PODCAST · music
Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast
by Ghost Cult Magazine
Exclusive Interviews and rock and metal news! https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag Logo by Sludgework! https://www.sludgework.com/
-
1000
PODCAST: Episode 1045 - The Weekly Ritual 9.11.2026
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Follow and subscribe to our other channels: @GhostCultKeefy666 @GhostCultLive and @ghostcultojayy Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://kofi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up with Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 100:00 Outro ✅: Please like and subscribe!#musicnews #rock #metal #tourdates #metalfestivals
-
999
PODCAST: Episode 1044 - Slipknot's New Era Starts Now, But Will This Divide The Maggots?
Slipknot dropped a new single, "Arsenal," today! It has ferocious drums and vocals, but what about the rest? GhostCultKeefy breaks it down! Check out the track here: https://ghostcultmag.com/slipknot-share-a-new-single-and-video-for-arsenal-their-first-new-track-with-eloy-casagrande/Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 25:00 Outro ✅ Please like and subscribe!#slipknot #newmusic #aresenal #whatdoescoreytaylorthink
-
998
PODCAST: Episode 1043 - Should Bands Continue After Losing a Crucial Member? Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pantera + STP
When bands lose an irreplaceable member due to death or another reason, should they continue? Or is it a lame-ass cash grab? Sound off in the comments! Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 04:18 ✅: @Soundgarden 12:30✅: Up for discussion12:46✅: @aliceinchains 15:50 ✅: @rush 22:39 ✅: @staticx 25:02 ✅: @blacksabbath and @ozzyosbourne 26:00✅: @HeavenAndHell_Official + @RonnieJamesDio 26:30✅: Black Sabbath and Tony Martin and back again226:52 ✅: @pinkfloyd Syd - David - Roger versus David and Rick29:14✅: @AnthraxBandOfficial Joey versus John Bush31:00✅: @sepultura - 2 eras32:15✅: @slipknot 34:48✅: @metallica re: RIP Cliff36:14✅: Sleep - Pike or no Pike39:06✅: @Slayer - RIP Jeff Hannemnan40:35✅: @acdc RIP Bon, RIP Malcolm 42:39✅: @ironmaiden Paul Di'Anno versus Bruce, versus Blaze43:30✅: @faithnomore versus Faith No More45:35✅: @fearfactorymusic 46:21✅: @kornchannel - Head, Fieldy, David48:34✅: @powertriptx - RIP Riley Gale49:23✅: @LinkinPark - RIP Chester Bennington50:45✅: @stptv @scottweilandrocks vs. Chester vs Jeff Gutt51:40✅: @Queen - RIP @FreddieMercury vs. Paul Rogers vs. @AdamLambert 53:35✅: @napalmdeathofficial 54:18✅: Arch Enemy - Johan - Angela, Alissa, and now Lauren55:05✅: @VanHalen vs. Van Hagar56:51✅: @QueensrycheOfficial -Geoff versus band versus Scott57:35✅: @sublime 58:22✅: @TheTrueMayhemOfficial 59:21✅: @ThinLizzyOfficial 100:00✅: @gwar - Before and after Dave Brockie (RIP)Bands that (mostly) did it right101:32✅: @motorhead 102:37✅: @typeonegative 103:38✅: @nirvana 104:00✅: @ledzeppelin 104:29✅: Death (RIP Chuck Schuldiner) versus Death To All versus all of these bands "to all"105:00 Outro ✅ Please like and subscribe!#worstartistdeaths #soundgarden #pantera #stonetemplepilots #aliceinchains #metallica
-
997
PODCAST: Episode 1042 - Dry Wedding's Davey Ferchow on "The Back of Beyond" and Portland's Most Unclassifiable Band
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media and @Black-Angeles ) caught up with Davey Ferchow, vocalist and guitarist of Portland's Dry Wedding, to discuss the band's third album, "The Back of Beyond," released July 31, 2026, via Vesperian/ Metal Blade Records. Davey breaks down the making of the band's heaviest and most ambitious record to date, how the volcanic badlands, forested valleys, and Painted Hills of Oregon shaped the album's atmosphere, and what it took to get here after the band's van and all of their gear were stolen at the end of a West Coast tour in 2023 , forcing them to rebuild from scratch before returning to the road only months later.Dry Wedding formed in 2018 after vocalist and guitarist Davey Ferchow posted Craigslist ads searching for musicians inspired by The Birthday Party, Swans, and 16 Horsepower. "The Back of Beyond" follows their pandemic-era debut, The Long Erode, recorded with legendary producer Billy Anderson (Neurosis, SLEEP, Witch Mountain), and their self-financed second album, "Sway." Operating across post-punk, gothic country, noise rock, black metal, and doom, Dry Wedding has built one of the Pacific Northwest's most singular and unclassifiable sounds.Special thanks to Earsplit PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Enderahttps://www.instagram.com/enderamusic/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Chris Elliotthttps://linktr.ee/c.ellartsEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#DryWedding #TheBackOfBeyond #DaveyFerchow #PostPunk #GothicCountry #NoiseRock #BlackMetal #Doom #Portland
-
996
PODCAST: Episode 1041 - Blind Equation's James McHenry on A Funeral in Purgatory, Cybergrind, and 8-Bit Extremity
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / Black-Angeles ) caught up with James McHenry, the songwriter and producer behind Chicago cybergrind project Blind Equation, to discuss the band's latest album, "A Funeral in Purgatory," released in 2025 through Prosthetic Records. James breaks down how a solo internet project started in 2012, blending abrasive electronic beats, 8-bit video game aesthetics, heavy bass synths, and emotional screaming, eventually expanded into a full live lineup and one of extreme music's most genuinely genre-resistant projects.The conversation covers the creative DNA behind Blind Equation, what sets cybergrind apart from every adjacent subgenre, and how "A Funeral in Purgatory" pushes darker and further than 2023's "Death Awaits," into territory that defies easy categorization.Buy "A Funeral in Purgatory" and find more info here:https://prostheticrecords.com/artists/blind-equation/This video's #gcshoutout → Temple of the Fuzz Witchhttps://www.instagram.com/templeofthefuzzwitch/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Chris Elliotthttps://linktr.ee/c.ellartsEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#BlindEquation #JamesMcHenry #AFuneralInPurgatory #Cybergrind #ProstheticRecords #8BitMetal
-
995
PODCAST: Episode 1040 - New Music Friday September 11th 2026 | 40 Releases
The week's essential intake. It's New Music Friday for September 11th 2026 AntiMozdeBeast – Prophecy (Self-Released)Archgoat – Nightbringer, Lightbringer (Debemur Morti Records)Barkasth – Silent Torment (Mara Records)BOCC – Demolarium (Night Terrors Records)Bombus – Bombus Re-Release (Black Lodge Recordings)Bülent Ceylan – B.L.N.T. (Napalm Records)Cartilage – Operating Altar (Everlasting Spew Records)CoreLeoni – Generection (Reigning Phoenix Music)Diamond Dogs – Similar Shakes Different Distortion (Wild Kingdom Records)Discouraged – A Farewell In Stages (FDA Records)Epitaphe – III (Aesthetic Death Records)Eric Steckel – Sandstorm (SPV Records)Exist Immortal – Afterglow EP (Seek And Strike Records)Filth – Death Exhibition (Rotted Life Records)Foreign Body – Libertine (Brutal Panda Records)Godslave – Godslave (Metalville Records)Green Lung – Necropolitan (Nuclear Blast Records)Harlott – Exsequiis (Metal Blade Records)Jasmeno – Assemblage Of Cinematic Idioms (Tangled Records)Jess By The Lake – Human (Svart Records)Killer – The Grand Finale (High Roller Records)Lack – Lack (Dream Bureau Records)Lemongrab – Another Kind Of Freedom EP (Mothland Records)The Medea Project – Kharon: Forbearance (BDB Records)The Meffs – Business (FLG Records)Megaton Communion – Three Of Cups (Black Doomba Records)Mother Of Millions – T (ViciSolum Records)Neolith – Inbir (Deformeathing Records)Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Empyrean (Self-Released)Sabaton – The Last Stand 10th Anniversary Edition (Nuclear Blast Records)Schandmaul – Sternensegler (Napalm Records)Shrineburner – Hymns Of Despair (Self-Released)Sněť – V bažinách vědomí (Dark Descent Records)Spacechaser – Razorblade Bay (Testimony Records)Texas Hippie Coalition – Band Of Outlaws (Big Dad Records)Texas Hippie Coalition – Stoned Cowboys (Big Dad Records)Til The End – Til The End (Lifeforce Records)Tygers Of Pan Tang – Electrifyed (Mighty Music)Vulgar Mephitis – From Dust (Willowtip Records)ANDWrong Man – Here's That Feeling (Deathwish INC.) The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Mellisa Cotehttps://www.instagram.com/depeche_girl 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics 🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
