INTERVIEW: Gus Rios on Recreating the Transformers: The Movie Soundtrack with Knights of Unicron


us Rios of Knights of Unicron photographed for Ghost Cult Magazine interview, Transformers 40th Anniversary Reformatted Edition feature, 2026

Ojayy‬ caught up with Gus Rios, the mastermind behind last year’s G.I. Joe Cold Slither record, to discuss his latest project with “Knights of Unicron: The Transformers: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Reformatted Edition,” out July 24, 2026, through Hasbro Music. Gus breaks down how Knights of Unicron, comprising himself, Matt Harvey, and Ross Sewage, rebuilt the iconic 1986 animated movie soundtrack from the ground up to deliver a heavier, sharper, and more powerful sonic experience for the fortieth anniversary. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Exhumed – To The Dead – Relapse Records


Besides writing reviews and attending shows, I have both full time and part time jobs, a family and too many cats. It’s safe to say that I like to stay busy but I have nothing on Exhumed founder and frontman, Matt Harvey. In this year alone he toured with both Gruesome and Death tribute band Left To Die (performing Leprosy in its entirety!) If that’s not enough, he somehow conjured up more hours in a day to write and record Exhumed’s latest batch of gore soaked madness, To The Dead (Relapse Records).

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ALBUM REVIEW: Stormland – The Human Cost



Stormland
is a one-man Death Metal project that bills itself as “Gundam Metal.” I’m not as hip to Gundam as I am to Transformers, but I love the approach. What’s more metal than giant fucking fighting robots? 

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