END OF YEAR GUEST POST: Chained Saint’s Top Ten Albums of 2024


Wrapping up all the business of 2024 with some fun End of Year Guest Posts from bands, friends, music industry pals, label types, and assorted good fiends! Check out this list from the guys in Chained Saint!Continue reading


GHOST CULT MAGAZINE TOP 75 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2024

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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


EP REVIEW: No Cure – I Hope I Die Here


Alabama is a state with a very well-known identity and stereotype, often ascribed as being synonymous with the uneducated, right-wing conservative types. It is aspirational that the hardcore troup, No Cure, want to change that for the better. All bands have gotta start somewhere, and with a list of features, your arm’s length, No Cure certainly are reaching high with their brand new EP I Hope I Die Here (SharpTone Records). 

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Korn, Muse, Scorpions, Linkin Park, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, and More Booked for Hellfest Open Air 2025


  

The Hellfest Open Air festival 2025 has booked a huge lineup. Taking place from June 19th to 22nd in Clisson, France, the fest features headlining performances from Korn, Muse, Scorpions, and Linkin Park, as well as, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, Jerry Cantrell, Jinjer, Turnstile, Unto Others, The Warning, VOLA, Alcest, Abbath (Doom occulta set), SUNN O))), HEALTH, Russian Circles, Chat Pile, Savatage, Dream Theater and more out of a total of 184 bands. A “very special guest” yet to be revealed for June 20th.Continue reading


Watch Knocked Loose and Poppy on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Fans React Angrily to Underground Metal on Mainstream TV


Fans of late-night host and comedy icon Jimmy Kimmel are demanding a formal apology following Knocked Loose’s performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! show this week, which featured the rising metal band, and guest star Poppy! the performance has thrilled fans the world over, and has also caused a backlash among viewers after the show’s taping! Fans have flocked to social media and forums demanding a formal apology from Kimmel, claiming the broadcast gave “inadequate context” and “didn’t align with the tone” they expected. Watch the performance and the fan comments, another “W” for metalheads everywhere! Knocked Loose has had a banner year and there is no slowing down this train!Continue reading


When We Were Young 2025 Books Panic At The Disco, Blink-182, Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, All Time Low, The Used, letlive., Knocked Loose, Bad Religion, Yellowcard, Ice Nine Kills, Beartooth, and More! 


Fresh off the sold-out, but challenging festival for 2024, When We Were Young 2025 has booked Panic At The Disco, Blink-182, Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, All Time Low, The Used, Knocked Loose, Bad Religion, Yellowcard, Ice Nine Kills, Beartooth, Motionless in White, Pvris, letlive., We Came As Romans, I Prevail, Loathe, Mayday Parade, The Gaslight Anthem and More! Sign up for the presale that starts Friday 11/1 at 10am PT. All tickets start at $19.99 down.Continue reading


FESTIVAL REVIEW: Slipknot’s Knotfest Iowa Live at Water Works Park 


To celebrate twenty-five years at the wheel, Slipknot brought the show back to Iowa for a one-day event at Water Works Park in the lovely midwestern town of Des Moines. 

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FESTIVAL NEWS: Slipknot, Till Lindemann (Rammstein), Knocked Loose, Hatebreed, Poison The Well, Gwar, Vended, Dying Wish, and More Set to Perform at Knotfest Iowa Today


Knotfest Iowa is upon us. Today the globally renowned event has revealed its 2024 lineup including the hometown return of Slipknot, the festival’s headliner and founders.  With a unique set drawing heavily from their 1999 debut, Slipknot will celebrate 25 years of the self-titled album along with their fans, in the band’s birthplace of Iowa.  The band just played their first two shows with their new lineup in California outside of a small bar and at Sick New World Festival!

In addition to Slipknot, the fest features Till Lindemann from Rammstein, Kentucky’s vibrant hardcore/metal forerunners Knocked Loose, metalcore influencers Hatebreed and Poison The Well, heavy metal icons GWAR, Des Moines natives Vended, in addition to Dying Wish, Zulu, Twin Temple, Holy Wars, Swollen Teeth and Spine & Dose. Taking place at Waterworks Park, in Des Moines on September 21st. Continue reading


Vended Drop Their Latest Single and Video “Serenity” – New Album Coming Soon



Des Moines metal bruisers, Vended, have shared their brand new track, “Serenity,” and its official video, directed by Derek Rathbun. The five-piece have taken the single from their upcoming, self-titled, debut album, which is set for release on September 20th. Check out the new video and more in the article below.
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