994
PODCAST: Episode 1039 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 9.4.26
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Follow and subscribe to our other channels: @GhostCultKeefy666 @GhostCultLive and @ghostcultojayy Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up with Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 2:06 ✅: The Roadmap for Today's show2:30 ✅: Announcements4:18 ✅: Honoring Those We Lost6:59 ✅: The State of Music Journalism8:53 ✅: Album Picks and Highlights8:58 ✅: Album of the Month - Fuming Mouth!11:18 ✅: Artist Health and Touring Realities16:37 ✅: Deep Dives into Metal History30:04 ✅: Festival Season Updates 2026-754:24 ✅: Big Predictions and Industry Drama108:00 ✅: The Assclown of The Week - Why band shirts are $50 now? 115:45 ✅: New Music Friday Releases Radar120:23✅: The Mailbag - Cool books from @BazillionPoints , @Z2_Media Comics, and TKO Studios123:00 Outro ✅: Please like and subscribe!#musicnews #rock #metal #tourdates #metalfestival
-
993
PODCAST: Episode 1038 - Igor A. Cavalera on Nailbomb, Max Cavalera, and Bringing Industrial Thrash Back in 2026
GhostCultKeefy caught up with Igor Amadeus Cavalera to discuss Nailbomb's first-ever U.K. and U.S. tours, running alongside headliners Soulfly and, in the U.S., special guest Incite, through September 2026. Igor breaks down what it means to front the legendary industrial thrash cult project his father, Max Cavalera formed in 1993, how the elite touring lineup came together, featuring Travis Stone, Adam Jarvis, and Alex Cha of Pig Destroyer alongside Jackie Cruz of Go Ahead And Die , and what Nailbomb sounds like unleashed on a live stage for the first time in the United Kingdom.Nailbomb originally formed as a side project between Max Cavalera and Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel, releasing one abrasive studio album before going dormant. Newport is not part of the current reunion, but Max and Igor have assembled one of the most formidable touring lineups in extreme music to bring the band's fusion of thrash metal fury, industrial rhythms, and crust punk energy to U.K. audiences across five dates in September before they hit the States.Find tour dates and tickets here:https://www.soulfly.comSpecial thanks to C-Squared Music and Marketing for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Smokeborn Blasphemyhttps://www.instagram.com/smokebornblasphemy/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#Nailbomb #IgorCavalera #MaxCavalera #Soulfly #Incite #PigDestroyer #IndustrialMetal #ThrashMetal
-
992
PODCAST: Episode 1037 - Anatomy of Habit on "Paired Sentinels" and the Genre-Resistant Sound Nobody Else Is Making
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media @Black-Angeles ) caught up with Mark Solotroff, vocalist and analog synth player for Chicago's Anatomy of Habit, to discuss the band's fifth full-length album, "Paired Sentinels," self-released and available on LP, CD, cassette, and digital. Mark breaks down the album's four expansive compositions, the themes of repetition, memory, identity, and emotional erosion that run through the record, and what it means to reach this level of internal chemistry with the band's longest-running lineup. "Paired Sentinels" was recorded and mixed by Sanford Parker, marking the band's fourth collaboration with the renowned producer, and mastered by Collin Jordan. The LP version includes an exclusive bonus seven-inch featuring two instrumental tracks created by Solotroff from practice space recordings, not available on any other format. Cover art features Untitled (Sedlec Ossuary)(2022) by artist Jeff Gibson, with visual presentation by longtime collaborator Jonathan Canady.Since its formation in 2008, Anatomy of Habit has carved out a singular space at the intersection of post-punk, doom metal, early industrial, noise rock, and shoegaze. "Paired Sentinels" is their most cohesive and most vulnerable record to date.Buy the album here: https://anatomyofhabit.bandcamp.com/album/paired-sentinelsSpecial thanks to Earsplit PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Blandadhttps://www.instagram.com/blandad_band/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Chris Elliotthttps://linktr.ee/c.ellartsEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
991
PODCAST: Episode 1036 - New Music Friday September 4th 2026 | 63 Releases
What's in the box? Everything! It's New Music Friday for September 4th 2026 156/Silence – From A Distance (Pure Noise Records)A Night In Texas – The Darkest Side Of Humanity (Unique Leader Records)Acausal Intrusion – Vomit Meditations (I, Voidhanger Records)Accept – Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 (Napalm Records)Airbourne – Airbourne (Spinefarm Records)Amyl And The Sniffers – Truth Or Consequence (Virgin Records)A-tota-so – I Told You So (Button Pusher Records)Audrey Horne – Achilles (Napalm Records)AV Sunset – Vs Reality (Vandalism Begins At Home Records)Behemoth – I, Scvlptor (Massacre Records)Beyond Seventh Dimension – Tähtien ikuinen suru (Inverse Records)Bitter – Slamosaurus Rex EP (CDN Records)Bloodshed – Punishments Beyond Comprehension EP (Daze Records)Bootes Void – Panta Rhei (Vendetta Records)Castle – Carrie Chains (Hammerheart Records)Charnal Spirit – Blood Prophecy EP (Amor Fati Records)Chat Pile – Who Loves The Sun (The Flenser)Codex Lovelace – Galvanized Heart (Self-Released)Death Dealer Union - Dark Sister self-released Demonic Manifestation – Grimshrine (Personal Records)The Devil And The Almighty Blues – The Devil And The Almighty Blues Re-Release (Ripple Music)Devil Master – Bloody Dreams (Relapse Records)Encasement – Encasement (I, Voidhanger Records)Exp – Exp (Reptilian Records)Februus – Construction Of Conflict (Transcending Obscurity Records)Fog Wall – Gloomweaver (Self-Released)Godslut – The Art Of Deconstruction (Selfmadegod Records)Green Carnation – A Dark Poem, Part III: The Messiah Complex (Season Of Mist)Gradience – Anomaly (Metal Blade Records)Grimner – Stormvingar (Despotz Records)Hellmetall – Mgla (Rockshots Records)-ii- – Ars Erotica: Volume I EP (Self-Released)Judiciary – Stalagmite Angels EP (Closed Casket Activities)Kingcrown – Moonfall (Rockshots Records)Lifeswallower – Lifeswallower EP (Prog On! Records)Mad Max – Stories Of Destiny (RPM ROAR)Moon Destroys – Omni (Blues Funeral Recordings)Movements – Happier Now (Fearless Records)Pelegrin – The Curse Of Nephtar (Ripple Music)Pirate Queen – Sailing Around The World (Despotz Records)President – Blood Of Your Empire (Atlantic Records)Purest Form – Resistance EP (Dais Records)Pyroclast – Fractured State (Furious Records)Sardonic Witchery – Hell's Thorns Attack (Firecum Records)Scald – Relics EP (Cruz Del Sur Music)Seraina Telli – Green Live (Metalville Records)Seven Spires – A Fortress Called Home Master Key Edition (Frontiers srl)Severoth – Waves (Avantgarde Music)Shakra – Just Live Loud! (Frontiers srl)Shannon Jae Ridout – The Magnolia Sessions (Anti-Corp Music)Showing Teeth – A Fate Worse Than Loneliness EP (Spinefarm Records)Sigh – Goh-Ka (Peaceville Records)Skuggor – The Expanse (Nordvis Records)Sleep – Hempispheres (Third Man Records)Slovenians – Birds Of Disgrace (Mottow Soundz)Spirit Mother – Thistle (Sound Of Liberation Records)Stick Men – Let's Thrak Again (Unsung Records)Stormbringer – Transcendence (Attic Records)Sworn – Null Crowned The Infinite (The Circle)Theory Of A Deadman – Part 1: Funeral Songs EP (ONErpm Music)Vanaheim – Roede voor de Borst (Fireflash Records)Veilcaste – Hellward (Third House Records)Venomous Echoes – Ŋvęŧş: Violator Of Mater (I, Voidhanger Records)ANDWyrdstaef – Primordial Bloodlines (Apocalyptic Witchcraft Records) The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Mellisa Cotehttps://www.instagram.com/depeche_girl 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics 🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
990
