ALBUM REVIEW: Oozing Wound – We Cater To Cowards


 

Judging by the name, Oozing Wound should be a run-of-the-mill Death Metal outfit with all of the daft connotations that come with the genre. Thankfully the band is signed to the excellent Thrill Jockey Records, so safe to say this is not the case. What it does demonstrate, however, is a band not afraid to annoy overly serious music journos like me, and artists are supposed to stick it to the man, who in this case would be me. Ahem.

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Brume, Geezer, Mother Iron Horse, Howling Giant, Green Druid and Greenbeard Are All Booked for Desertfest NYC


Desert Fest NYC – the US version of the classic European stoner doom festival has added their final bands and set their daily lineups. Brume, Geezer, Mother Iron Horse, Howling Giant, Green Druid, and Greenbeard are all added to the bill while Fatso Jetson has dropped off the bill. You can also see the daily lineups on the poster below. 4-day passes are sold out but 3-day and single-day passes are on sale now. Desertfest takes place Knockdown Center May 13th – May 15th, 2022 with a pre-party at Saint Vitus. Poster artwork by Arik Roper.

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Desertfest New York 2022 Books Baroness, Monster Magnet, Corrosion of Conformity, Torche and More


6/14/2019, Rough Trade Records, Ghostcult Magazine, Brooklyn.

The bands are set for the return of Desertfest New York 2022! Taking place May 13th – May 15th 2022 at Knockdown Center, Brooklyn with a pre-party on May 12th 2022 at Saint Vitus Bar, Brooklyn, tickets are on sale now! Heading up the tremendous list of talented bands are Baroness, along with Monster Magnet, Corrosion Of Conformity, Torche, Stoned Jesus, Planet Of Zeus, Green Lung, High On Fire, Orange Goblin, Red Fang, Inter Arma and many more!

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GUEST POST: Inter Arma’s Andrew LaCour: Top Ten Albums of 2019


It’s December at Ghost Cult, so once again it’s time for “End Of Year” Guest posts! We’ll be sharing lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the globe all month long. We kick things off with Andrew LaCour of Inter Arma, whose brilliant Sulphur English album released in April via Relapse Records and landed on the #16 spot on Ghost Cult’s 2019’s Album of the Year List. Andrew shares his personal top 10 albums of 2019 with us and we’re looking forward to catching Inter Arma on tour everywhere in 2020. Continue reading


PODCAST: Episode 46 – Johnny Galyon of Northwest Hesh Fest


Northwest Hesh Fest is this coming weekend in Portland OR, September 19th – and it looks awesome! Headlined by Red Fang, and featuring appearances by Acid King, Witch Mountain, Big Business, Necrot, Fat Tony, Lord Dying, Nebula, Sasquatch, Holy Grove, and many more. We caught up with Johnny Gaylon, the booker of the fest and past events in Portland and at places such as South By Southwest (SXSW), and we learned about his past history in the scene, just what goes into booking the fest and why downtown Portland rules for events like this! Get your tickets to the event here, check back tomorrow for our festival preview, and check back in a few weeks for a review and photo set.

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Pelican, Big Business, Sixes Added to Desertfest Belgium Next Fall


 

Desertfest Belgium has been busy adding top tier bands for its next edition! Pelican, Big Business, Sixes have all been announced in the last few days with more bands to come! They join a bill that features Sleep, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, EyeHateGod, Truck Fighters, Pelican, Bonripper, Nebula, Steak, High Reeper, ASG and more!Continue reading


NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: April 12th New Music Releases


Check out all of today’s new releases in the music world!

Ace Frehley – Spaceman (Picture Disc) (eOne Music) (Buy)

A Day To Remember – Attack Of The Killer B-Sides – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)

Alice Cooper – Dirty Diamonds (Vinyl) (New West Records)(Buy)

Alien Weaponry – Tu (Vinyl) (Napalm Records)(Buy)

American War Machine – Unholy War (Bridge Nine)(Buy)

Andy Black – The Ghost Of Ohio (Lava/Republic Records)(Buy)

Bad Religion – My Sanity (7″ & 3″) (Epitaph)(Buy)

Basement – Be Here Now (7″) (Fueled By Ramen)(Buy)

Beartooth – B-Sides (7″) (Red Bull Records)(Buy)

Big Business – The Beast You Are (Joyful Noise)(Buy)

Blackguard – Storm (Self-Released)(Buy)

Blind Guardian – The Forgotten Tales Re-Release (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)

Blind Guardian – Live Re-Release (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)

Blind Guardian – Tokyo Tales Re-Release (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)

Brant Bjork – Keep Your Cool Re-Release (Heavy Psych Sounds) (Buy)

BTS – Map Of The Soul: Persona (Buy)

The Chemical Brothers – No Geography(Buy)

Chad Smith & Josh Klinghoffer – Jeepster/Monolith (7″) (ORG Music)(Buy)

Chuck Mosley – Joe Haze Session #2 (7″) (blocGLOBAL)(Buy)

D’angelo – Voodoo – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)

Death Therapy – Voices (Solid State Records)(Buy)

Def Leppard – The Story So Far Vol. 2/B-Sides (Vinyl) (UMC/Virgin)(Buy)

Diesear – Bloodred Inferno (eOne Music)(Buy)

Dio – Last In Line (Live) (Picture Disc) (BMG)(Buy)

Melissa Etheridge – The Medicine Show(Buy)

