The Progressive Death Metal band, Rivers of Nihil recently introduced their savage new track off their fifth full-length self-titled album by way of Metal Blade Records on May 30th 2025. Pre-order the album now at the links below. Stream “American Death” now! Continue reading
Slipknot’s iconic major label debut, their second album overall, the self-titled Slipknot album was released on June 29th, 1999, twenty-five years ago. While the band’s building blocks can be heard on 1996’s Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. (-ismist Records), the band we know today was built here on this album. Produced by Ross Robinson, Slipknot is the first album from the band to feature Corey Taylor. The band exploded on the scene in 1999 in a national and then international sense, immediately earning an army of fans, starting out on a relentless 2-year tour that saw them begin Ozzfest 1999 on the side stage, eventually graduating to the main stage. The band, which has already played its first few gigs of 2024, will celebrate 25 years of this album on a world tour, as well as Knotfest Iowa and other events, and merch drops for 2024 and 2025. Enjoy some Slipknot content from Ghost Cult and jam out to the tunes now. Continue reading
Eighth solo studio album from Ihsahn, the legend of Norwegian Metal, releases his modern self-titled (Candlelight Records) opus hot on the heels of his 2023 EP – Fascination Street Sessions. As the principal creative force behind Emperor, his iconic status as a Black Metal musician was secured with their impactful nineties debut album In the Nightside Eclipse which released at the height of the genre’s second wave. While the experimental and progressive influence of his solo output has somewhat gone under the radar in comparison to his work with Emperor, those that have followed his releases since The Adversary in 2006, have been treated to an extraordinary body of work. Continue reading