Tag Archives: Tim Ledin

EP REVIEW: Dripping Decay – Ripping Remains

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I was just thinking about how my gym setlist has been lacking in death metal of late. Fortunately I think I found some good cardio workout music in the latest release from Dripping Decay and their new EP, Ripping Remains (Satanik Royalty). 

Their ranks include some well known names on the death metal scene: Jackson Jordon (Conducting From The Grave) and Jason Borton (Jungle Rot), so you know you are in for a treat. At a blazing seventeen and a half minutes, that includes a Halloween cover, is a snack-sized death-grind record that any heavy music fan can find enjoyment in.Continue reading →


EP REVIEW: The Hope Conspiracy – Confusion – Chaos – Misery

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One of the best parts of writing for Ghost Cult Magazine is getting so many new bands’ (to me) albums to review that absolutely blow me away. Continue reading →


ALBUMS OF THE YEAR: STAFF PICKS – Tim Ledin’s Top 20 Albums of 2023

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As we barrel down towards the end of the year, we are sharing End of Year lists from staff, bands, and some friends in the business. Tim Ledin is a helluva writer, devilishly handsome, brews his own beer, and is the mack-daddy of Twitch streamers. Check out his top picks for his Top Albums of 2023! Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Revulsed – Cerebral Contamination

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Nothing keeps your cheeks rosy and your heart warm in the cold, Northern winters like some good ol’ technical brutal death metal. Just in time for Christmas, from the opposite end of the globe in Australia, Revulsed have dropped their second full-length album, Cerebral Contamination (Everlasting Spew Records) which drags you through a near thirty-six-minute cesspool of guttural vocals, some slam, and highly proficient guitar licks.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Abyssal Rift – Extirpation Dirge

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The year is ending, the days grow shorter, the sun sets earlier, and death metal gets more gruesome. Newcomers Abyssal Rift have dropped their debut release in the form of Extirpation Dirge (Sentient Ruin Laboratories). Six tracks spanning over thirty-six minutes is the perfect snack-sized introduction the metal world needs to get their first taste of the Ohio group.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Alchemy of Flesh – By Will Alone

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With the end of the year approaching swiftly, new albums are dropping and trying their damndest to make it onto different Album of the Year lists. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Fuming Mouth – Last Day of Sun

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Nothing makes me feel more proud than when a local band from the Boston scene makes it. I’ve been a big fan of Fuming Mouth over the years of their growth and was pleased to find their sophomore full-length, Last Day of Sun (Nuclear Blast Records), in my bin.

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ALBUM REVIEW: END – The Sin of Human Frailty

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Sometimes a good ol’ dose of angry music is what the doctor ordered. This year certainly had some bangers of this category, but one of the best so far is END’s latest effort, The Sin of Human Frailty (Closed Casket Activities). Thirty minutes of sonic aggression comes jam-packed in the form of this metalcore supergroup’s sophomore full-length. 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Ghorot – Wound

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You know it is autumn in the Northern Hemisphere when the leaves fall from the trees, the days get shorter, and new doomy black metal albums drop into your ears. This year’s first taste of hopelessness in the dying of nature is Ghorot with their sophomore full-length release, Wound (King of the Monsters). 

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ALBUM REVIEW: Go Ahead And Die – Unhealthy Mechanisms

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It’s one thing to see siblings together in music, but two generations in one band is not as typical. Go Ahead And Die features legendary Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly, etc.) and his son, Igor Cavalera Jr. (Healing Magic, Lody Kong). What’s more, Johnny Valles (live drummer for Cerebral Rot, Black Braid, etc.) has picked up the drumming role on their latest album, Unhealthy Mechanisms (Nuclear Blast Records). The three-piece specializes in a groovy death metal band with some crossover punk spilled over the top.

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