Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia new record Here Be Dragons (Napalm Records) continues their bombastic brand of Meatloaf Metal. It is the German metal outfit’s tenth album and it is typically intense and grand in scale.Continue reading
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INTERVIEW: Lauren Babic of Red Handed Denial Talks About “A Journey Through Virtual Dystopia”
In this episode – Keefy chats with Lauren Babic of rising Toronto Metal band Red Handed Denial! Lauren was here to discuss their recent album “A Journey Through Virtual Dystopia” out now via Paid Vacation Records! We chatted about her unlikely route to becoming a powerhouse metal vocalist, how she and the band have grown together over the years, her approach to vocal creativity and songwriting, and much more!Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Killswitch Engage – This Consequence
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?
ALBUM REVIEW: Open Kasket – Trials Of Failure
You either love Beatdown Death Metal and all its violence-even-though-it’s-carefully-controlled live atmosphere, or you think it’s a bunch of amped-up spinkickers with no respect for their surroundings.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Vertex – The Purest Light
For a microgenre that asserts itself to be progressive and quite serious, the result in regards to band members is quite the opposite. Djent, while having quite serious origins in the progressive metal-sphere, quickly turned quite tongue-in-cheek, with even big hitters Periphery using their tongue-in-cheek album title Djent is not a genre as a light-hearted jab at the genre. Vertex, on the other hand, seem like they’re bringing in a more serious tone to the scene, taking inspiration from huge acts in the acne with their debut EP in 2019, the band have been hard at work to follow this up with their debut album, The Purest Light (Le Cri Du Charbon). This may have taken over 5 years, but the band has grafted hard to create this 53-minute behemoth. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE: Yesterday’s Hero Shares a New Music Video for “What I Needed”
Ohio Metal act Yesterday’s Hero has dropped a new music video for their song “What I Needed,” from their 2023 album Ways To Hate. The clip highlights overcoming adversity we can all relate to, and the track is a banger! Catchy enough to glue into your ears, and heavy enough for the moshers. Ghost Cult is stoked to team up with the band for this premiere, which you can check out below. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Stick To Your Guns – Keep Planting Flowers
When Stick To Your Guns are firing on all cylinders, it really is top-notch melodic-tinged Hardcore. And their latest full-length is a shining example.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: CMPT – Na utrini
CMPT weaves an impressive atmosphere on Na utrini (Osmose Productions). The Balkan black metal band sets themselves apart from the pack by not just going full blast in your face. Not falling victim to the sophomore slump, the band is assured in what they are doing here. The choked rasp of the vocals to the most prominent element to ground the band in his sub-genre. It moves along with an eerie creep. It’s not until the second song that the drummer begins to push for more momentum, This restraint is their strength, as there is no shortage of Black Metal bands out there still trying to bleed blast-beats from the late nineties era sound, that find too much conformity coming from a misanthropic genre. Here the guitars tap into the trademark metallic buzz of black metal, but the band has already set the stage for a wider range of dynamics, making this a more well-balanced listen.Continue reading
PODCAST: Glacially Musical 211 – Obituary – “Cause Of Death” Reviewed
Nik and Keefy of Ghost Cult tackle the second album from Obituary, “Cause of Death!” The album cover rules, but the music has nothing to do with it. Discuss!
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