In this episode, Ghost Cult Keefy breaks down all the essential releases for this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday for Rock and Metal fans (with a few more releases thrown in for good measure). Continue reading
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Throwlight Share Their Single “No Fate” – New Album Coming Soon
Southern California alt/metal/hip-hop group, Throwlight, have just dropped their 3rd single, “No Fate,” across digital streaming services. It is the latest track in the lead up to their debut album, Monster, due for release on November 1st. The album features guest appearances from Slug of Atmosphere and Rhymesayers artist Blueprint on the song “Midnight.” Check out the new track below.
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Bad Wolves Share Their New Single and Video “Hungry For Life” Featuring Chris Daughtry
Hard rock group, Bad Wolves, have just digitally released their new track, “Hungry For Life,” via Better Noise Music records. For this song, the band collaborated with rock singer-songwriter Chris Daughtry. They are also currently on tour in the US with P.O.D. and others. Keep reading below for the new track and more from Bad Wolves.
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Bad Wolves Book US Tour Dates with P.O.D.
Bad Wolves, have announced that they will perform as as direct support to P.O.D. on the I Got That tour in the US this Spring. Additional support comes from Norma Jean and Blind Channel. Dates kick off on Sunday, April 28th through Friday, May 31st while Bad Wolves also stop at festivals including Welcome To Rockville and Inkcarceration. This will mark vocalist/guitarist AJ Rebollo’s (ex-Issues) first trek as a full-time member, previously filling in on winter 2023 dates with Bush and Eva Under Fire. Find the full live listings below.
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INTERVIEW: Estevan Vega of Capulet Entertainment on Booking This Year’s Fest, and DIY Music
Author and Promoter Estevan Vega of Capulet Entertainment joins Ghost Cult Keefy to chat about the upcoming Capulet Fest 2023. The fest takes place at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut July 1 and 2nd, and features Memphis May Fire, Norma Jean, All That Remains, Anberlin, A Skylit Drive, Emery, Within The Ruins, and many more! We chatted with Estevan about his ten-year journey booking shows and now festivals, what it takes to book a festival and do it professionally, his career as an author, and more!
Capulet Fest 2023 Books Memphis May Fire, Norma Jean, All That Remains, Anberlin, A Skylit Drive, Emery, Within The Ruins and More
Norma Jean, by Meg Loyal Photography
Capulet Festival returns to Connecticut this summer for an even bigger event than ever before. Taking place at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut July 1 and 2nd, the first features a ton of Metal, Metalcore, and post-Hardcore bands. Headlining the fest are Memphis May Fire and Norma Jean on night one, and All That Remains and Anberlin on night 2. They will be joined by A Skylit Drive, Emery, A Skylit Drive (playing Wires in full), Secrets, For the Fallen Dreams, Until I Wake, Famous Last Words, Catch Your Breath, Spoken, Outline in Color, Set for the Fall, Versus Me, Saul, Nerv, Awake at Last, VRSTY, Dead By Wednesday, Nowhere Left, and Magnets for Maniacs on night one. Night two also features Woe is Me, Savage Hands, Picturesque, Within the Ruins, Convictions, Any Given Sin, Dreamwake, Horizon Theory, Kingsmen, Uncured, Kill the Imposter, Rise Among Rivals, Destroy / Create, Little Us, Saved By Skarlet, and Gina Fritz.
MxPx To Headline Furnace Fest 2023 with Turnstile, Bane, and Pennywise
MxPx is gearing up for a busy 2023! Today, the band announced they will be headlining Furnace Fest in Birmingham, AL this Fall, closing the first night on September 22, 2023. Other headliners on the fest include Turnstile, Bane, and Pennywise. With new music on the way, the band plans to be making more appearances this year, including the highly raved-about When We Were Young Festival in 2023 alongside Blink-182 and Green Day (now with an additional day).
ALBUM REVIEW: Norma Jean – Deathrattle Sing For Me
If you know your old sayings, it is considered something akin to poor taste to judge a book by its cover. Yet, if you apply twisted logic and judge the new Norma Jean album by its song titles… well, you might just be onto something and assume the Atlantan metalcore mainstays took the Timewave Zero route Blood Incantation trekked through, while remaining heavy and fierce. Continue reading
REVIEWS ROUND-UP: EP’s ft. Creature – Terminal Nation and Kruelty – Asylum City Zoo – Lydia’s Castle – orphantwin
Creature – Haunt (self-released)
Like the slow walk around the empty, dark house at the start of A.N.Other horror film (it’ll be in Gary Alcock’s collection x666) the brooding, bruising opening minute of ‘All’ is an ominous introduction that lulls into a false sense of security, peeling things back before the swinging axe of a looping guitar-crush lands to decapitate.
