Human Impact – featuring members of Chris Spencer (Unsane), Jim Coleman (Cop Shoot Cop), Eric Cooper (Made Out of Babies) and Jon Syverson (Daughters) – have announced their first U.S. tour since 2021. It kicks off May 17th in Austin, TX, running through to Seattle, WA, May 25th, and is followed the next month by 14 dates in Europe. These shows come in support of their Ipecac Recordings album, Gone Dark, released October last year. Keep reading below for more information.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jaye Jayle – After Alter
Jaye Jayle went from being Evan Patterson’s solo project that explored sounds outside of what he did in Young Widows and has now become a full-fledged band.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Haunted Horses – Dweller
On the band’s fourth album, Dweller (Three One G Records), Seattle Noise-Punk trio Haunted Horses treat the listener to a ghastly, gothic, sci-fi nightmare of the soul. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Lacolpa – In Absentia Lucis
Lacolpa’s new album, In Absentia Lucis (Brucia Records) finds the Italian band diving deeper into darkness. Their brand of darkness this time is more experimental than most heard this year. While they still self-identify as a Sludge band there is more common ground with Current 93 than with Neurosis.
ALBUM REVIEW: Dark Sky Burial – V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
Had I been told four or five years ago that the spirit of psyche-exploring, experimental Electro/Industrial duo Coil would be alive and flourishing in the hands of Napalm Death’s bass player, I would have been … surprised. Continue reading
PODCAST: Episode 609 – Tom Osman Interviews Insect Ark’s Dana Schechter all About “Raw Blood Singing”
In this episode, Ghost Cult’s Managing Editor Tom Osman chatted with past GCM interviewee Dana Schechter of Insect Ark (and many other projects such as Bee and Flower and Swans)! The new Insect Ark album Raw Blood Singing was released on June 7th, via Debemur Morti Productions! Dana has been evolving this project over many years and this may be the crowning achievements of her career. They chatted about her career, finding her singing voice again, her time in Germany during lockdown, how she came to be a resident of Berlin today, working with Khanate’s Tim Wyskida, her contribution to the last Swans album and tour, and much more! Enjoy the chat and purchase the new album below! Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Luna Honey – Bound
When the music leads you into strange lands and genre categorisations start to feel like a near-impossibility, thank the heavens for Luna Honey who save us from wandering the streets at night, lost in perplexed reflection. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Trelldom – …by the shadows…
On …by the shadows… (Prophecy Productions), Norway’s Trelldom shows how Satan can find subtle ways to drag the listener into hell. Continue reading
EP REVIEW: Non Serviam – Labyrinthe
On Labyrinthe, (Self-Released) prolific, anonymous, French genre-defying duo Non Serviam lean into their Goth-Noise tendencies with a lo-fi collection of ghostly, ghastly gloom and dread.
Originating as a solo project ten years (or more) ago, it was once they became a duo (and released debut full-length Le Cœur Bat) in 2021 that Non Serviam really got going. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Insect Ark – Raw Blood Singing
On Raw Blood Singing (Debemur Morti Productions), Insect Ark returns with an otherworldly and compelling sci-fi landscape of noir, subtle menace and mystery. Continue reading