ALBUM REVIEW: Cattlemass – Alpha 1128 – Seeing Red Records


Alpha 1128 (Seeing Red Records) is the debut album from LA-based Cattlemass. They are a band that crosses heavy sludge with Hawkwind-like vocals. They do not get started roaring like lumberjacks, which makes them more interesting than most of the bands doing this sort of thing. More aggressive than doom, their strength as a band lies in the fact that they are not afraid of taking chances, nor are they slaves to the sludge bible. To their credit, they are also not just another band that is smoking weed and trying to be Black Sabbath. The chanted drone of the vocals seems to be the approach they are sticking with, going into the second song. The chug is a little faster on this one. Continue reading


EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM: Tenebra – “Moongazer”


Italian Stoner Doom band Tenebra will release their stellar new album Moongazer, this week via New Heavy Sounds and Seeing Red Records. Pre-orders are live at the link below. The band is on the verge of breaking through in a crowded scene, sharing their killer grooves, psych rock moments, and hypnotic hooks that fans have been enjoying for years! Not only can the band hang with the best on their own merits, they have a guest guitar spot on “Moon Maiden” – the album’s closer, in theform of none other than Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees fame. Read our review here. Ghost Cult brings you this exclusive stream here on the eve of release, so roll one, light it up, turn the volume up high, and enjoy Moongazer!

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Athanasia Band To Release Debut Album, ft Members of Five Finger Death Punch, Sebastian Bach and Murderdolls


Los Angeles power-trio Athanasia is a new group featuring former members Five Finger Death Punch, Sebastian Bach, and Joey Jordison’s Murderdolls. Founded in California by veteran guitarist/vocalist Caleb Bingham under the band’s original name Ascension. The bands’ early demos landed Caleb a slot with the first incarnation of Five Finger Death Punch in 2005. Leaving that band in 2007, Bingham continued to write under the name Ascension, recording several more unreleased demos (and one EP) at the behest of then Roadrunner Records A&R, now Nuclear Blast Entertainment impresario and tastemaker Monte Conner (Sepultura, Slipknot, Type O Negative, Machine Head, Fear Factory). Now Athanasia is ready to strike with their debut full-length The Order Of The Silver Compass on March 15 via Seeing Red Records and Rock of Angels Records. New music to follow soon, but check out the album details.

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