formula that is wearing thin. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: KMFDM – Let Go
KMFDM is celebrating forty years of conceptual continuity with the release of their twenty-third album Let Go (Metropolis Records). Let’s give that one some thought. Forty years holding to a musical concept throughout 23 albums is an achievement not many bands of their ilk can boast, as how many of their peers are this prolific? The sticking point on Let Go might be how continuous that concept is, and at what point are we weighing it against? Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Joey Diabolic on New Music, Horror, and Living in Hollywood
Ghost Cult Keefy caught up with Joey Diabolic last year, to discuss his latest album “Just Drive!” Joey is a multi-hyphenate talent: music, composing, producing, visual arts, graphic design, web design, musicians services and more! We talked to Joey about his decision to relocate to Los Angeles from New York, his love of horror, his new album, and much more!Continue reading
INTERVIEW: From Goth Legends to a New Album: Lol Tolhurst and Budgie Share Their Journey
Ghost Cult caught up with Lol Tolhurst (founding drummer of The Cure ) & Budgie (ex Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Slits) legends of Goth and alternative Rock last fall for a chat. Lol released his book “GOTH: A History,” via Hachette Books last fall and it is a personal and deep account Goth music and the greater culture. Budgie wrote the forward of the book and both gents shared their knowledge about the scene and history! They also released a collab album last last year as Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee debut album “Los Angeles,” which we also discussed as well.
ALBUM REVIEW: Darkplace – About the End of the World
There are a few artists in history whose identity is shrouded in secrecy – The Residents, Buckethead, the majority of Goat and Darkplace. In an age where social media is so prevalent and where privacy is seemingly such a dirty word, it’s refreshing that Darkplace has chosen to keep himself/herself(?) anonymous so as to let the music do the talking. Based in Sweden About the End of the World (Icons Creating Evil Art) marks the mysterious entity’s debut full-length.