PODCAST: Episode 1035 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.28.26
Our website is updated 24/7, 365 with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews! Check it our and support us! https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up with Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 46:00 Outro ✅ Please like and subscribe! #musicnews #rock #metal #tourdates #metalfestival
-
989
PODCAST: Episode 1034 - Mastodon - "Marrow Deep" Album Review
@GhostCultKeefy666 reviews the new album by @mastodon , "Marrow Deep" - before you can buy it! Releasing on @LomaVistaRecs (Ghost, Chelsea Wolfe)! Read his written review here:https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-mastodon-marrow-deep-loma-vista-recordings/Buy the album here:https://amzn.to/4wQcOeDLivestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up with Fable Beard products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 6:04 Overview ✅ New album, new record label6:40 Band history ✅ 26 years of the band9:13 RIP Brent Hinds ✅ 9:46 Keefy's Masto Memory ✅ Live at Castle Heights, Queens, NY in 200210:51 Discography ✅ A brief review of the classics and several modern classics 13:50 Doing cool stuff ✅ Team ups with @lambofgodofficial and @georgiaaquarium 14:52 RIP Nick John ✅ Cool tours @thebandGhost , @deftones , @opeth , @gojira 16:50 Context interviews ✅ Brann Dailor ( @KingUltramegaOfficial ) and Core Atoms18:06 Mastodon by the numbers ✅ 2000 to now....22:00 New lineup ✅23:14 Guests ✅ "A cathartic experience"25:00 Track-by-track ✅ A deep dive and review of each track, music and lyrics!24:42 Artwork and Themes ✅36:42 Grade (on a 10 scale) ✅37:26 Tour dates ✅38:00 Outro ✅ Please like and subscribe! #mastodon #marrowdeep #albumreview #ripbrenthinds
-
988
PODCAST: Episode 1033 - Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill on Blow by Blow and Jeff Beck's 30 Hours of Lost Interviews
Keefy caught up with veteran music journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill to discuss Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story, the definitive authorized narrative biography of one of rock's most singular guitar icons. The pair break down how the book came together, what it was like working through thirty hours of unreleased interviews recorded with Beck before his passing, and the stories that emerged from colleagues, including Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart, and Johnny Depp, spanning a six-decade career.Blow by Blow covers Beck's entire journey from his early days through his evolution into a guitar icon, including his lifelong obsession with hot-rod cars and the creative restlessness that made him unlike any other player of his generation.Find Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story here: https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/brad-tolinski/blow-by-blow/9780306836589/This video's #gcshoutout → Lovelace https://www.instagram.com/lovelace__band/The Usual Suspects: Interview by Ghost Cult Keefy https://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefy Editing by Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics Theme music by Salted Wounds https://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#JeffBeck #BlowByBlow #BradTolinski #ChrisGill #JeffBeckBiography #GuitarLegend #JimmyPage #RodStewart
-
987
PODCAST: Episode 1032 - Exumer's Mem V. Stein on "Death Mask Messiah," Waco, and German Thrash's Renaissance
Chris Elliott caught up with Mem V. Stein of veteran German thrash institution Exumer to discuss the band's new studio album "Death Mask Messiah," set for release on August 28, 2026, through Metal Blade Records, their first new full-length in seven years. Mem breaks down the album's politically charged conceptual framework, drawing on US politics of the last decade, the pandemic, the weaponization of misinformation, and the thirtieth anniversary of the Waco standoff with the Branch Davidians, which inspired the track "Allocated Savagery.""Death Mask Messiah" was produced by Dominic Paraskevopoulos, known for his work with Kreator and Caliban, and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk, whose credits include Soulfly and King Diamond. The eleven-track record also marks the first Exumer LP recorded with drummer Jerome Reil and bassist Alex Voss, and features Nasty Ronnie Galletti of Nasty Savage on a cover of his band's track "Unchained Angel," completing a full-circle moment dating back to the two bands' shared 1988 European tour.Buy "Death Mask Messiah" and find more info here:https://www.metalblade.com/exumerSpecial thanks to Earsplit PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Suicide Cageshttps://www.instagram.com/suicidecages/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Chris Elliotthttps://linktr.ee/c.ellartsEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnyc Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#Exumer #DeathMaskMessiah #MemVStein #MetalBladeRecords #ThrashMetal #GermanThrash #NastySavage
-
986
PODCAST: Episode 1031 - New Music Friday August 28th 2026 | 46 Releases
Shred into this new week of releases with our New Music Friday Rock and Metal albums preview! Airbourne – Airbourne (Spinefarm Records)Apocaelypse – Faenix (Self-Released)Azgaal – Divine Hitman (Fetzner Death Records)Beseech – Future. Present. Past (Despotz Records)Besvarjelsen – Till Glömskan Ad Oblivionem (Magnetic Eye Records)Black Spikes – Ydos (Napalm Records)Blood White – From Hell (Metalville)The Cocktail Slippers – Joyride (Wicked Cool Records)Cold Gawd – Glory2 EP (Dais Records)A Cold Paradise – A Cold Paradise (Perception Records)Colorblind – Who Sold You This Truth ++ Was It Yours To Hold (Solid State Records)Dreamwell – Hymns For The Denial Of God (Prosthetic Records)Echoes Of A Dying World – Revelations EP (Self-Released)Exumer – Death Mask Messiah (Metal Blade Records)Flotsam And Jetsam – Rats In The Temple (Napalm Records)Frank Palangi – Vampire EP (Self-Released)From Under Concrete Kings – Impulse Tension (Do Work Records)Generacion Suicida - Hombre Nuevo (Vitriol Records)Gorge – Deeds Of Horror (Time To Kill Records)Hesperia – Picenum (True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance & Hammerheart)Holding Absence – Modern Life Is Lonely (Sumerian Records)Immiserator – Blight Of Subsistence (Apocalyptic Witchcraft Records)In This Moment – Witch (Better Noise Music)Issa – Fire And Ice (Frontiers srl)Kamelot – Dark Asylum (Napalm)Kelowna – Superstar (Self-Released)Kickin Valentina – Anthems From The Underground (Mighty Music)Kulk – Choosing To Die (Church Road Records)Laughing Stock – Forgotten Dreams EP (Apollon Records)Lion’s Share – Dark Hours Re-Release (Metalville Records)LongFallBoots – World Of Thieves (Self-Released)Mastodon – Marrow Deep (Loma Vista Recordings)Mindwork – Adrift (Self-Released)Miscreance – Reminiscence (Season Of Mist)Night Ranger – Best Of (Frontiers srl)Ninth Realm – Damnation’s Veil (Transcending Obscurity Records)Perpetual Paradox – May Misery Befall You EP (Bleeding Art Collective)Prevailer – Convalescent (Rottweiler Records)Russian Circles – Nine (Sargent House)Sev Lezu – Blood Conscript (Ordovician Records)Sha-Boom – Another Nail In The Coffin (Silver Lining Music)Squid Pisser – Throat Slave (Skin Graft Records)Static Abyss – The Dying Hunt (Peaceville Records)Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery – The Roaring Waves (InsideOut Music)Totalitär – Totalitär (Prank Records)Triosphere – Oceans Above, Stars Below (Frontiers srl)ANDVordermann – Feeding On Fireworks EP (Self-Released)The Usual Suspects:🎤 Micaela Petersenhttps://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
985
PODCAST: Episode 1030 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.20.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support metal journalist Dom Lawson who suffered a heart attack at Bloodstock Open Air:https://www.gofundme.com/f/dom-lawson-medical-shenanigansPlease support Eugene Robinson and his recovery from a stroke:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backSupport for Neill Jameson and child after his wife Nikki passed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-nikkis-treatment-and-vales-care2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Late Night Rituals and Weekly News3:01 Personal Milestones and Channel Updates5:05 Remembering Those We Lost8:25 Birthday Shoutouts and Pop Culture10:00 Anniversaries in Metal History16:28 Deep Dive: The Black Album21:48 The News Rundown: Festivals and Tours47:37 New Music Friday and Mailbag1:10 Please like and subscribe#rock #metal #musicnews #tourdates #metalfestival #newmusic
-
984
PODCAST: Episode 1029 - Marilyn Manson "One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2" Deep Dive Review
Let's take a deep dive into the new @marilynmanson album, "One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2!" Out now via @NuclearBlastRecords This video has a brief, frank discussion of allegations and cases against the artist. TW for SA, and DV mentions.The National Domestic Violence Hotline for 24/7, confidential phone, text, and chat support.The National Sexual Assault Hotline operated by RAINN for free, confidential 24/7 support via online chat or phone.StrongHearts Native Helpline for specialized, safe, and confidential support.Loveisrespect for dating abuse and healthy relationship support tailored to youth. Read the Ghost cult review here: https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-marilyn-manson-one-assassination-under-god-chapter-2-nuclear-blast-records/Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 46:00 Outro ✅ Please like and sub#marilynmanson #newalbum #deepdive #oneassasinationundergodchapter2
-
983
PODCAST: Episode 1028 - Viktor Veisgarsson of Forsman Talks New Album, Modern Black Metal, and More
Ghost Cult's Chris Elliott (C.ell Arts Media / Black-Angeles) chatted with Viktor Veisgarsson, a.k.a. "V" of Kópavogur, Iceland's modern Black Metal act Forsmán. Their debut full-length album "Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur" was released June 26th, 2026 through Vesperian and Metal Blade Records. With a firm hand on the genre's storied roots and eyes and ears on the future, "Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur" is a leap forward for Black Metal in 2026! In addition to a killer album, the cover artwork was created by Paolo Girardi (Power Trip, Revocation, Sulphur Aeon), and with Metal Blade Records distributing "Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur" worldwide, the album is available as a limited CD Digipak with 16-page booklet + extensive artwork and gatefold LP with an LP booklet ft. extensive artwork and OBI strip on Clear/Black Splatter vinyl.Buy and stream "Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur" here:https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/collections/forsman (USA)https://linktr.ee/vesperian#549446188 (Rest of world)Forsmán are:V. – bass, vocalsH. – guitarO. – guitar, vocalsM. – drums Special thanks to Liz Earsplit PR for setting up this interview.The Usual Suspects:Interview by Chris Elliotthttps://www.instagram.com/cellartsmediaEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnyc This video's #gcshoutout → Black Rose Burninghttps://www.instagram.com/black_rose_burningCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
982
PODCAST: Episode 1027 - Kesari Gorin of Negative Frame Talks About Their Debut Album "Break The Ice"
Ghost Cult's Chris Elliott (C.ell Arts Media / Black-Angeles) caught up with Kesari Gorin of Negative Frame for a new interview! Their debut album "Break The Ice" just dropped on August 7th, 2026 via Blood Blast Distribution, and Kesari is stoked! Dredging up riffs and breakdowns from the depths of DIY Hardcore underground in London, Negative Frame have spent years growing organically with constant touring, expanding their fan base, a take-no-prisoners attitude, and drawing comparisons to the best bands in the genre. Chris and Kesari chopped it up and broke it all down for us! Buy and stream "Break The Ice" here:https://nfldn.bfan.link/break-the-iceNegative Frame are:Kesari Gorin - VocalsOlly Coyne - Lead GuitarGeorge Evil - GuitarMark Maccutchan - BassLuke Walker - DrumsSpecial thanks to Hold Tight PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → King Serpenthttps://www.instagram.com/kingserpentmusic/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Chris Elliotthttps://www.instagram.com/cellartsmediaEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#negativeframe #negativeframeldn #interview #hardcore #metallichardcore #newmusic
-
981
PODCAST: Episode 1026 - New Music Friday August 21st 2026 | 44 Releases
Cue up, tune out! It's New Music Friday, August 21st, 2026!Argul – Soledad & Orgullo (Personal Records) Axty – The Pain Made Me Who I Am (Napalm Records) The Barbarians Of California – Megatons (Self-Released) Burning Sun – Power To Survive (Pride & Joy Records) Cemetery Echo – Civitas Lacrimarum (Seeing Red Records) Chelsea Wolfe - The Dark (Loma Vista Recordings) Cvinger – Rites Ov Flesh (Void Wanderer Records) Dark Funeral – A Beast To Praise (Century Media Records) Deathgrave – Hell Is Evil (Tankcrimes Records) Deceptor – Reign Of Terror (Dying Victims Records) Dysthymia – The Morning Darkness (Hypnotic Dirge Records) Escapeinout – The Age Of Collapse – As Above, So Below (Brutal Records) Fallweather – Because You Were There (Papercut Records) Fejd – Nifelheim (Black Lodge Records) Fen – Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth (Prophecy Productions) First Light – Gravity 2.0 (Pride & Joy Records) Grand – Guilty Pleasure (Frontiers srl) Hydra – DeHydration (Pride & Joy Records) Joyous Wolf – In Between (Blue Grape Music) Kindred North – Kindred North (Pride & Joy Records) Malamorte – Omen II (Moribund Records) Mob Rules – Stories From The Verdant Vale (RPM ROAR) My Dying Bride – Anthology Of Sombre Reflections Boxset (Peaceville Records) The Night Eternal – Cold Velvet (Metal Blade Records) Nova Riot – Blood, Lies And Lullabies (Eclipse Music) Noveria – Becoming After (Scarlet Records) Ocean Sleeper – Peace When I’m Dead (Rise Records) Oddland – Unilluminate To Illuminate (Frontiers srl) Over The Edge – Over The Edge Re-Release (Frontiers srl) Pattern-Seeking Animals – Grimalkin (GEP Records) Rapid – Enter The Realm Of Fire (Dying Victims Records) Rising Insane – Deathrace (Long Branch Records) Ristridi – Ride The Storm (Self-Released) R.O.S.A. – No Peace For You (This Charming Man Records) Sakoya – World Gone Crazy EP (Adventure Cat Records) Shabti – Haze, Cacophony, And White Light (Contemn Light Records) Speed Stroke – Damage Control (Scarlet Records) Street Tombs – Existence Is Corruption (Carbonized Records) Teratum – Ordnance Of Spiritual Warfare EP (Dying Victims Records) Thanatomass – The Rabid Dead EP (Nomad Snakepit Records) Tokyo Blade – Hoist The Colours High (Dissonance Records) Triskelyon – Metalmorphosis (Moribund Records) Untitled With Drums – Made Flesh (Season Of Mist) ANDWicked – Go Rebel (Self-Released)The Usual Suspects: Micaela Petersenhttps://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
980
PODCAST: Episode 1025 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.14.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support metal journalist Dom Lawson who suffered a heart a attack at Bloodstock Open Air:https://www.gofundme.com/f/dom-lawson-medical-shenanigansPlease support Eugene Robinson and his recovery from a stroke:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backSupport for Neill Jameson and child after his wife Nikki passed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-nikkis-treatment-and-vales-care2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Late Night Rituals and Weekly News3:01 Personal Milestones and Channel Updates5:05 Remembering Those We Lost8:25 Birthday Shoutouts and Pop Culture10:00 Anniversaries in Metal History16:28 Deep Dive: The Black Album21:48 The News Rundown: Festivals and Tours47:37 New Music Friday and Mailbag#rock #metal #musicnews #tourdates #metalfestival #newmusic
-
979
PODCAST: Episode 1024 - Why You Are All Wrong About "The Black Album" by Metallica
Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 34:00 Outro ✅ Please like and sub
-
978
PODCAST: Episode 1023 - Spread the Disease's Dave Buschemeyer on "The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering."
Ghost Cult's Chris Elliott caught up with Dave Buschemeyer of Canadian blackened hardcore progenitors Spread the Disease for a conversation about the band's first new full-length in twenty-seven years, The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering, released July 10, 2026, through Hypaethral Records. Dave breaks down how the band reignited after decades away, the collaborative songwriting process with guitarist Trevor Dykstra, and what brought vocalist Shane Post, formerly of Bird of Ill Omen and current member of Fistula, into the fold.Read our review of the album here: https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-spread-the-disease-the-darkness-the-dread-the-suffering-hypaethral-records/Emerging from Southern Ontario, Canada in 1997 and long regarded as early trailblazers of blackened hardcore before the genre had a name, Spread the Disease return with the same uncompromising spirit that defined their earliest recordings. The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering. was recorded and mixed at Bravo Studios by Dave Buschemeyer and mastered by Greg Dawson at BWC Studios, available on limited CD, limited Dreadlight Yellow vinyl, and digitally.Buy The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering. here:https://linktr.ee/spreadthediseaseSpecial thanks to Earsplit PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → In the Abysshttps://www.instagram.com/intheabyssmetal/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Chris Elliotthttps://www.instagram.com/cellartsmediaEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
977
PODCAST: Episode 1022 - Fuming Mouth's Mark Whelan on "The Ringing Bell," Jay Weinberg, and a Return to Form
Tim Ledin caught up with Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouth to discuss the band's third full-length, The Ringing Bell, released July 17, 2026, through Triple B Records. Mark breaks down the making of the record, what it meant to track with Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio, and how The Ringing Bell delivers a devastating return to form built on massive death metal riffs, frantic chugging, and direct themes of resilience, death, and rebirth.The Ringing Bell features an explosive drumming performance from Jay Weinberg, formerly of Slipknot, bringing one of the most talked-about collaborative moments in death metal and hardcore punk this year.Buy The Ringing Bell and find more info here:https://triplebrecs.com/This video's #gcshoutout → Nuclear Thrashhttps://www.instagram.com/nuclearthrash/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Tim Ledinhttps://www.instagram.com/tim_at_fault/Editing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#FumingMouth #TheRingingBell #MarkWhelan #TripleBRecords #KurtBallou #GodCityStudio #JayWeinberg
-
976
PODCAST: Episode 1021 - New Music Friday August 14th, 2026 | Twenty Five Releases
This week’s manifest. It’s New Music Friday for August 14th, 2026!The Absolution Sequence – Dread Cycle (Self-Released)Abyssal Rift – Relics Of Great Ash (Transcending Obscurity Records)Autopsy – Mental Funeral (35th Anniversary Edition) (Peaceville Records)Coyote Man – Prosthetic Memories (Self-Released)Cutthroat – The Purge EP (M-Theory Recordings)Dead Tired – Hornets Of Fall (New Damage Records)Descendents – All Re-Release (Org Music)Descendents – Liveage! Re-Release (Org Music)Dissection – Reinkaos Re-Release (Darkness Shall Rise Records)Duckwalk Chuck – 525 (Self-Released)Echoes Of Theia – Moonwake (Self-Released)Evil Island – Terraform The Afterlife (Blowed Out Records)GeminiiDragon – Greatest Misses (Nepotism Records)Glu – Pony Boy EP (FLG Records)Holissstik – Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude (Season Of Mist)Ironflame – Worlds To Conquer (High Roller Records)Living Weapon – Death In The Family (Closed Casket Activities)Megascavenger – Toxic Noxious Undeath (Xtreem Music)Nestor – Live At Gothenburg Film Studios (Napalm Records)Only Echoes – Born Adrift (Braeburn Records)Raunchy – Prisoner (Mighty Music)Ryan Perdz – Can’t Cry (Big Machine Rock Records)Soulgrind – Ad Pulchram Mortem (Inverse Records)Storm Force – Truth (BraveWords Records)AND Various Artists – Sending Hearts To All My Dearies – A Tribute To Smashing Pumpkins (Sumerian Records)The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Micaela Petersen https://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics 🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
975
PODCAST: Episode 1020 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.7.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Eugene Robinson and help him get his voice back:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backRIP Danny Lomeli of Elysia https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-pazlomeli-familys-lossRIP Anthony "TJ" Catalfo, drums for Ruinerhttps://www.mealtrain.com/trains/r9y462Support for Neill Jameson and child after his wife Nikki passed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-nikkis-treatment-and-vales-care2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Announcements ✅:100:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and Subscribe
-
974
PODCAST: Episode 1019 - Matt Harvey (Exhumed) Talks Left to Die, the Early Music of Death, and More
Chris Elliott of Cell Arts and Black-Angeles Media chatted with Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Gruesome) of the Death tribute band, Left To Die! After extensive touring celebrating some of Death's classic albums, the band recently released their debut album Initium Mortis, from Relapse Records! The album is a modern re-recording of the pre-Death demos under the moniker Mantas. Matt is joined in Left To Die by Gus Rios (Gruesome, Cold Slither), original Death members Terry Butler (Obituary) and Rick Rozz (Massacre)! The album even features artwork by Dan Goldsworthy!As always, Matt gives a great interview and is not only a student of old-school brutal Death Metal, but is also doing a great job carrying the musical legacy of Chuck Schuldiner (RIP) forward. Buy music and merch and follow Left to Die: https://www.instagram.com/left_to_die_official/https://www.facebook.com/lefttodiedeathmetalhttps://lefttodiedeathmetal.bandcamp.comhttps://www.relapse.comhttps://www.instagram.com/relapserecordsSpecial thanks to Liz at Earsplit PR for setting up this interview for us. This video's #gcshoutout → Stillborn Conditionhttps://www.instagram.com/stillbornconditionofficial/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Chris Elliott https://www.instagram.com/cellartsmedia/Editing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#lefttodie #death #ripchuckschuldiner #deathmetal #interview
-
973
PODCAST: Episode 1018 - Junius' Joseph Martinez on "Sotera," the Divine Feminine, and a Decade Between Albums
Keefy caught up with Joseph E. Martinez, co-founder, lead vocalist, and guitarist of Boston post-metal band Junius, to discuss the band's fourth studio album Sotera, released June 26, 2026, through Prosthetic Records. Joseph breaks down what it meant to return with a full-length nearly a decade after 2017's Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light, and how Sotera marks a significant thematic shift away from the band's previous focus on cataclysms and the afterlife toward exploring the divine feminine as a force for balance and transformation.Formed in 2003, Junius have built their reputation on blending heavy atmospheric post-metal with shoegaze and alternative rock. Sotera is their heaviest record to date and one of the most anticipated post-metal releases of 2026.Buy Sotera and find more info here:https://ffm.to/soteraSpecial thanks to Carl Schultz at Action PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Burying Angelshttps://www.instagram.com/buryingangels/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
972
PODCAST: Episode 1017 - New Music Friday August 7th, 2026 | Thirty Five Releases
The weekly reckoning is here! It's New Music Friday for August 7th, 2026! 10.000 Years – Esox Lucifer (Ripple Music)Citizen – Halcyon Blues (Run For Cover)Crumbling Ghost – Four (New Heavy Sounds Records)Dark Plague – Masquerade (Fetzner Death Records)Die Entweihung – Worldwide Terror (Morbid And Miserable)Din Of Celestial Birds – Takeoffs & Landings (Big Scary Monsters)Dishumane – Centurion’s Demise EP (Blood Harvest Records)Dymna Lotva – Vyraj (Prophecy Production)Electric Callboy – Tanzeid (Century Media Records)Exola – Rocks! EP (Self-Released)Flowers Of Rust – Crude Exhibitions Of The Soul (Apocalyptic Witchcraft Records)Gravecrawler – Nidus (Self-Released)Hanternoz – A Hed, An Noz, A Noz, A Noz (Antiq Records)Hollywood Vampires – At Montreux Jazz Festival (earMusic)Horrifier – Revelations Of Gore (Personal Records)Hulder – Verbolgen (20 Buck Spin)Initiate – With Love // With Rage EP (Blue Grape Music)The Iron Roses – Molotov Nights (Self-Released)Labor Of The Negative – The Triumph Of Time And The Disillusioned (I, Voidhanger)Marc Amacher – Overdrive (Hoboville Records)Mephistofeles – Live In Europe (Heavy Psych Sounds)Negative Frame – Break The Ice (Bloodblast)Neptunian Maximalism – Nāgabhūtaṃ (I, Voidhanger Records)New Sun – Hanged’s Fate (Wormholedeath Records)Phantom Corporation/Catbreath – Commando/Die By The Claw Split (Supreme Chaos Records)Saprovore – Numinous Abditory Deflagration (I, Voidhanger Records)The Sorrow Of Being Immaculate – Long Summertime Burial Of Hope (Drone Alone Records)Temple Of Dread – Dreadspawn Dominion (Testimony Records)Todomal – Graveyards Of Joy (Season Of Mist)Various Artists – Cathedral Of Smoke: A Tribute To Sleep (Witching Buzz Records)Various Artists – Death Metal Tribute To Ozzy (Death Metal Records)Various Artists – A Tribute To Metallica (Antichrist Records)Vertiginous – Incessant Affliction (Comatose Records)Wormwood – Å EP (Sound Pollution Records)ANDXandria – Eclipse (Napalm Records)The Usual Suspects: Micaela Petersen https://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
