Mike Stringer (Spiritbox) Teams Up with Aristides for Signature Guitar Series


Spiritbox guitarist, Mike Stringer, has officially entered partnership with Aristides to launch his first-ever signature guitar line. Introduced at NAMM 2025, The STX Collection is the culmination of nearly a decade of collaboration between Stringer and Aristides, available in 6, 7, and 8-string configurations, with both standard and multiscale options. To showcase The STX Collection, Stringer has released a playthrough video of “Perfect Soul,” taken from Spiritbox’s latest album, Tsunami Sea (Pale Chord/Rise Records). Watch it below and find out more.
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Spiritbox Drop a Live Video for “Fata Morgana” – Special Edition of “Tsunami Sea” Album Leaving Soon


Spiritbox have dropped two surprise live tracks; “Fata Morgana: Live At Alexandra Palace” from the band’s recent headline London show and “Perfect Soul: Live At L’Olympia” from their recent Paris, France date. These tracks are available for a limited time only, exclusively on Tsunami Sea (Live Bonus Edition) (BMG records). Find out more below.
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: New Rock and Metal Releases for 3-7-25


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Download Festival 2025 Kicks-Off in 100 Days ft. Green Day, Sleep Token, Korn, Weezer, Sex Pistols ft. Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Bullet For My Valentine, Within Temptation, Eagles Of Death Metal, and More


 

Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, is now only 100 days away. With the countdown now truly on, celebrate this year’s festival with our round-up of Download By Numbers. This year’s festival will occur on 13-15 June 2025 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are available now at the links below!Continue reading


PREVIEW: New Music Friday – Rock and Metal Releases for 3-7-25


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Louder Than Life 2025 Announces Full Lineup Slayer, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Avenged Sevenfold, Sleep Token, Breaking Benjamin, Deftones, Bad Omens, A Perfect Circle and More


Louder Than Life will be disturbing the peace in 2025 with one of the biggest and LOUDEST festivals in North America all year. Over 160 bands will perform on 6 stages September 18, 19, 20 & 21 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY for the 11th edition of Louder Than Life. Louder Than Life 2025 also marks the largest lineup in the history of producer Danny Wimmer Presents. In addition to the previously announced return of metal legends Slayer, the four-day destination event will also feature Rob Zombie in a global exclusive performance of Astro-Creep: 2000 in honor of the album’s 25th anniversary, plus Marilyn Manson on Thursday; Avenged Sevenfold, Sleep Token and Breaking Benjamin on Friday; Deftones, Bad Omens and A Perfect Circle on Saturday; and Bring Me The Horizon, $uicideboy$ and Evanescence on Sunday.Continue reading


Spiritbox Share Their Single and Video “No Loss, No Love” – New Album Coming Soon


Progressive metallers, Spiritbox, have just shared their latest single, “No Loss, No Love,” along with an official music video. It was produced by Dan Braunstein with the band’s own Mike Stringer, and is taken from their upcoming second album, Tsunami Sea. The full-length is due to land March 7th via Pale Chord / Rise Records. Catch the new video and more below.
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PODCAST: Glacially Musical 212 – Nik, Keefy, and Don’s Epic Trauma Dump, and Vinyl Shopping Master Class


Nik and Keefy of GhostCultMag are joined again by Talking The Talk With Don’s Don De Leaumont for a vinyl dump shenanigans as well as a breakdown of our different record shopping philosophies and pointers!

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PODCAST: Should iwrestledabearonce Make a Return, and Which Lineup


Bands never stay broken up forever these days. Check out our thoughts and predictions about the IWABO reunion news!

Here is the article that inspired this video:
https://ghostcultmag.com/iwrestledabearonce-are-planning-a-reunion-in-the-near-future/

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