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.
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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
ALBUM REVIEW: Khanate – Clean Hands Go Foul – Capture and Release
Having reemerged from its dank void of horror to release To Be Cruel in 2023, deconstructed-avant-doom entity Khanate continues to be pulled piece-by-piece from the mud, as the band’s third and fourth records — 2005’s Capture & Release and 2009’s Clean Hands Go Foul (Sacred Bones Records) — get shined and buffed for physical reissues. Continue reading
Sick New World Festival 2024 Announces Stage Times, Draws Outrage From Fans
Following a huge debut in 2023 year, Sick New World kicks off this weekend to Las Vegas Festival Grounds, on April 27, 2024 with an enormous collection of the world’s biggest hard rock, alternative, and up and coming artists. Headlined by System Of A Down, Slipknot with Bring Me The Horizon, A Perfect Circle, Alice In Chains, Danny Elfman, Bad Omens, Sleep Token, Knocked Loose, and many more among the 65 total bands. The festival has released its stage times and fans who have purchased tickets are expressing outrage on social media with some selling their tickets and vowing not to go. Check out our coverage of 2023’s festival here, here, here and the full review here, but find out about the drama below.
Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre’s MC5 Tribute Album (Alice Cooper, Jello Biafra, Phil Campbell and More) Out Now
On Friday February 2nd the Rock ’n’ Roll world was saddened the passing of “Brother” Wayne Kramer, founding member and guitarist of the legendary, influential Detroit band the MC5. Issued on Black Friday, 2023 via Saustex Records Call Me Animal: A Tribute to the MC5 was never intended as a send-off for Brother Wayne, but his untimely passing makes its recent release feel even more serendipitous. Conceived by Joey “Joecephus” Killingsworth, the album was several years in the making with his band/collective Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre and his production partner Dik LeDoux. Kramer himself participated in the project, laying down a smoking version of “Human Being Lawnmower” with Jello Biafra.
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