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ALBUM REVIEW: Portrayal of Guilt – Suffering is a Gift
Yes, this is a review for Portrayal of Guilt’s Suffering is a Gift (Closed Casket Activities) and believe me we’ll get to it in a bit, but who the fuck tried to sell this to me as Screamo? Honestly, screamo? These Austinite’s aren’t looking to settle for some re-warmed Metalcore riffs and lofty choruses so we can leave that outdated subgenre in the circular file. The riffs and blast beats on Suffering is a Gift are eager for dust and blood. Continue reading
Cloudburst – Cloudburst
One of the most appealing aspects of getting to listen to Cloudburst’s self-titled sophomore (Samstrong Records) effort is learning that they hail from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Through years of tape trading, international touring and eventually communicating online we’ve always known that the extreme music market is indeed a global one, but it’s always exciting to receive these imports. Continue reading
September 28th 2018 New Music Releases
September 21st 2018 New Music Releases
Calligram – Askesis
I’m not one for subgenres. I mean, I understand why they exist and how they appear to explain why Exodus sounds differently from Sleep all while still operating under the Heavy Metal umbrella, but I think we’re too preoccupied with the minutiae of the subgenres; we’re too busy defending the merits of our style against the perceived weaknesses of the others. That’s why it very refreshing to attempt to make sense of the sounds on Calligram’s Askesis (Basick). Continue reading
November 3rd, 2017 Metal Releases
Zao Debuts New Song – “Clawing, Clawing, Never Cutting Through”
Metalcore mainstays Zao recently announced that they will be releasing their new EP, Pyrrhic Victory, on November 3rd via Observed/Observer Recordings. Continue reading
Zao Debuts New Song – “The Host Has Bared Its Teeth”
Metalcore mainstays Zao will release their new EP, Pyrrhic Victory, on November 3rd via Observed/Observer Recordings. Continue reading
GUEST POST: David Gates Of Season of Arrows Top Ten Albums Of 2016
Ghost Cult once again brings you another “End Of Year” list, as we close out 2016. Today we get a list from David Gates of Nashville sludge and doom rockers Season Of Arrows. The band just signed a new record deal with Argonauta Records, Give it to the Mountain, due out on March 24th 2017. David puts down his axe, and picked up his laptop to send us in his essential list of albums from this past year, and it’s killer! Continue reading