Fishbone Drops “Secret Police” Video Ahead of Summer Circus Tour


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Just ahead of their forthcoming tour, Los Angeles legends Fishbone have returned with fire. The genre-smashing pioneers just released the video for “Secret Police,” a blistering visual companion to the track off their latest album Stockholm Syndrome. It’s a raw, visceral, and unapologetically confrontational video. It’s a gut-punch indictment of ICE brutality, racial injustice, and American hypocrisy, a reminder that protest music is alive, necessary, and urgent. Watch the video below.Continue reading


Watch Machine Head Pay Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath From Their European Tour


Machine Head kicked off their European tour last night, just as the news broke that Ozzy Osbourne had died. The band came out on stage and immediately played Black Sabbath cuts “War Pigs” and “Children of the Grave!” The band is on tour supporting their release from earlier in the year, “Unatoned” via Nuclear Blast. Watch the clip and read the message from the band. Continue reading


Wardruna Kicks Off a Massive North American Tour In September

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Wardruna is set to bring their visionary ancient Norse music to North America this fall for an epic month of rituals! The band continues to tour behind their acclaimed new album Birna, out now! Direct support comes from Chelsea Wolfe on every date. Ghost Cult was one of the first international music news sites to heavily feature Wardruna and its founder, Einar Selvik, as far back as our founding year in 2012. See the full tour dates with ticket buy links below!Continue reading


Avatar Drop Video For New Single “In The Airwaves” – Headline U.S. Tour Set For Fall 2025


Metal visionaries collectively known as Avatar vocalist Johannes Eckerström, guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have gone from strength to strength to strength over the past several years. There’s the critically acclaimed, 2023-released album Dance Devil Dance, which included rock radio chart topper “The Dirt I’m Buried In.” There have been scores of sold-out headline shows across the globe and an actual fossil named after them. The list goes on and on. Today, the band dropped the video for the new single “In the Airwaves.” Watch and stream it now! Continue reading


The Acacia Strain Share a New Single and Video “A Call Beyond” Video  – New Album “You Are Safe From God Here” Due Out This Fall


The Acacia Strain  — Vincent Bennett, vocals; Devin Shidaker, lead guitar; Griffin Landa, bass; Mike Mulholland, guitar; and Matt Guglielmo, drums — are thrilled to announce their upcoming album You Are Safe From God Here. It arrives on October 24 via Rise Records. Pre-order it at the links below. The Acacia Strain have also shared the video for first single”A Call Beyond!” Watch it here.

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Ghost to Perform on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Next Week


Joining the rash of recent metal acts like Knocked Loose and Spiritbox, Ghost has shared on their socials that they are set to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, next Wednesday, July 23, at 11:35pm EST/ 10:35 CST. The band is currently touring behind their new album Skeleta, out now via Loma Vista Recordings (read our review here). Read the message from the band, below! Continue reading


Deftones Share Their Music Video for “my mind is a mountain” – New Album “Private Music” Coming Soon


Deftones have shared the official music video for their new single “my mind is a mountain,” teased in the run up to the single drop. You can watch the video and pre-order the new album Private Music, at the links below. The band are set to return to arenas across Europe and the UK in early 2026 in support of their forthcoming 10th studio album, private music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. Pre-order the album below. The 2026 EU/UK Tour kicks off January 29 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. It includes 15 shows across major cities, including Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Dublin, before wrapping at The O2 in London on February 20. Deftones will be joined by Denzel Curry and Drug Church as support across these dates. Full routing below. Tickets go on sale Friday, July,18th, 2025. Continue reading


Dark Angel books First USA Tour in Decades – Sacred Reich, Hirax, Vio-Lence, Midnight, Void, and Interceptor Open Select Dates


West Coast thrash metal legends Dark Angel will embark on “The Extinction Level Event” North American Tour this fall, their first domestic trek in over three decades. Dark Angel’s first North American tour since the early 1990s celebrates their forthcoming comeback album, Extinction Level Event (Reversed Records), their first new album since 1991. Support on these dates will come from Sacred Reich, Hirax, Vio-Lence, Midnight, Void, and Interceptor! More details below! Continue reading


Lorna Shore Books UK and European Headline Tour Dates with Whitechapel, Shadow Of Intent, Humanity’s Last Breath


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Following a triumphant run of high-profile festival appearances across Europe – including commanding performances at Download, Hellfest, Rock am Ring, and Rock im Park – Lorna Shore are thrilled to announce their UK and European headlining tour for early 2026. The tour marks the band’s return to headline stages across the continent, bringing with them an unrelenting lineup of support from some of modern metal’s heaviest hitters: Whitechapel, Shadow of Intent, and Humanity’s Last Breath.

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Deftones Announce 2026 Headline Tour of The UK and Europe with Support from Denzel Curry and Drug Church – New Album “Private Music” Coming Soon


Multi-platinum GRAMMY® Award-winning Sacramento band Deftones are set to return to arenas across Europe and the UK in early 2026 in support of their forthcoming 10th studio album, private music, out August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. Pre-order the album below. The 2026 EU/UK Tour kicks off January 29 at the Adidas Arena in Paris. It includes 15 shows across major cities, including Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Dublin, before wrapping at The O2 in London on February 20. Deftones will be joined by Denzel Curry and Drug Church as support across these dates. Full routing below. Continue reading