Pantera, Tool, Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold will headline the 2023 edition of the Welcome To Rockville festival, set to take place May 18-21 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Also scheduled to appear are Deftones, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Evanescence, Incubus, Queens Of The Stone Age, Alice Cooper, Chevelle, and Coheed & Cambria, among many others. Tickets are on sale now at the link below.
In a new feature here, we recap the biggest stories of the week that was here at Ghost Cult! We went over ten, but we are rebels at heart! This week you seemed to realy enjoy our Devin Townsend content, a new version of a GNR classic, a live review about the upstart band Soap Girls, Metallica stuff, Slipknot’s future plans, the return of The Black Dahlia Murder, our interviews with In Flames – author Andrew Thorp King – and the co-founder of Damnation Festival, Lamb of God saying take a good hard look at the m@!%!% boat, our coverage of Riot Fest, sending love and support to Lingua Ignota, and more!Continue reading
Puscifer has shared a new music video for their track “Man Overboard” from their “Parole Violator” concert film. The band hosted two live-stream concert films events this past Halloween weekend. “Parole Violator: A Puscifer Concert Film Featuring Conditions Of My Parole” & “V Is For Versatile: A Puscifer Concert Film Featuring Music From The V Is For… Era.” Both are not exteneded through November 7th. Watch the video here.
As first revealed when Maynard James Keenan recently sat down for an interview with Rick Beato, Puscifer will host two live-stream concert films events on Halloween weekend. “Parole Violator: A Puscifer Concert Film Featuring Conditions Of My Parole” & “V Is For Versatile: A Puscifer Concert Film Featuring Music From The V Is For… Era.” Watch the trailer here:
Sprung from the superego of Maynard James Keenan (Tool, aperfectcircle) electro-Goth comedy troupe Puscifer has delighted fans with a companion remix collection for each of their studio albums. True to form, the band will release a track-by-track reimagining Existential Reckoning: Rewired (December 9, Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG). Pre-orders are live now with merch and NFTs, at the link below and you can catch the band on tour in North America soon.
Ghost Cult caught up with Billy Howerdel (also of a perfect circle) to discuss his new solo album – What Normal Was (Alchemy Records, Rise Records, BMG). Billy discusses his career up to now, the choice to use his own name instead of Ashes Divide, letting his 1980s influences fly on the new album, his upcoming tour dates, and some plans for a perfect circle too. Continue reading
Puscifer will bring their theatrical and immersive live show to stages across the USA this summer their first full tour since 2016. They will also appear at Bonnaroo Festival. Featuring Maynard James Keenan (Tool, a perfect circle), Mat Mitchell, and Carina Round tour in support of their album from 2020, Existential Reckoning (Alchemy Recordings/Puscifer Entertainment/BMG). The dates, which kick off June 9 at The Smith Center in Las Vegas, include the group’s largest scale performances to date with shows slated for Los Angeles’ venerable Greek Theatre (site of Keenan’s one-time-only Cinquanta mini festival), Brooklyn’s movie palace-turned-concert-hall Kings Theater and the state-of-the-art Mission Ballroom in Denver. Moodie Black will open all dates. Watch a music video from Agent Dick Merkin of Pusciforce, with his report. Tickets go on-sale Feb. 18th, 2022 at the link below.
As we previously reported, Puscifer is launching Puscifer TV on November 12th, an on-demand service for the bands video content past, [present, and future. Newly announced is the Maynard James Keenan’s (Tool, aperfectcircle) led “A Curmudgeon’s Guide To Divine Collisions And Pythagorean Oenology” special. It features a candid one-on-one conversation from 2016 “A Perfect Union Of Contrary Things” Book Tour.” The one-on-one conversation with Keenan finds the musician/vintner in New York City discussing the New York Times Best Seller, “A Perfect Union of Contrary Things.” Moderated by legendary radio producer Roxy Myzal, the hour-plus conversation covers all facets of Keenan’s life. The special also will see the debut of the never-before-seen video “Gallileo.” The additional title joins the previously announced Puscifer TV releases arriving on Nov. 12 (with pre-orders available now via Puscifer.com): “Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti,” “Billy D and The Hall of Feathered Serpents Featuring Money $hot by Puscifer,” and “What Is… Puscifer.” An accompanying capsule collection featuring exclusive merch items is also available via the band’s website. Watch the trailer now
Puscifer who have released a new album and held two unique and immersive live streaming events during the pandemic will expand that universe even further with Puscifer TV, a hub to purchase the bands video content like livestreams. It will launch on November 12th aia Vimeo on Puscifer’s website. Pre-orders are available for purchase now! Available titles include first time on-demand purchase/rental of concert films: “Existential Reckoning: Live At Arcosanti,” and “Billy D And The Hall Of Feathered Serpents Featuring Money $Hot By Puscifer.” Pre-orders for the initial slate of titles are available now at their webshop. An accompanying capsule collection featuring exclusive merch items is also available via the band’s website. The band’s latest album Existential Reckoning: released via Puscifer Records in 2020. To get a taste of the Pusciferverse Watch the “What Is… Puscifer” trailer from back in 2013:
