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ALBUM REVIEW: Upon Stone – Dead Mother Moon

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Look alive kids, it’s time for America’s favorite game: initial impressions. Not going to lie, there was some editorial concern when noticing the album art for Upon Stone’s Dead Mother Moon (Century Media). When presented with an image depicting an armored warrior with broadsword in hand and the full moon lighting him from behind, I had some thoughts. Worst case scenario is this is some Dungeons & Dragons inspired Power Metal nonsense. Best case scenario, it’s very Castlevania by way of airbrushed art on the side of a van.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Master – Saints Dispelled

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It is fitting that 2024 finds the resurgence of death metal gathering even more momentum as death spreads across the globe. Death is a logical progression to the cycle of life, so death metal should be a celebration of this. Paul Speckmann has shown up to this celebration with this 14th album as Master. At sixty, he shows little sign of slowing down. Is it more deliberate than their 1990 album? Yes, but the songwriting is more polished. This album is a study on the roots of death metal, so prepare to take notes, there will be a quiz.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Ryujin – Ryujin

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The new year is off to a good start because Ryujin’s shining new self-titled album Ryujin (Napalm Records) is about to be released. Continue reading →


EP REVIEW: The Hope Conspiracy – Confusion – Chaos – Misery

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One of the best parts of writing for Ghost Cult Magazine is getting so many new bands’ (to me) albums to review that absolutely blow me away. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Revulsed – Cerebral Contamination

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Nothing keeps your cheeks rosy and your heart warm in the cold, Northern winters like some good ol’ technical brutal death metal. Just in time for Christmas, from the opposite end of the globe in Australia, Revulsed have dropped their second full-length album, Cerebral Contamination (Everlasting Spew Records) which drags you through a near thirty-six-minute cesspool of guttural vocals, some slam, and highly proficient guitar licks.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Abyssal Rift – Extirpation Dirge

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The year is ending, the days grow shorter, the sun sets earlier, and death metal gets more gruesome. Newcomers Abyssal Rift have dropped their debut release in the form of Extirpation Dirge (Sentient Ruin Laboratories). Six tracks spanning over thirty-six minutes is the perfect snack-sized introduction the metal world needs to get their first taste of the Ohio group.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Bjørkø – Heartrot

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Tomi Koivusaari is known for being one of the founding members of the masterful metal act, Amorphis. He has been a champion in one of Finland’s most acclaimed bands for over thirty years and he is now getting ready to release an album from his debut solo project: Bjørkø.Continue reading →


Ghost Cult’s Albums of the Year 2023 – Part 3 (20-2)

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Thermal count is rising in perpetual writhing, the primordial ooze of albums continues, and the sanity they lose choosing their favorites of the year. Awakened in the morning, to more ear-pollution warnings…

Now I can only laugh, as I read our epitaph – we end 2023 with cheer, in the light of our Albums of the Year.

May you all rust in peace…Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Alchemy of Flesh – By Will Alone

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With the end of the year approaching swiftly, new albums are dropping and trying their damndest to make it onto different Album of the Year lists.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Hinayana – Shatter and Fall

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From the great state of Texas emerges one of the most interesting and promising new Melodic Death Metal acts in the U.S. Hinayana has received high praise for their latest EP which is claimed to be unique and visionary. Now this southern quintet is getting ready to release their sophomore album, Shatter and Fall (Napalm Records) and everyone is curious to see if this budding band continues to blossom. Continue reading →