GHOST CULT MAGAZINE TOP 75 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2024


Last-minute slinky Norwegian jesters aside, our dedicated and awesome team of writers, photographers, editors, contributors, alumni, designers and what have you, have come together to work through our regular collaborative and demographic confirmation of those albums that tickled our collective pickle in 2024.Continue reading


PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 11-28-24


Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! 

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PODCAST: Episode 609 – Tom Osman Interviews Insect Ark’s Dana Schechter all About “Raw Blood Singing”


In this episode, Ghost Cult’s Managing Editor Tom Osman chatted with past GCM interviewee Dana Schechter of Insect Ark (and many other projects such as Bee and Flower and Swans)! The new Insect Ark album Raw Blood Singing was released on June 7th, via Debemur Morti Productions! Dana has been evolving this project over many years and this may be the crowning achievements of her career.  They chatted about her career, finding her singing voice again, her time in Germany during lockdown, how she came to be a resident of Berlin today, working with Khanate’s Tim Wyskida, her contribution to the last Swans album and tour, and much more! Enjoy the chat and purchase the new album below! Continue reading


NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – New Rock and Metal Releases 6-7-24


What looks and sounds cool this week?

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ALBUM REVIEW: Insect Ark – Raw Blood Singing


On Raw Blood Singing (Debemur Morti Productions), Insect Ark returns with an otherworldly and compelling sci-fi landscape of noir, subtle menace and mystery.  Continue reading


PREVIEW: New Music Friday – New Rock and Metal Releases 6-7-24


What looks and sounds cool this week?

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ALBUM REVIEW: Insect Ark – The Vanishing


For over eight years, Dana Schechter and Ashley Spungin created heavy, eerie soundscapes as Brooklyn-based duo Insect Ark. When this fragmented last year, with a new album and US tour in the pipeline, leading force Schechter found herself in a tight corner until a serendipitous union with former SubRosa drummer Andy Patterson enabled the renewed probability of both. Tour almost complete, it’s time for the fourth album The Vanishing (Profound Lore Records) to hit the airwaves and Patterson’s influence, together with a more intense writing process, sees the band’s sound throb with added weight.Continue reading


NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: February 28th New Music Releases


 

Purchase And Stream All The New Music Released Today!

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Insect Ark Steams Entire New Album “ The Vanishing” 


Psychedelic Doom Metal band Insect Ark are streaming their entire new album today, over at Metal Injection at the link below. The Vanishing releases this Friday, February 28th 2020 via Profound Lore Records. Jam it out now!Continue reading