Hailing from Canada, Metalcore connoisseur ONI kicks off the new year with new five-track EP, Genesis (Self-Released). Each song has a sound massive enough to blow the roof off a stadium, yet accessible to a wide enough audience that fans from Metal and Pop scenes alike could easily appreciate it.Continue reading
Since originally forming decades ago, the name of Killswitch Engage has become synonymous with the metal-core genre as a whole. It is impossible to have a discussion of what makes the best albums and artists in the subgenre, without the veteran band being mentioned at least once. Throughout their careers, the band have strived on to create some of the most iconic melodies and songs that could have only come from this band, amongst the thousands that make up metalcore. Now on their ninth studio album, This Consequence (Metal Blade Records), the band are taking it again up another level, according to their frontman Jesse Leach. Can the band fulfill these lofty highs now so far into their career?
Despite only releasing their first music at the turn of the decade, UK Rockers, Juliet’s Not Dead have been hard at work, grafting away, releasing numerous EPs and even their first debut album over the past 5 years. Now ready to demonstrate where the band plan to move onto, comes their sophomore release The World Is Ours (TMR Records). Just like the name implies, the band have lofty goals when it comes to their music. Hiring Grammy-nominated producer, Romesh Dodangoda, to bring that extra flair and sleek sound design to their music, the band have a lot of hopes and dreams riding on this album.Continue reading
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Nik and Keefy of Ghost Cult Magazine are joined by Danny Nichols of Capuchin Punks (ex-Torchlight Parade) to discuss the best rock or metal album of each year of the 1980s.Continue reading
It’s a cliche, but this album blew me away. Blew me away like the guy in the old Maxell ads. But that’s not right because you cannot listen to ALT BLK ERA’s Rave Immortal (Earache Records) without legit dancing. Finds like this are why I love doing these reviews. Let me do a reset to where I first hit “play”.Continue reading
On October 25, Aussie punk icons Amyl and the Sniffers released their highly anticipated third studio album, Cartoon Darkness, via B2B Records and Virgin Music Group. This record follows the band’s 2021 sophomore album, Comfort To Me, and provides a heightened sense of poetic lyricism and societal commentary from the band, who are currently making themselves known as one of Punk’s most prominent names.Continue reading
Miracle Blood’s latest album Hello Hell would serve as a standout piece within any punk music lover’s record collection. Their new album Hello Hell, released by Nefarious Industries, is a cacophonous concoction of noise-punk, sludge, and heavy metal. The band’s sophomore LP is strange and unusual, and may be found to be the next underground favorite of those who themselves are strange and unusual.Continue reading
In this episode, Ghost Cult Keefy caught up with our friends in Crobot! Kicking off a new more DIY-focused era of the band with their new album “Obsidian!” Except for distribution via Megaforce Records, the band are in control of their own destiny on this sinister, moody, but rocking new album! We chatted about the band’s growth over the years, how jazzed they are to play their new material on the road, and much more!   Â
SKAM are a trio from Leicester who make a big noise. Their new album From The Depths (Self-Released/Earache Digital Distribution) is their fourth offering and follows the time travelling concept of 2017’s The Amazing Memoirs of Geoffrey Goddard with straight-up, high octane Hard Rock.
In this episode #205, Nik, Keefy, and guest host Don De Leuamont of Southeast of Heaven and Talking the Talk with Don review Foreigner’s second album, Double Vision!Continue reading