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ALBUM REVIEW: Opeth – The Last Will and Testament

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Rejoice, fellow death metal fans, Opeth has brought back the harsh vocals! That’s right. Mikael Ackerfeldt and company figured now was the time, as their new album, The Last Will & Testament (Reigning Phoenix Music), has the perfect concept to complement it. The reading of a post-World War 1 patriarch’s last will and testament that spills out family secrets, track by track, section by section of the document (the first seven tracks are named simply after which paragraph is being recited). In terms of instrumentals, this album is my favorite mix of the melodic death metal era of Opeth and the more recent prog-rock era of the band.Continue reading →


Highly Suspect Share Their Single “The Blue-Eyed Devil” – New Album Out Soon

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Having recently announced the upcoming release of their new album, As Above, So Below, Highly Suspect have dropped another track from the LP; “The Blue-Eyed Devil.” It follows their first single, “Summertime Voodoo,” As Above, So Below is due out July 19th, via the Roadrunner/300/Elektra record labels. In the meantime, check out “The Blue-Eyed Devil” and more from Highly Suspect below.
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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Slipknot – “Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)” Turns 20

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The album that would become Slipknot’s third album, and the crucial masterpiece in their history, almost didn’t happen at all. Between the hard-fought success of Iowa (Roadrunner Records), the well-documented interpersonal relationship issues between the nine band members, rising fame and pressure, side bands like Stone Sour, To My Surprise, and Murderdolls, and “off the field issues,” you couldn’t blame this band if they imploded totally around this time. However, overcoming themselves and all of these obstacles; Slipknot’s Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Versus) (a great pun on Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, The Satanic Verses,  is one of their best albums, along with their debut might be their finest hour. It is certainly their biggest hit album on a lot of levels. It yielded six singles and as we like to say on the Glacially Musical podcast (where we reviewed this album), an album has a bunch of singles if it’s selling and the band is doing well on tour. Continue reading →


Empire State Bastard Shares a New Single – “Tired, Naw?” 

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Having just dropped their debut album Rivers of Heresy (Roadrunner Records) extreme metal supergroup Empire State Bastard have shared a new stand alone single – “Tired, Naw?” The track is streaming on all DSPs now. The band features members of Biffy Clyro with Dave Lombardo on drums! Stream the new single now!  

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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISISTED: Life Of Agony’s “River Runs Red” Turns 30

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Life Of Agony’s classic debut album River Runs Red was released 30 years ago today, on October 12th, 1993 via Roadrunner Records. Coming out of Brooklyn, New York and produced by Josh Silver (Type O Negative), the album shook the Hardcore and Metal world to its core with its heavy, catchy riff-heavy songs, impassioned vocals, and frank lyrics about suicide, drug addiction, ptsd, and family trauma. The band continues to tour and perform these songs around the globe, and made a sequel album, 2018’s acclaimed The Sound of Scars. Read retrospective we created for the 25th anniversary below, and jam out to some LOA today.   

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INTERVIEW: Mike Vennart and Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro) of Empire State Bastard Breakdown “Rivers of Heresy”

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Ghost Cult Keefy caught up with Mike Vennart (ex-Oceansize) and Simon Neil of Empire State Bastard. The supergroup features the duo from Biffy Clyro, along with Dave Lombardo (Mr. Bungle, ex-Slayer, Dead Cross, etc.) After getting rained out at Riot Fest, the guys were kind enough to circle back with Keefy to pick up the chat with us. They discussed their love of extreme metal including Grindcore and Death Metal, a breakdown of the new album, subverting the expectations of Biffy fans, working with Lombardo, adding Naomi Macleod (Bitch Falcon) to the live line-up on bass, signing to Roadrunner Records, their first USA gigs, and much more!  

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CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: Fear Factory’s Obsolete Turns 25

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In case you forgot or were not alive, the late 1990s was a time when every Metal record label was jumping on the bandwagon of trend-hopping and hunting for the next “big thing” mostly Nu Metal or Nirvana’s take on pre-Grunge revival of Punk vibes. With almost no websites yet, pundits at music magazines, radio, and MTV, had declared metal dead (many bands would say otherwise, all the while the underground excelled like never before with stellar releases. 

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Nick Reese Parts Ways with Joyous Wolf, As The Band Searches For a New Vocalist

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News from the camp of Orange County rockers Joyous Wolf: singer Nick Reese has opted to leave the band. The remaining band members announced that the split was due to creative differences and, the band is seeking a new vocalist to complete their new album. In addition, the band is searching for a new label, having been signed to Roadrunner Records since 2018, and they are also working on other things and business relationships behind the scenes. Joyous Wolf has been one of the coolest bands we have ever covered, with major tours, music festivals, and more. 

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Watch Slipknot’s Video Recap of Their Fall 2022 Latin American Tour

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Slipknot recently wrapped up their headline tour of Latin America, including three of their own Knotfest events. Now you can watch a three-minute video recap of the tour. Slipknot continues to support their 2022 album The End, So Far, which was released on September 30th via Roadrunner Records. The album will be their final release under their original record deal, signed in 1998.  

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PODCAST: Glacially Musical Pouredcast 105: Slipknot Discography: Pt. 2 “Iowa” – If You’re 555 I’m 666

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Arguably the biggest metal band in the world, Slipknot is the subject of our current series.  Episode 2 of 4 picks up the band following the release of their game-changing debut, from Ozzfest side-stage opener to headlining over legends in just a year, followed by the release of their second album, Iowa (Roadrunner Records).

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