Bruce Hornsby – Absolute Zero (Buy)

Felix Martin – Caracas (N/A)(Buy)

Foo Fighters – Big Me (3″) (Roswell Records)(Buy)

Gabriel And The Apocalypse – Alpha Bionic (Pavement Entertainment)(Buy)

Graveyard – Live At Pustervik (Reaktor/Nuclear Blast)(Buy)

Green Jellÿ – Cereal Killer Sounds (Vinyl) (Say-10 Records)(Buy)

Greta Van Fleet – From The Fires (Vinyl) (Lava/Republic)(Buy)

Halestorm – Buzz/Chemical (7″) (Atlantic)()

Hatebreed – Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)

Hath – Of Rot And Ruin (Willowtip)(Buy)

Hawkwind – The 1999 Party – Live At The Chicago Auditorium (Vinyl) (Rhino/Parlophone)(Buy)

High On Fire – Bat Salad (12″) (eOne Music)(Buy)

Iced Earth – Enter The Realm Re-Release (Red)(Buy)

Inferi – The End Of An Era | Rebirth (The Artisan Era)(Buy)

Inter Arma – Sulphur English (Relapse)(Buy)

Ketzer – Cloud Collider (Metal Blade)(Buy)

Etta James – Etta James Rocks The House – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)

Norah Jones – Begin Again(Buy)

L7 – Burn Baby (7″) (Blackheart Records)(Buy)

Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits – Newbury Comics Exclusive (Color) (Buy)

Aaron Lewis – State I’m In (Buy)

Mastodon – Stairway To Nick John (10″) (Reprise)(Buy)

Molases – Molases – (Van Records) (Buy)

Motörhead – Overkill/Bomber (7″) (BMG)(Buy)

Motörhead – Rockaway Beach (7″) (Motörhead Music)(Buy)

My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade Is Dead (Vinyl) (Reprise Records) (Buy)

Nekrasov – Lust Of Consciousness (Prosthetic Records)(Buy)

Nirvana – Live At The Paramount (Buy)

Nita Strauss – Controlled Chaos (Vinyl) (Sumerian Records)(Buy)

Numenorean – Adore (Season Of Mist)(Buy)

Pearl Jam – Live At East Street (Vinyl) (Monkeywrench)(Buy)

Pelican – Midnight & Mescaline (7″) (Southern Lord)(Buy)

Pete Rock – Don’t Smoke Rock Instrumentals (Buy)

Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets (Mono) (Vinyl) (Legacy)(Buy)

Posthum – Like Wildfire (Indie Recordings)(Buy)

Rush – Hemispheres (Picture Disc) (UMe)(Buy)

Scream Blue Murder – Rock Bottom (Stay Sick Recordings)(Buy)

Serj Tankian – Harakiri (Vinyl) (Music On Vinyl)(Buy)

Silverstein – Redux: The First 10 Years (N/A)(Buy)

Suldusk – Lunar Falls (Northern Silence Productions)(Buy)

Sunn O))) – Life Metal (Vinyl/CD) (Southern Lord)(Buy)

Sworn Amongst – Reclamation EP (Famined Records)(Buy)

The Machinist – Confidimus In Morte (Prosthetic Records)(Buy)

The Used – The Used Live From Maida Vale (10″) (Hopeless Records)(Buy)

Theories – Vessel (Corpse Flower Records)(Buy)

Thrice – Deeper Wells (12″) (Epitaph)(Buy)

Various Artists – Dualism (Eclipse Records)(Buy)

Troll – Legend Master (Shadow Kingdom)(Buy)

Tronos – Celestial Mechanics (Century Media) (Buy)

Various Artists – House Of Wax Music From The Motion Picture (Vinyl) (Maverick)(Buy)

Various Artists – Howard Stern’s Private Parts (Vinyl) (Warner Bros. Records)(Buy)

Various Artists – The Crow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl) (Atlantic Records)(Buy)

Various Artists – Transformers – Revenge Of The Fallen Soundtrack (Vinyl) (Reprise Records)(Buy)

Waldgefluster – Mondscheinsonaten (Nordvis)(Buy)

ZVI – Deer Pink (Nefarious Industries)(Buy)


Big Business – The Beast You Are


Despite hardly releasing a duff track, let alone a bad album, Big Business have always been hard to categorize. An unruly mix of Melvins sludge -which is probably why Jared Warren and Coady Willis recorded three albums with Buzz Osborne and co.-, Floor’s ability to mix big heavy riffs and catchy vocals, and a healthy dose of punky rock and roll energy, Big Biz rarely get the love or attention they deserve.Continue reading


Psycho Las Vegas 2018: Live From Hard Rock Hotel And Casino


Psycho Las Vegas has grown and evolved over the years and has shaken off any comparisons to niche European fests and your traditional US fest, itself having no close comparisons, and being its own beast. Having everything under one roof including your stay can lead to late and debaucherous nights for some, packed and planned diverse schedules for the devout, a little compromise of both for others, but an all around good time for all. For a journalist working the fest, it goes by in a blur but you still experience having those stand out moments as well as highlights of your own. Continue reading


Watch Red Fang’s New Video For Their Cover Of “Listen to the Sirens”


Red Fang, by Susanne A. Maathuis Photography

Red Fang have shared a video for their brand new cover of Gary Numan’s Tubeway Army 1978 classic jam ‘ Listen to the Sirens’. Watch the official music video directed by Ray Gordon now.

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