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Keefy sits down with Nick Holmes of Paradise Lost to explore their latest studio effort, Ascension, released September 19, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records. This is the band’s 17th album, their most refined work in years, blending gothic metal and death/doom with a clear creative focus. Nick explains how the songwriting process has evolved, self-producing, and how they balance heaviness and melody while staying true to the Paradise Lost sound.Continue reading
In this episode, Keefy catches up with James Kent, a.k.a. Perturbator, who has just relelased his killer new album “Age of Aquarius” via Nuclear Blast Records! Ghost Cult has covered James for all of our existence (both as a zine and website), and have been lucky enough to cover him all over the world live, including Roadburn Festival. We went deep on his entire career, adding more Goth and Synthwave to his post-Punk, Black Metal, and EBM influences, working with friends and guests such as Alcest, Ulver, Author & Punisher, and Greta Link! As a bonus for Halloween; he shared his favorite horror movies, and soundtrack composers!Continue reading
US thrash legends, Death Angel, recently dropped their new single, “Cult of the Used,” their 2nd new song in 6 years. Coming via Nuclear Blast Records, the track is accompanied by an animated video created by Tamara Llenas of Aimed and Framed. Watch it below and find out more.
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Type O Negative are currently mixing a new live album, their first live album since the death of founder and leader Peter Steele, who died in 2010. The album will have a presumed 2026 release, likely via the bands’ new label Nuclear Blast Records. Guitarist Kenny Hickey told Loaded Radio in a lengtly interview (transcribed in parts by Blabbermouth.net) Continue reading
Heavy metal legend, acclaimed filmmaker and pop culture icon Rob Zombie returns for his 8th studio album, The Great Satan, out February 27th from Nuclear Blast Records. Following the success of his Top 10 charting record The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (2021), Zombie is back, revisiting his early Hellbilly roots for a slaughterhouse of anthemic punk-infused heavy rock/metal. Out today is the record’s first single, “Punks And Demons,” accompanied by a video directed by Zombie.Continue reading
On Para Bellum – (Nuclear Blast Records) Testament continues to uphold the legacy of quality decades in the making. Despite not being the household name like the bands of the Big Four, these had chops that rivaled Megadeth’s most shredding line-up. Of the Big Four, Slayer was the only band darker and more aggressive than the classic mid-to-late Eighties period for this band. While this new order marks the debut of Chris Dovas, the former drummer of Seven Spires, whose youthful exuberance gets the job done. Bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Death To All), who goes back to “The Gathering.”Continue reading
Arizona metal trailblazers, Soulfly, are gathering their forces for the October 24th release of their thirteenth album, Chama, on Nuclear Blast Records. The band have now shared the record’s new single, “Nihilist,” featuring Todd Jones of Nails, and accompanied by a music video directed by Costin Chioreanu. Watch it below and find out more.
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Teutonic metal titans, Kreator, will drop their sixteenth studio album, Krushers Of The World, on January 16, via Nuclear Blast Records. They have also unleashed the new single, “Seven Serpents,” accompanied by a cinematic music video, and announced a European tour, with Carcass, Exodus, and Nails for March and April 2026. Catch the video, live listings, and more below.
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American heavy metal icons, Corrosion Of Conformity, have just dropped their own rendition of “Fire And Water,” originally released by English rock band, Free, in 1970. It came about spontaneously, while recording their forthcoming new full-length, set for release next year, via Nuclear Blast Records. The track serves as the first of the Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions, a collection of interpretations of songs by some of the band’s favorite artists. Watch the “Fire And Water” video below.
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Bay Area thrash metal icons Testament return this Fall with their fourteenth studio album, Para Bellum. The album, which will be released on October 10th via Nuclear Blast Records, stands as both a battle cry and an observation of humanity’s uneasy alliance with its own creations. The band’s latest single, “Shadow People,” is a haunting and groovy track that will have you looking over your shoulder. It creates a vivid sense of unease and dread – both lyrically and musically – as if something from the unknown is coming for you. Watch the animated video created by Freakshot Films, here: