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CONCERT REVIEW: Power Trip – Ceremony – Frozen Soul – The Final Agony Live at The Knockdown Center

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8.24.24 Knockdown Center, Brooklyn, NY

A hot sweaty night in Queens at a former industrial manufacturing plant turned music complex known as the Knockdown Center was an ideal setting for a limited run of dates for the Power Trip reunion. I had been fortunate enough to have captured PT a handful of times when Riley Gale (RIP) was still kicking ass, so I was really looking forward to getting a chance to see this homage on the anniversary of his passing.  It did not disappoint, bodies were flying over the rail left and right and I had to keep my head on a swivel. You can check out the talented @tinfoilbiter on instagram for a photo of me being courteous to a fan’s desire to sing along after coming over the barricade. It was a party and the homies came out from far and wide for this only east coast date.Continue reading →


FESTIVAL REVIEW: No Values Festival – Live at The Fairplex Pomona

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Photo credit: Alden Bonecutter @aldenbonecutter / bonecutterphoto@gmail.com

We might be entering a golden age of music festivals in the USA. Sure, everywhere you turn fans struggle to afford tickets, and some tours are tanking. Even a few festivals have had disastrous results. At the same time, the destination festival is beginning to thrive here, as we are trying to copy the model from Europe that has reigned for nearly four decades. So throngs of people descended on the Los Angeles area `burb Pomona, known best for Citrus and good colleges, for what could be the one Punk Rock festival to rule them all; No Values Fest! Continue reading →


Power Trip Books First Official Comeback Show Since The Death of Riley Gale at No Values Fest 2024

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Power Trip has  booked its first show since original vocalist Riley Gale’s death. The band will perform at the new Goldenvoice punk festival No Values on June 8 in Pomona, California. Also schedule to appear on the bill are the “Original Misfits,” Social Distortion, Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Bad Religion, Sublime, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Damned, and Joyce Manor, and many more. Seth Gilmore of Skourge/Fugitive who filled in on vocals for the late Riley Gale, founder and frontman of Power Trip, who died in August 2020, at the age of 34. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 23 at 11 a.m. PT. The band made a post to fans explaining why they are returning now!Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Power Trip – Live In Seattle

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It is now coming up to three years since the tragic passing of Power Trip frontman, Riley Gale. A true performer and metal legend from the beginning of the musical career till the end. Acting as both a testament and memory capsule to Gale’s memory and legacy comes a live album from the band’s vault from 2018, deep into the band touring the seminal Nightmare Logic. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Creeping Death – Boundless Domain

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For a band named after one of ‘tallica’s finest songs from their early vintage period, you might be forgiven for thinking that Boundless Domain (MNRK Heavy) is a record full of modern Thrash Metal bangers … but you’d be wrong. Creeping Death purvey pure and unadulterated Death Metal, taking in all forms of the gory art with splashes of old-school, blackened, and doom thrown in the mixer. 

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REVIEWS ROUND-UP: ft. Enforced – Chronicle – Vintersea – Ignea – Burning Witches

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While paring Enforced’s third album, War Remains (Century Media) down to a violent interbreeding of Seasons In The Abyss and Nightmare Logic may seem a little unfair and reductive, nonetheless, it immediately focuses the mind on the sort of aggressive perfection you have in store on this utter treat of metallic pummelling. Continue reading →


Lamb Of God Postpones European Tour with Kreator Until 2022

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Lamb Of God have confirmed that due to restrictions in various territories, they have had to postpone their intended ‘State Of Unrest’ UK headline tour until late 2022. Lamb Of God’s headline UK trek will now take place December 2022. German Thrash kings Kreator are still on the bill. Joining them are Thy Art Is Murder and Gatecreeper. Power Trip is now off the bill, following the passing of frontman Riley Gale in August of 2020. 

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Power Trip Releases Manifest Decimation and Nightmare Logic on Special Edition Vinyl

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As we approach the one year anniversary of the death of Riley Gale of Power Trip, the band in conjunction with his family have released new special vinyl edtiions of the bands’ classic albums Manifest Decimation and Nightmare Logic. These are available for pre-order at their Bandcamp, and and proceeds from the sale of these albums will go “directly to The Riley Gale Memorial Foundation, which will benefit several causes that Riley held dear” – according to a message from the band. Read the full message and order the albums today. RIP Riley. 

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Ghost Cult’s Top 10 Stories of 2020

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Here are the top stories on www.GhostCultMag.com in 2020:

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