971
PODCAST: Episode 1016 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.31.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Eugene Robinson and help him get his voice back:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backRIP Danny Lomeli of Elysia https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-pazlomeli-familys-lossRIP Anthony "TJ" Catalfo, drums for Ruinerhttps://www.mealtrain.com/trains/r9y462Support for Neill Jameson (Krieg, Decibel Magazine) and his child after his wife Nikki passed: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-nikkis-treatment-and-vales-care2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song live $25 Music business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Announcements ✅:52:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and SubscribeCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
970
PODCAST: Episode 1015 - No Cure's Blaythe Steuer on "It Is Going to Get Dark" and Birmingham Metallic Hardcore
Ghost Cult's Tim Ledin caught up with Blaythe Steuer, lead vocalist of Birmingham, Alabama metallic hardcore band No Cure, to discuss the band's debut full-length It Is Going to Get Dark, released July 10, 2026, through SharpTone Records. Blaythe breaks down the making of the record, what it means to deliver a debut full-length that sets the tone for the band's future, and what drives No Cure's uncompromising approach to metallic hardcore.Buy It Is Going to Get Dark and find more info here:https://sharptonerecords.co/products/no-cure-it-is-going-to-get-dark-jewel-case-cd-pre-orderThis video's #gcshoutout → Inner Veinhttps://www.instagram.com/innervein_official/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Tim Ledinhttps://www.instagram.com/tim_at_fault/Editing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#NoCure #ItIsGoingToGetDark #BlaytheSteuer #SharpToneRecords #MetallicHardcore #Hardcore
-
969
PODCAST: Episode 1014 - Kevin Comeau on Crown Lands' Apocalypse and the Sci-Fi Prog Epic Two Years in the Making
Keefy caught up with Kevin Comeau of Crown Lands, the award-winning Canadian progressive rock duo from Oshawa, Ontario, to discuss the band's ambitious new album "Apocalypse," released May 15, 2026, through InsideOut Music. Kevin breaks down the making of the record, including its centerpiece nineteen-minute multi-part title suite, standout tracks "Through the Looking Glass" and "Blackstar," and how the album expands the cosmic narrative universe first introduced on their 2023 record "Fearless."Apocalypse sees Crown Lands join forces with legendary producers Nick Raskulinecz and David Bottrill, both celebrated for their foundational work with Rush. The contrasting production styles pushed Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau to craft their most structurally complex and unified record yet, weaving themes of Indigenous resistance, environmental awareness, and anti-colonialism into an epic sci-fi and political mythology.Buy "Apocalypse" and find more info here:https://crownlands.bandcamp.com/album/apocalypse-24-bit-hd-audioSpecial thanks to Kevin Chiaramonte at PFA Associates PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Apostlehttps://www.instagram.com/apostlesucks/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag #CrownLands #Apocalypse #KevinComeau #CodyBowles #InsideOutMusic #ProgressiveRock
-
968
PODCAST: Episode 1013 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 31st 2026
The Friday index is open. It's New Music Friday for July 31st 2026Allt – Ataraxia (Century Media Records)Bear McCreary – The Singularity: Ekleipsis (Sparks & Shadows)The Body – Master, We Perish Re-Release (Thrill Jockey Records)Ceremonial Worship – Between Sleep And Death (Eternal Death Records)Chris Caffery – Faces Re-Release (Metalville Records)Complexant – Apex (Bleeding Art Collective Records)Disfiguring The Goddess – Bloom (Seek And Strike Records)Donnie Vie – Beautiful Things (Wicked Cool Records)Dry Wedding – The Back Of Beyond (Vesperian Records)Dumb Waiter – Change (Ossein Records)Element Of Fate – Dreamfall (Bravemusic)Finsterforst – Still (AOP Records)FireFlame – Force Against The End (Wormholedeath Records)Forced Entry – As Above, So Below Re-Release (M-Theory Recordings)Future Palace – Resurgence (Century Media Records)Hexorcist – Crucificial Imprecations (Invictus Music)Iconic – II (Frontiers srl)Lalu – A Mythmaker’s Demise (Frontiers srl)Limbonic Art – Arcane Past: The Celestial Grimoire (Kyrck)The Limit – Another Drop (Silver Lining Music)Nothingness – Godslaughter (Everlasting Spew Records)Ratt – Dancing Undercover Re-Release (Rhino Records)The Salt Pale Collective – …And God Said Nothing (Self-Released)Scattered Remnants – Procreating Mass Carnage/Inherent Perversion/Destined To Fail Re-Release (Redefining Darkness Records)Sellsword – …With Might And Vengeance (Self-Released)Sinner – Boom Bang Goodbye (Reigning Phoenix Music)Southpaw FLHC – The Standard (Spinefarm Records)Tabernakel – Scheintaufe (Iconoclasm Conquest Records) Tim Montana – Entire State Of Tim Montana (BMG)ANDViande – Monument Aux Morts (Transcending Obscurity Records)The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Micaela Petersenhttps://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics 🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
967
PODCAST: Episode 1012 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.24.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Eugene Robinson and help him get his voice back:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backWatch the GCM family wedding cheers video for Keefy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CjanMV2Tec2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://kofi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Announcements ✅:100:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and Subscribe!Follow our linktree for important daily updates: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
966
PODCAST: Episode 1011 - Wyrmhaven Talk Seasons of Gloom and Tucson Death Metal
Keefy caught up with Travis, Stephen, and Nick of Tucson, Arizona melodic death metal outfit Wyrmhaven to discuss the band's debut full-length, Seasons of Gloom, released May 29, 2026, independently. Written during a period of significant loss and perseverance, the record balances dark aggression with personal vulnerability, drawing on the band's deep reverence for metalcore's early days while pushing further into melodic death metal territory.Seasons of Gloom was produced by the band and Ryan Bram, known for his work with Gatecreeper, Spirit Adrift, and Terminal Nation, engineered by Bram, and mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren, whose credits include Machine Head, Fallujah, Entheos, and All Shall Perish. Cover art comes courtesy of Adam Burke of Nightjar Illustrations. The record is available on limited edition vinyl and digitally through the Wyrmhaven Bandcamp page.Buy Seasons of Gloom here:https://wyrmhaven.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-of-gloomSpecial thanks to Earsplit PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Volcandrahttps://www.instagram.com/volcandra/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
965
PODCAST: Episode 1010 - Gus Rios on Recreating the Transformers: The Movie Soundtrack with Knights of Unicron
Ojayy caught up with Gus Rios, the mastermind behind last year's G.I. Joe Cold Slither record, to discuss his latest project with Knights of Unicron: The Transformers: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Reformatted Edition, out July 24, 2026, through Hasbro Music and Reigning Phoenix Music. Gus breaks down how Knights of Unicron, comprised of himself, Matt Harvey, and Ross Sewage, rebuilt the iconic 1986 animated movie soundtrack from the ground up to deliver a heavier, sharper, and more powerful sonic experience for the fortieth anniversary.The Reformatted Edition features an all-star lineup of guest performers and lifelong Transformers fans, including Stan Bush and Vince DiCola, Sebastian Bach, Mark Osegueda of Deah Angel, Francesco Cavalieri of Wind Rose, Brittney Slayes of Unleash the Archers, and Cold Slither's own Torch. The album was produced and engineered by Matt LaPlant, mixed and mastered by Zeuss, and recorded at Ripper's Lair. Cover artwork and design are by Matt Ferguson.Buy The Transformers: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Reformatted Edition here:https://reigningphoenixmusic.com/Special thanks to C Squared PR for setting up this interview.https://www.instagram.com/csquaredmm2/This video's #gcshoutout → Emasculatorhttps://www.instagram.com/emasculator/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Ojayyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojayy666Editing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories: https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#KnightsOfUnicron #GusRios #Transformers #TheReformattedEdition #TransformersTheMovie #HabroMusic #ReigningPhoenixMusic #StanBush #SebastianBach #BrittneySlayes #MarkOsegueda #ColdSlither #GhostCultMag
