Maryland’s Full of Hell are not fucking about. 6 studio albums, 5 collaboration albums, 9 EPs, 8 splits, and 4 live albums in 15 years, and with their latest album Coagulated Bliss (Closed Casket Activities), the band continues to demonstrate their refusal to stand still. Continue reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: Melvins – Tarantula Heart
One day we pulled the curtains open on a bright, new day and out there on the street we were greeted by Melvins, taking their Tarantula Heart (Ipecac Recordings) procession all the way through the town. Zombie teddy bears and dogs in suits up on their hind legs stepped in time while King Buzzo, Dale Crover, and Steven McDonald lead the way, soon joined by drummer Roy Mayorga and guitarist Gary Chester from the flanks.
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PODCAST: Episode 460 – The Power Hour with Keefy and Tom Osman – April 2024 Metal Album Releases Forecast
The Power Hour is back with another episode recapping all the essential Rock and Metal releases we had in March ’24, and the new albums due out in April! Ghost Cult’s Reviews Editor and scribe Tom Osman joins Chief Editor Keefy, they chat about all the new music we have been digging, Black Metal more, Butt Rock, and our Album of the Month for March 2024! – It’s Mastiff, and it’s massive!Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Love Sex Machine – Trve
On Trve (Pelagic Records), Love Sex Machine returns eight years after their second album Asexual Anger with noise-driven sludge metal sound that will likely plant a feeling in the listener’s heart that bad times lie ahead for the world. Continue reading
PODCAST: Episode 445 – Tom Osman Interviews Felix Gebhard of Zahn
Tom Osman interviews Felix Gebhard of Zahn! Zahn features members of Einstürzende Neubauten, and ex-The Ocean. The synth-driven avant-garde trio released their new album Adria – late last year via Crazysane Records! Tom and Felix discussed the origins of the band, their approach to songwriting, thoughts on streaming inequities and Bandcamp, and much more. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: CNTS – Thoughts and Prayers
CNTS is a classy band. You already know that before you’ve heard a note of the music. So for the uninitiated (this being the band’s second album, following their self-titled 2019 debut) what are you going to expect of Thoughts & Prayers (Ipecac Recordings)?Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Prisoner – Putrid – Obsolete
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
ALBUM REVIEW: Hiverlucide – Abandonne
It’s said that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes, but thanks to the anonymous Parisian duo of Void & Moon, we might soon want to add a third item. Abandonne (Self-Released), the duo’s second album as Hiverlucide, continues the pair’s run (whether as Hiverlucide, Non Serviam or Biollante) of having a new release every few months that’ll defy whatever expectations you might have. Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: The Obsessed – Gilded Sorrow
Keyboard warriors, warmongering politicians and wicked women, Scott “Wino” Weinrich has got a bone to pick with all of you. He’s also got a truck-load of doom-soaked, monolithic, heavy-metal riffs to unleash. On Gilded Sorrow (Ripple Music), the latest album by metal road-warriors The Obsessed, Weinrich is taking names and kicking ass and he’s got the band and the studio sounds to inflict some sonic damage. Continue reading
PODCAST: Episode 407 – Tom Osman Interviews Kirk Windstein About EYE AM and Crowbar
Ghost Cult scribe Tom Osman interviews Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down, Solo, Kingdom of Sorrow) all about his newest band, EYE AM. The band is a Psychedelic Doom Metal supergroup featuring Kirk, Kenny Hickey and Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative and Silvertomb, and Todd Strange (ex Down and ex Crowbar). Kirk discusses how both Crowbar, and EYE AM were formed, how the band writes together, signing with Corpse Paint Records, he outlines the potential releases from EYE AM, Kirk’s admiration for Peter Steele, some early Down history, his next release plans for Down, his second solo album, and Crowbar!Continue reading