Technological horror, the literal or metaphorical collision of organic life with machines, from JG Ballard to David Cronenburg to Akira, there’s something so compelling (and often terrifying) about the welding of machine and flesh. The jaws of the thresher know no remorse, while the body is destined to suffer in its grip. Such thoughts occur listening to Putrid / Obsolete (Persistent Vision Records), the latest record from Richmond, Virginia’s extreme-metal unit Prisoner. Continue reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: Ministry – HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES
Ministry’s long career began back in 1981 and has seen many different incarnations over the proceeding 43 years with the one constant of producer/singer/multi-instrumentalist Al Jourgensen steering the ship throughout. It’s fair to say the band have had to navigate some severely choppy waters over the decades, with a revolving door style policy of other personnel joining the larger-than-life frontman in his lifelong musical pursuit, and with various controversies never too far away.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Today Was Yesterday – Today Was Yesterday
The expert, intricate and intriguing Today Was Yesterday (Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group) finds the eponymous duo spreading their wings, unboxing various goodies and displaying many talents, in cahoots with guitar greats Alex (Rush) Lifeson, guesting on six of the 10 tracks, and Robby (The Doors) Krieger, on another.Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
Chelsea Wolfe’s seventh solo full-length (and her first in around five years), She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She (Loma Vista Recordings), seems to represent something of a rebirth for Wolfe, both in terms of thematic content and sound.Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Jake Duzik of HEALTH Breaks Down The Entire “Rat Wars” Album
Ghost Cult Keefy caught up with Jake Duzik of HEATH to discuss their 2023 album “Rat Wars” – out now via Loma Vista Recordings! Not only was “Rat Wars” Ghost Cult’s album of the month for December 2023, the record also landed at #20 in our Album of the Year Poll (watch here https://youtu.be/ds2EmwiR310)! Jake discussed the creative process of the band, a track-by-track breakdown of the album, the musical and non-musical influences on the band, and much more! Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: HEALTH – Rat Wars
The Industrial-meets-Metal meets Electronic, meets any-other-genre-they-fancy trio HEALTH have made a name for themselves in the music world by doing what the name implies, anything they want to.
ALBUM REVIEW: MTVoid (Tool) – Matter’s Knot, Pt.1
Tool’s bassist Justin Chancellor and Polish Alt-Metal outfit Sweet Noise’s frontman Peter Mohamed first met at a European music festival. A shared desire to collaborate in some way or another finally came to fruition in 2013 with MTVoid’s first album, Nothing’s Matter. Now ten years on the pair release their follow up, Matter’s Knot, Pt.1 (Lobal Orning).
ALBUM REVIEW: Pomegranate Tiger – All Input Is Error
On All Input Is Error (Self-Released), Canada’s Pomegranate Tiger (aka prog multi-instrumentalist and accomplished composer Martin Andres) takes a topical AI concept and runs with it. Does he win the race? Yes, in the end – even if the final fate of humankind is ultimately unknown (there are no lyrics, you see, so you can make up your own mind, all you creatives out there).
Watch Brittney Spears Pole Dance to Nine Inch Nails “Closer”
Brittney Spears is feeling herself on her Instagram again. The Pop superstar shared her glee at owning a new stripper pole and testing it out for her 42 million plus fans on Instagram! Her dance moves were set to the music of Nine Inch Nails strip clum and Industrial Metal classic “Closer!” No stranger to rock, Brittney covered both Rolling Stones and Joan Jett during the pandemic era, and clearly many metal bands love her back, since there are a lot of covers of her pop music as metal songs! Enjoy her dance moves and some covers! Thanks for being awesome Brittney!
ALBUM REVIEW: Puscifer – Existential Reckoning : Rewired
Puscifer will always be best known as one of the many creative outlets for Tool / A Perfect Circle vocalist Maynard James Keenan, and as an avenue for the most obscure depths of his musical creativity. But the band has always been a collaborative affair, with Keenan working alongside many different artists over the years, with their albums subsequently always providing an infusion of many different ideas and experiences. Existential Reckoning : Rewired (Puscifer Entertainment / Alchemy Recordings/ BMG) is the remix accompaniment to their 2020 album, which itself was a typically avant-garde electro-rock melting pot of futuristic and otherworldly sounds.