Chelsea Wolfe continues on in support of her “career-spanning magnum opus” (Bandcamp) She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She, released earlier this year via Loma Vista Recordings. A beautifully stripped-down performance featuring Ben Chisholm on piano and Wolfe on guitar, the duo performs She Reaches Out highlights “Dusk,” “Place In The Sun,” and “Whispers In The Echo Chamber,” along with “Flatlands” from Wolfe’s 2012 acoustic album Unknown Rooms. Continue reading
Philadelphia’s Soul Glo recently performed an episode of the infamous Tiny Desk Concert Series at NPR’s studios. Not only are the they first Hardcore band ever invited to perform there, but they also inspired Tiny’s Desk’s first-ever Mosh Pit! They performed four songs including a few from their stellar 2022 release Diaspora Problems, plus last year’s stand-alone single, “Driponomics.” The band is about head out on tour as direct support for Mannequin Pussy this spring and play No Values Fest in June. Watch it now! Continue reading
Baroness drops their highly anticipated new album Gold & Grey via their Abraxan Hymns label this Friday, June 14th! Stream the entire new album now at NPR! Continue reading
Thou has been killing it lately, with stellar releases, an amazing tour with Eyehategod, and a career-redefining turn (several sets actually) at Roadburn Festival 2019. Now watch the band reinvent themselves once again at NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert”. Claimed ny NPR as the first metal band to perform at Tiny Desk, watch this haunting three-song set from the band. Continue reading
Legendary drone masters SunnO))) will release their new album Life Metal, due out digitally on April 26th, via Southern Lord. The band just held some special Record Store Day listening parties and exclusive vinyl and CD releases, and now thanks to NPR, you can stream the full album over a week early! Check it out!Continue reading
Metal and World Music have been colliding for four decades. As pop culture gets more exposed heavy music from all over the world thanks to social media, it’s cool to see recognition of it from the major mainstream press. NPR this weekend profiled The Hu, Mongolian born and bred musicians, blending traditional music of their homeland with rock and metal. Author and reporter Katya Cengel has lived in Mongolia and is passionate about the people and the culture took a great approach to identify the factors that led The Hu To get their music out to the world via YouTube. The band has millions of hits on YouTube with just two videos, which you can see below. You can check out the original article here. We look forward to more from The Hu soon! Continue reading
As previously reported at Ghost Cult, High On Fire’s new album will be released on October 5, 2018, via Entertainment One (eOne). The legendary band has shared the first new music, the title track for you to rock out to over at NPR. It is a tribute to band hero and late Motorhead frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister. Check it out!Continue reading
Deafheaven has shared their entire new album Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (ANTI) a week early via NPR. The album is due out next Friday, July 13th. You can hear the album and pre-order it in many formats now. Continue reading
Royal Thunder recently made a special visit to the NPR studios to be part of their “Tiny Desk” concert series, and as you’ll see in the performance footage of ‘Anchor’, ‘April Showers’, and ‘Plans’ below, Mlny Parsonz‘s sensational voice and the band’s skill absolutely captivated the lucky fans in attendance. Continue reading
With a little over a week away until its release, Deafheaven have made their new album New Bermuda available for streaming at NPR’s “First Listen”. You can stream the album at this link or below:
Deafheaven’s New Bermuda releases next Friday, October 2nd from Anti-Records.
New Bermuda track listing:
01 Brought to the Water
02 Luna
03 Baby Blue
04 Come Back
05 Gifts for the Earth