-
964
PODCAST: Episode 1009 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 24th 2026
Everything that dropped, worth knowing about. It's New Music Friday for July 24th 2026Baphomet’s Blood – Metal Damnation Re-Release (Dying Victims Records)Bryan Eckermann – Return To Helmbrook (Bonespill Records)Caelestia – Revelations In Black (Eclipse Records)Castiel – All Returns To Hollow And Silence EP (Seek And Strike Records)Changing Places In The Fire – Changing Places In The Fire (Wild Thing Records)Combichrist – The Venom In The Mouth Of God (Out Of Line Music)Ddent – Feeding The Void’s Luster (Chien Noir Records)Divulsive – Spawned In Viscera (Comatose Records)Eternal Mourn – Winds Of Sorrow EP (Terror From Hell Records)Faustian – Parable Of The Sewer (Apocalyptic Witchcraft Records)Goot – My Time (Wordlessness Records)Gudewife – Atoms, Don’t Die EP (Ripcord Records)The Hu – Hun (Better Noise Music)Into Darkness – Route To The Other Side (Dying Victims Records)IX Of Blades – Way Of The Midnight Wave (Self-Released)Jordsjø – Pestkrønikene (Dying Victims Records)Litosth – Dreaming (Personal Records)Lockstep – I Know What I Saw (Profound Lore Records)Madball – Not Your Kingdom (Nuclear Blast Records)Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree & Destroy Erase Improve Re-Release (Reigning Phoenix)Mimi Barks – Dreamstate Of Fear EP (Deathkiss Records)New Forms – Nothing’s Sacred Anymore EP (Iodine Records)North Sea Echoes – How To Cast A Shadow (Metal Blade Records)Pox – B.K.W. EP (Void Wanderer Records)Reekmind – Glints From The Crematorium EP (Night Terrors Records)Rezn – Cycles In The Infinite Dream (Sargent House)Ripper – Towards Rebirth (Dark Descent Records)Sallow Moth – Hydrophilous Blood (Willowtip Records)Svjetlost – The Forever Silent (Shadow Of Sorrow Records) Svindel – Drömfeber (Ripple Music)Torpor – Dungeon Descent (Dying Victims)Tyraels Ascension – Grave Seeker (Rottweiler Records)Ty-RAY-elz Ah-SEN-shun V.B.O. – Vice Business Only (Reigning Phoenix Music)Viscera/// – 4. Assets For Psychedelic Warfare (Time To Kill Records)Yeti On Horseback – Traditional Addictions (Self-Released)ANDZan/Cody – Beautiful ‘N Damned (Frontiers srl)The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Micaela Petersenhttps://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics 🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
963
PODCAST: Episode 1008 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.16.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Jennifer Finch of L7 in her fight against brain cancer:https://www.gofundme.com/f/jennifer-finch-vs-brain-cancer-its-time-to-make-noisePlease support Shaun Glass' family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-life-in-metal-a-future-for-his-son-shaun-glass2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our code:https://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Announcements ✅:48:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and Subscribe Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
962
PODCAST: Episode 1007 - Irata on Human, Small Stone Recordings, and the North Carolina Power Trio's New Chapter
Keefy caught up with the full band of North Carolina power trio Irata to discuss Human, their new full-length, released July 10, 2026, through Small Stone Records The band breaks down the making of the record, their return to a trio lineup after releasing 2019's Tower as a four-piece, and what drove the writing of eight songs built around thundering bass riffs, hypnotic drums, and grandiose choruses.Human was recorded with Hunter Allen and Adam Joyce of The Bronzed Chorus at Amplified Acres in Liberty, North Carolina, and mixed by J. Robbins at The Magpie Cage in Baltimore, Maryland. The record is available on CD, digital, and limited one-hundred-and-eighty-gram vinyl in two pressings: Birthday Cake Mix and Blue Grackle Mix.Buy Human and find more info here:https://www.smallstone.comSpecial thanks to Earsplit PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → The Anarchist Closethttps://www.instagram.com/theanarchistcloset/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#Irata #Human #SmallStoneRecordings #HeavyRock #PowerTrio #NorthCarolina #JRobbins #UndergroundMetal #GhostCultMag #MetalInterview
-
961
PODCAST: Episode 1006 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.9.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Shaun Glass' family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-life-in-metal-a-future-for-his-son-shaun-glass2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Announcements ✅:110:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and Subscribe Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
960
PODCAST: Episode 1005 - Thomas Jäger of Monolord on "Neverending" - Working with Sylvia Massey, and More
Keefy caught up with Gothenburg, Sweden's Sludge/Doom leaders Monolord for a new interview. The band just released their excellent new album "Neverending" via Relapse Records. Over their thirteen years as a band, they have continued to raise the bar and challenge themselves, and "Neverending" is no different. The band worked with legend Sylvia Massy, known for her work with Tool, System of a Down, and Johnny Cash, which pushed them into new, yet still heavy territory. Thomas talked about the process, the more personal bent of the album's lyrics, and working with Swedish Death Metal legend and former Entombed bassist Jörgen Sandström (also of Grave, Domedagen, and Firespawn). Buy "Neverending" and check out tour dates here: https://monolord.com/Shoutout to Monica at Speakeasy PR for setting up this interview!This video's #gcshoutout → Oak Ash & Thornhttps://www.instagram.com/oakashandthorndenver/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#monolord #relapserecords #interview #doommetal
-
959
PODCAST: Episode 1004 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 17th 2026
The Friday flood is here. It's New Music Friday for July 17th, 2026.Bestia Arcana – Holókauston Re-Release (Debemur Morti Records)Beyond Creation – The Aura Re-Release (Season Of Mist)Boundaries – Yearning: The Unbeautiful (Sumerian Records)Carbon Tomb – Passage To A Neutron Star (Transcending Obscurity Records)Code Red – Incendiary Re-Release (Pride & Joy Records)Coffin Hunters – Cosmic Dawn (Bitter End Records)Eaten By Sharks – The Undertow Of Hate (CDN Records)Emptiness – Nowhere Speaks (Season Of Mist)Eternal Drak – The Violence Of Time (FirstWave Records)Ethereal Rot – Ethereal Rot (Self-Released)Fuming Mouth – The Ringing Bell (Triple B Records)Her Head’s On Fire – Am I Not Your Girl? (Iodine Recordings)Imperium – Exodus Unknown (Heavy Metal Records)Inferno – The Anthropic Sophisms (Debemur Morti Records)Left To Die – Initium Mortis (Relapse Records)Loathe – A Stranger To You (SharpTone Records)The Menzingers – Everything I Ever Saw (Epitaph Records)Mothertomb – Dying To Live (Self-Released)Motionless In White – Decades (Roadrunner Records)Necrocosm – To The Depths EP (Self-Released)Novareign – Shifting The Axis Of The World (M-Theory Recordings)Parker Barrow – Hold The Mash (Self-Released)Poison The Preacher – Things I Want EP (Seek And Strike Records)Post Death Soundtrack – Barren Mother Of All (Self-Released)Psycroptic – The Pulse Of Annihilation (Metal Blade Records)Quicksand – Bring On The Psychics (Equal Vision Records)Rei Code Zero – Chronicles (Wormholedeath Records)Repentance – Retaliate (Noble Demon Records)Ruthless – Curse Of The Beast (Fireflash Records)The Secrecy – Pins & Needles (Disorder Records)StormHammer – Wrath Of The Hammer (RPM ROAR)Tesla – Homage (Frontiers srl)Tomb Slab – Tomb Slab (Road To Masochist Records)Too Late, But Still – How Much Can We Take (Cardinal Sun Records)UADA – Devoid Of Light (10th Anniversary Edition) (Eisenwald Records)Umbersound – Tracks From The Slither (Red Book Records)ANDUnder Auburn Skies – Diminisher Of Hope EP (Self-Released)The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Micaela Petersenhttps://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics 🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
958
PODCAST: Episode 1003 - Don of the Dead (Nunslaughter) on "Satanic Chaos Legions" and BLKIIBLK Records
