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Andkristni Festival 2025 Books Exclusive Headliner Forteresse, with Auðn, MÚR, and More

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Last year’s Andkristni Festival was a remarkable success, made possible by the unwavering support of our incredible crew, the talented bands, and our dedicated guests. To everyone who joined us, we extend our deepest thanks—your energy and passion made the festival unforgettable. Now, we are thrilled to make a groundbreaking announcement for the highly anticipated 25th anniversary of the Andkristni Festival. This year’s event will feature an exclusive headlining performance by Forteresse, making their historic debut in Iceland.Continue reading →


Desertfest Berlin 2025 Reveals First Day-Splits, ft. Dinosaur Jr., Elder, The Hellacopters, and More

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2025 will see Desertfest Berlin undoubtedly invite for its perhaps best and most eclectic line-up to date, featuring an incredible line-up consisting of Dinosaur Jr., The Hellacopters, Elder, Eyehategod, My Sleeping Karma and many more high-class acts the stoner, rock, doom, sludge, psych, and metal scene has to offer! Today, the festival has revealed its first line-up splits for Friday, Saturday and Sunday!Continue reading →


Post. Festival 2025 Books This Will Destroy You, Glacier, Pillars, and We Lost The Sea

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The annual celebration of the expansive realms of post-Rock, post-Metal, post-Hardcore, and post-Punk, known as Post. Festival, is set to return to Indianapolis from July 24-26, 2025, at the HiFi & HiFi Annex. Celebrating its sustained growth since its founding in 2018, the festival is proud to announce an exciting lineup featuring headliners such as This Will Destroy You, Glacier, Pillars, We Lost The Sea, and more bands to be announced! Watch The 2024 Post. recap video!Continue reading →


Beyond the Gates 2025 Adds King Diamond, Opeth, Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Taake, Tribulation, Lucifer, Hexvessel, and More! 

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Cult extreme metal festival Beyond the Gates are now revealing their full 2025 line-up. 11 new bands have been confirmed, including King Diamond, Opeth, Paradise Lost, Candlemass, Taake, Tribulation, Lucifer, Hexvessel, Misþyrming, Attic, Helheim and Gehenna.

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FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Eindhoven Metal Meeting Kicks Off Today with Katatonia, Carpathian Forest, Dark Funeral, Alfanhanne, and More

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The long-running great Black and Death Metal Festival Eindhoven Metal Meeting kicks off today at the legendary Effenaar venue in the Netherlands. Ghost Cult is honored to once again cover the fest, which we have supported for the majority of its history. Leading the stacked lineup this year are Katatonia, Carpathian Forest, Dark Funeral, Alfanhanne, and many more! The fest will start today with a warm-up party and follow up with full lineups on Friday and Saturday, with another round of killer bands. Last-minute combination tickets are still avaialble at the links below. Check out our day-by-day list of bands and the running-order time schedule as well, here. Continue reading →


PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 11-15-24

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PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 10-18-24

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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Dynamo Festival 2024 Part 2 Live in Eindhoven

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Early on the Saturday, we return to the Eindhoven icerink for the second day of Dynamo Metalfest. With the first band starting at noon, it’s a fairly long day. Today we have Headliners Dimmu Borgir on the menu, as well as Amaranthe, Flotsam & Jetsam, Forbidden, and more!  Continue reading →


FESTIVAL REVIEW: Desertfest New York 2024 Live at Various Venues

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The fourth installment of Desert Fest NYC has now come and gone. I want to start by thanking the crew, they ran a three-day fest with everything starting on time and limited technical difficulties throughout the fest, they worked their backsides off and it showed.  

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Heavy Psych Sounds Fest London ft. Black Tusk, Dozer, The Black Rainbows, Margarita Witch Cult, Alunah, Mr. Bison, and More Announce Day Splits

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Desertscene London and Heavy Psych Sounds Records announce the day splits for the 2024 edition of Heavy Psych Sounds Fest London, to take place in the heart of Camden Town this November 2nd and 3rd. The fest returns to London after four years this fall to make Camden Town rumble and crumble under the mighty fuzz assault of some of the most revered bands in the stoner, doom, psych, and heavy rock scene! Check out the day splits below and get your tickets now! 

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