PODCAST: Episode 625 - PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 12-12-24

Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! #riptomgeorge#ripbarrysquire Sign up for our newsletter! We are moving to Substack! One email blast per week and we won't ever sell your info. We swear to Lemmy! https://bit.ly/GhostCultMagSubstack Ghost Cult on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostcultmagazine/ Ghost Cult on Discord https://discord.com/channels/977765132052623370/977765132501418034 Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag Please donate to the Sonia Ramos fundraiser https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-sonia-with-her-cervical-cancer-treatment Support Sage's Battle Against Leukemia https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-sages-battle-against-leukemia?qid=9c29236102a49ecc74c9e0b1cc72dd37 Help Django attain sainthood: https://www.change.org/p/petition-the-sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-to-bestow-sainthood-on-django Timestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅ Greetings and Salutations! 3:08 Announcements ✅ RIP news, fundraisers for Sonia Ramos and Sage Gatzke, Let's get Django sainted, National Mic Check Day (1212), 9:26 Features this week✅ AOTY results incoming, Holiday gift guide for metalheads guide, premieres for Marrowomb and Ryder, How did Gojira get huge, Why Simon Dawson was the pick for Maiden, remembering Dimebag Darrell, interviews with BUÑUEL, Winona Fighter, Glacially Musical’s “happy ending” Foreigner series, Affiliate partners Lambgoat and StreamYard 22:52 The News Rundown ✅ 23:00 Metal Festival News ✅ We are at Eindhoven Metal Meeting this weekend, Hellfest lineup controversy, Boardwalk Rockfest is coming, Acid Bath added to more Danny Wimmer fests, Aftershock early bird tickets, Planet Desert Rock, Tool in the Sand daily order, Wacken Open Air Metal Battle contest, Damnation first bands, Fire In The Mountains goes By Norse, Milwaukee Metalfest adds new bands, M3 2025 teased 34:17 Concert Tours and Events ✅ System of a Down’s Stadium takeover with Korn, A7X and Deftones, AC/DC US tour on sale, Coheed & Mastodon with Periphery, God Forbid on the west coast, Danzig/Down incoming, Death Angel Xmas shows soldout, The Metal Hall of Fame, Extreme Music Awards, Tyr dates, While She Sleeps - Bury Tomorrow, Palaye Royale tour, D. Randal Blythe book tour, Soundgarden returns, The Devil Wears Prada new tour, Kerry King tour, Atreyu does “The Curse” for its 20th, Mountain Dust record release show, Papa Roach adds more dates, King Diamond + Paradise Lost book Europe, Four Year Strong, Viagra Boys, Kublai Khan TX, Fear Factory + Coal Chamber new dates, Underaoth tour and giveaway, Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers get tapped by Pearl Jam, Steel Panther add new dates, Roger Miret and Vinny Stigma L.A. book signing, Rick Wakement - final solo tour, Toto + Men At Work, Check Ragan tour 106:39 Major News and Drama ✅ Nicko McBrain/Simon Dawson timeline breakdown, New Shadows Fall single and record deal, Gojira drops Summer Olympics track video, Arch Enemy performs without their vocalist, Liquid Death’s latest redic item sells out instantly, The Ramones Biopic with Pete Davidson may not happen now, Maynard James Keenan BJJ school doc drops, Jelly Roll hits number 1, Omar and Cedric (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta) Doc is a winner, Reba Myers (Code Orange) goes solo, Gibson releases Bob Dylan guitar, Jaye Jayle new single and album news, Bloodywood vs BABYMETAL, Laueren Mayberry (Chvrches) solo success, Landmvrks newness, Bumblefoot recruits pals, Mortiis new deal and album, SNOT will not name their singer - don’t ask, Black Paradise (Pennywise) single, Dunn and Lord and Lady Kevin, more Motorhead team ups, David Ellefson thinks “new” rock is dead 128:00 New Music Friday ✅ 131:00 The Mailbag ✅ Ruffian Books Punk and Emo books unboxing, great for Xmas gifts! 139:00 Outro ✅ - Please like and subscribe! We are part of the Lambgoat Media Network: https://lg.media/ Use Streamyard! https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6735171122102272