Sad news as James Cody Lollar, who made music under the moniker Gost (Gost1980s online), has died. No cause of death has been revealed. Gost blended his extreme metal influences with synthwave and darkwave in groundbreaking fashion for the better part of two decades. Ghost Cult had the privilege of covering his live shows all over the world, as well as an interview with him for last year’s stellar apocalyptic album Prophecy (Metal Blade Records). RIP. Continue reading
The term “heavy” is most often associated with Metal. But Metal is not the only genre of music capable of invoking heaviness. Of all the other genres capable of tapping into heaviness, synthwave is not going to be first on the list. Continue reading
GosT has, since 2013, been the vehicle for producer and singer James Lollar. Loosely fitting into the synthwave bracket, GosT’s music in fact takes influence from many areas including post-punk, industrial and black metal. Moreover, Lollar has regularly shared stages with metal bands including Pig Destroyer, The Black Dahlia Murder and Mayhem, as well as fellow synthwave acts such as Perturbator and Carpenter Brut.