Returning this summer over four days from the 1st to the 4th of August at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Rebellion Festival has once again pulled together a line-up that runs the full length and breadth of worldwide alternative and punk rock culture. From the four iconic, genre-defining headline artists of The Stranglers, Sham 69, Cock Sparrer and Stiff Little Fingers to the young upstarts kicking up a racket in 2024 like The Chisel, The Meffs, Grade 2, Bar Stool Preachers, HotWax, and Meryl Streek, Rebellion Festival displays an ageless and timeless event annually that demonstrates just how big and welcoming our punk rock family continues to grow. Tickets and other info can be found at the links below. Continue reading
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Metallica Announces The Last Call for Fan Content From Their “Load” and “ReLoad” Albums for Future Box Sets
Metallica has asked fans for a last call for content from their controversial late 1990s albums Load and ReLoad. You can read a message below from the band seeking fan content from an era just at the start of the internet and pre-social media. The deadline for submissions is today, January 31st, 2024.
ALBUM REVIEW: Metallica – 72 Seasons
And so the Metallica riff machine rolls on! forty years after their debut album Kill Em All (1983) laid the blueprint for the Thrash Metal genre, they return with record number … well that’s kind of up for debate depending on how you view their discography, and whether you count live albums, covers album and erm collaborations. But 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings Inc) is here, their latest artistic statement four decades into a career that has seen them rise from the US West Coast underground, to become the most successful Heavy Metal band of all time. Continue reading
SONIC VOYAGE: Metallica – The Discography 1983-2023
Get ready to embark on a musical journey like no other with our new series Sonic Voyage – the Discography show hosted by the one and only Ojayy of Ghost Cult Mag. For our first episode – Metallica! Whether you’re a die-hard music fanatic, or just wondering how many albums a band has, Sonic Voyage is the new destination for exploring the depths of the music world.
Metallica is Seeking Fan Content for Load and ReLoad for Future Deluxe Box Sets
Metallica has asked fans to once again support their plans for a new series of deluxe box set reissues of their controversial late 1990s albums Load and ReLoad. You can read a message below from the band seeking fan content from an era just at the start of the internet and pre-social media. ReLoad turns 25 in 2022 and Load turned 25 last year. Read Ghost Cult’s retrospective on Load here:
CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Metallica’s Controversial Album “Load” Turns 25 Years-Old
There is almost no band in history that had a success akin to “The Black Album.” Metallica exploded the band of the same name from the underground and made Rock, Heavy Metal, and yes, even Thrash as mainstream as it was ever going to get for a hot minute. From 1991-1995 Metallica was everywhere on tour, pop radio, MTV, Antarctica, Woodstock 1994 as the headliner, and much more. They were unstoppable. They sold tons of albums when it was only CDs and cassettes. They transformed the culture of underground heavy music and themselves in the process, and you can still feel the ripples in the industry from it. Like it or not, they changed everything.
Watch Metallica Play Live in Melbourne for #MetallicaMondays
Metallica’s weekly concert series #MetallicaMondays continued Monday night as fans watched the band blast through classics and more recent material at the bands’ 2013 concert in Melbourne, Australia! As they do every week, the band will host simultaneous fundraisers benefiting All Within My Hands via YouTube and Facebook. Generous donations like these help AWMH provide grants like those for Feeding America, Direct Relief, Crew Nation, and the USBG National Charity Foundation in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Watch at the link below. Continue reading
Watch Metallica Play Live in Manchester for #MetallicaMondays
Metallica’s weekly concert series #MetallicaMondays continued Monday night as fans watched the band shred through classics and more recent material at the bands’ 2019 concert in Manchester, UK! As they do every week, the band will host simultaneous fundraisers benefiting All Within My Hands via YouTube and Facebook. Generous donations like these help AWMH provide grants like those for Feeding America, Direct Relief, Crew Nation, and the USBG National Charity Foundation in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Watch at the link below. Continue reading
Watch Metallica Play Live in Manchester in 2019, Tonight for #MetallicaMondays
Metallica’s weekly concert series #MetallicaMondays continues tonight with a livestream of the bands’ 2019 concert in Manchester, UK! The show is from their recent WorldWired Tour. As they do every week, the band will host simultaneous fundraisers benefiting All Within My Hands via YouTube and Facebook. During the first two shows alone, fans raised tens of 1000s of dollars. Generous donations like these help AWMH provide grants like those for Feeding America, Direct Relief, Crew Nation, and the USBG National Charity Foundation in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Watch at the link below. Continue reading
Watch Metallica Play Live in Salt Lake City in 1997, Tonight for #MetallicaMondays
Metallica’s weekly concert series #MetallicaMondays continues tonight with a livestream of the bands’ 1997 concert in Salt Lake City, Utah! As they do every week, the band will host simultaneous fundraisers benefiting All Within My Hands via YouTube and Facebook. The show is from their 1997 Poor Touring Me tour from the Load-era (Elektra Records). During the first two shows alone, fans raised tens of 1000s of dollars. Generous donations like these help AWMH provide grants like those for Feeding America, Direct Relief, Crew Nation, and the USBG National Charity Foundation in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Watch at the link below. Continue reading