Wil Cifer caught up with Don of the Dead, founding vocalist, bassist, and sole original member of American Devil Metal legends Nunslaughter, to discuss the band's sixth full-length album Satanic Chaos Legions, released June 26, 2026, through BLKIIBLK Records. Don breaks down the band's debut on BLKIIBLK, what went into breaking a five-year full-length silence since 2021's Red Is the Color of Ripping Death, and how Satanic Chaos Legions continues the band's uncompromising blend of first-wave black metal, old-school death metal, thrash, and raw punk rock.Formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1987 and later relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, Nunslaughter have spent nearly four decades building one of underground metal's most fiercely uncompromising legacies. Don of the Dead remains the band's sole original member and creative anchor. Satanic Chaos Legions is available now across multiple physical formats, including limited-edition three-color twelve-inch vinyl configurations through BLKIIBLK Records.Buy Satanic Chaos Legions here:https://www.blkiiblk.com/album/6This video's #gcshoutout → Soul Mirrorhttps://www.instagram.com/soulmirrorus/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Wil Ciferhttps://www.instagram.com/w.i.l.cifer/Editing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
957
PODCAST: Episode 1002 - Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary on "After the Astronaut," Twenty-Eight Years Later
GhostCultKeefy caught up with Paul Leary, co-founder and lead guitarist of the Butthole Surfers, to discuss After the Astronaut, the band's ninth studio album, released June 26, 2026, through Sunset Blvd Records. The record has one of the more remarkable backstories in alternative rock history. Originally recorded in 1998 as the intended follow-up to "Electriclarryland," the album was shelved by Capitol Records, who deemed it uncommercial. The band was subsequently forced to rework the material at Hollywood Records, which eventually became 2001's "Weird Revolution."https://youtu.be/cBK3QLsqS0gDecades later, the Butthole Surfers reclaimed the rights to the original recordings. Paul Leary completely remixed the tracks to present the music exactly as the band intended it back in 1998, making After the Astronaut both a long-overdue release and one of the most compelling stories in rock music in 2026.Buy After the Astronaut and find more info here:https://www.sunsetblvdrecords.com/Special thanks to Heather Hawke at Reybee PR for setting up this interview.This video's #gcshoutout → Misty Routehttps://www.instagram.com/mistyroute/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#ButtholeSurfers #AfterTheAstronaut #PaulLeary #SunsetBlvdRecords #AlternativeRock
-
956
PODCAST: Episode 1001 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 10th 2026
The next sonic assault has arrived. It's New Music Friday for July 10th, 2026.Ad Finem Omnia – Senects Viae (Purity Through Fire Records)Apogean – Waste Where Life Begins (The Artisan Era Records)Arise From Worms – A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self-Destruction (Church Road Records)Beware Of Gods – Upon Whom The Last Descends III: Behead The Oracle (Self-Released)Cranial Osteotomy – Vortex Of The Dark Knowledge (Comatose Records)DevilDriver – Strike And Kill (Napalm Records)The Devil Wears Nada – In Lust We Thrust (Eonian Records)Dysgnostic – End Whispers (Transcending Obscurity Records)Ealdor Bealu – Graves Of The Silent Plain (Ripple Music) Electric Mob – 2 Make U Cry & Dance Deluxe Edition (Frontiers srl)Escumergament – Apparebat Eidolon Senex (Avantgarde Music) Eva Under Fire – Villainous (Better Noise Records)Grim Legion – Harbingers Of Death (HPGD Records)Haserot – Advent Of Suffering (Redefining Darkness)Healer – Desolation EP (Fleau Records)If These Trees Could Talk – The Hidden Hand (Metal Blade Records)I Proélefsi – Ypógeio Vasíleio (Depressive Illusions Records) Irata – Human (Small Stone Recordings)Iron Slaught – Metallic Torments (Gates Of Hell Records)Master Massive – White Shadows (Fireflash Records)Mourir – Nous, le venin (Pelagic Records)My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoy Deluxe Edition (Reprise Records)Necromonger – Emanation Of The Dying Perceptions (Xtreem Records)NightFreak – Midwest Rattlesnakes (Big Neck Records)No Cure – It Is Going To Get Dark (SharpTone Records)The Plot In You – The Volumes Series (Fearless Records)Pride Of Lions – Unbridled (Frontiers srl)Pylar – Delyrio (Cyclic Law/Cavsas Records)Ravaged By The Yeti – Snowbound Horror (Testimony Records)Rotting Christ – Khronos Re-Release (Season Of Mist)Savage – Septic Tomb EP (Dawnbreed Records)Shadow Of Jupiter – Bones (Ripple Music)Sigyn – From Nation To Chaos (Noble Demon Records)Slow Goat – Where The Wisest Fear To Tread (Self-Released)Smoking Snakes – All Lights On (Frontiers srl)Snag – All The Cages Holding Us Will One Day Turn To Dust (Deathwish Inc.)Snorlax – Toxic Current (Avantgarde Music)Sojourner – Gateways (Avantgarde Music)Spread The Disease – The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering. (Hypaethral Records)Sweet – The Answer Re-Release (Metalville Records)Trendkill – Apathy For The Dead (Self-Released)Undertakers – Global Dominion (Time To Kill Records)Wailin Storms – The Arsonist (Season Of Mist)ANDThe Xcerts – I Think I Want To Go Home Now (FLG Records)The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Hough Photohttps://www.instagram.com/houghphoto 💻 Omar Cordy https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics 🎵 Fahad Syed https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us. https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
955
PODCAST: Episode 1000 - Tim and Keith of Deadguy on Their Comeback, and More!
For our special 1000th podcast, Keefy crosses one big interview off the bucket list! Having been a fan since 1995's classic "Fixation on a Co-Worker" (Victory Records) album, Keefy has been aiming to interview Deadguy since their 2021 reunion! Last year's excellent "Near-Death Travel Services" (Relapse Records) showed the band has plenty left in the tank and are not just on a nostalgia trip. At Milwaukee Metal Fest 2026, we caught up with Tim Singer and Keith Huckins before their epic set during the weekend. We chatted about band history, the "Deadguy: Killing Music" documentary that helped ignite fans old and new, working with legendary producer Steve Evetts, and much more! Shout out to Don De Leaumont for helping set up this interview! https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ljqHdJ17kulVxWFYFpLu6?si=8e8499847ee8494cBuy Deadguy music and merch here: https://amzn.to/4wqD7rZThe Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
954
PODCAST: Episode 999 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.4.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Shaun Glass' family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-life-in-metal-a-future-for-his-son-shaun-glass2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us Buy a superchat or superthanks/hype on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@GhostCultMaghttps://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Announcements ✅:110:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and Subscribe Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
-
953
PODCAST: Episode 998 - Seven Kingdoms' Camden Cruz on "Sono Sola" - the Kickstarter, and Power Metal on Their Own Terms
Keefy caught up with Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms to discuss the band's upcoming sixth full-length album, Sono Sola, expected late October 2026. The Florida-based power metal band launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the record independently, putting the project directly in the hands of their fanbase rather than going the traditional label route.Camden breaks down what "Sono Sola" means for the band, the decision to crowdfund the release, and what supporters can expect from one of American power metal's most dedicated acts.Back "Sono Sola" on Kickstarter and find more info here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sevenkingdoms/seven-kingdoms-sono-sola-the-6th-full-length-albumThis video's #gcshoutout → Shadow Solsticehttps://www.instagram.com/shadow.solstice/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag#SevenKingdoms #SonoSola #CamdenCruz #PowerMetal
-
952
POCAST: Episode 997 - Deftones and The Leak of "Eros" and Why Bands Owe You Nothing
The leak of Deftones "lost" album "eros" has divided their fanbase. Do bands owe it to fans to release all their music? Does this behaviour make fans toxic? Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp:0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings and Salutations! 44:00 Outro ✅ Please like and sub
-
951
PODCAST: Episode 996 - David Haley on Psycroptic's "The Pulse of Annihilation" and the Metal Blade Records Era
@GhostCultKeefy666 caught up with @Psycroptic drummer David Haley to discuss the band's upcoming album The Pulse of Annihilation, set for release July 17, 2026, through @metalbladerecords . David breaks down the writing and recording process behind one of the most anticipated technical death metal records of the year and what "The Pulse of Annihilation" means for the band's evolution.Buy "The Pulse of Annihilation" here: http://www.metalblade.com/psycropticSpecial thanks to Liz at Earsplit PR for setting up this interview. This video's #gcshoutout → Artwork by Micaela Petersenhttps://www.instagram.com/artworkbymicaelapetersen/The Usual Suspects:Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Exclusive Interviews and rock and metal news! https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag Logo by Sludgework! https://www.sludgework.com/
HOSTED BY
Ghost Cult Magazine
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...