ALBUM REVIEW: Autopsy – Morbidity Triumphant
Artificial intelligence is a concept seemingly ever-present in the modern day. But nobody talks about when musical instruments become sentient and develop their own mannerisms and consciousness....
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Bush – The Art of Survival
Since relaunching Bush in 2010, the Gavin Rossdale and Chris Traynor partnership (Traynor taking on the right-hand role in the band once Rossdale resumed performing under the Bush banner in the stead...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Sammy Pierre Duet of Goatwhore –“Angels Hung from the Arches of...
Ghost Cult caught up with our pal Sammy Duet of Goatwhore! We discussed their new album “Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven” which is out now from their long-time label Metal Blade Records. We...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Fit For A King – The Hell We Create
In yet another striking example of music being used as an outlet for some of life’s most traumatic misgivings, Fit For A King have returned with their seventh – and quite possibly most impactful –...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Rhythm of Fear – Fatal Horizons
It’s been five years since Rhythm of Fear released their last album, Maze of Confusion. The crossover thrash band is back with more pummeling riffs and plenty of attitude with Fatal Horizons (MNRK...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Action-Adventure – Imposter Syndrome
The crux of imposter syndrome is that the afflicted is tormented – haunted – by real or imagined negative feelings towards their legitimacy and ability. Be it a position of power at work or a highly...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Candlemass – Sweet Evil Sun
The Chernobyl disaster rocked the then-Soviet Union in 1986. Ronald Reagan was the president. Gas was just over a dollar a gallon (Editor’s note, gas was $2.14 per gallon nationwide in 1984). Times...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Dystopia A.D. – Doomsday Psalm
The unmistakable pall of monochromatic fear and fright begs the question: should Dystopia A.D. have named their latest record Doomsday Bible? Instead calling it Doomsday Psalm, the album presents an...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Obvurt – Triumph Beyond Adversity
The nut to crack that is Obvurt is a tough one. On the one hand, the Quebec-based tech-death trio hold their own with bombastic, forceful drumming; chaotic, thrashy elements; and call-off-the-dogs...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: To The Grave – Director’s Cuts
Following 2019’s Global Warning debut, Deathcore visionaries To The Grave continue their activist-minded foray with Director’s Cuts (Unique Leader Records), a forty-four-minute escapade that builds...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Foretoken – Triumphs
In late 2020, Foretoken warned the entire world of one thing: the Virginia Beach-based duo is on a mission to completely shake up the status quo. Three years later, Triumphs (Prosthetic Records) is...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Lamp Of Murmuur – Saturnian Bloodstorm
For forty uncertain, eerie and downright unsettling minutes, black metal project Lamp Of Murmuur grips the listener with a sturdy hand and refuses to let go until fear, disgust and melancholy take...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Allfather – A Violent Truth – Trepanation Recordings
There is nothing – nothing – clean about Allfather. Not the production or tuning; not the various vocal methods; not the atmosphere or tone. A Violent Truth (Trepanation Recordings) is at times...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Structural – Decrowned
Israeli-based tech-death outfit Structural are no strangers to taking time to hash out any kinks before finishing a full-length. Five years removed from their self-released debut album, the five-piece...
View ArticleEP REVIEW: Aasar – Nothing to Nowhere
Nothing to Nowhere is the debut EP from new Seek and Strike Records signee’s AASAR. Hailing from the cold mountains of Italy, the four-piece absolutely show they mean business by delivering a...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Outer Heaven – Infinite Psychic Depths
Powered by an insatiable appetite for thoughtful tempos and laborious aggression, Outer Heaven exhausts everything they have with Infinite Psychic Depths (Relapse Records), eleven songs rife with...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Crypta – Shades Of Sorrow
If Crypta failed to make it onto your radar after their 2021 debut, they’ve returned to ensure that doesn’t happen again. The Brazilian death metallers this time around crafted thirteen songs chock...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Exmortus – Necrophony
Exmortus did nothing halfway when orchestrating their epic, hourlong, quasi-conceptual new record, Necrophony (Nuclear Blast Records). Complex, technical, and masterfully performed, the Californians...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg For Death
The story of Dying Fetus is one for the storybooks, indeed. Formed in 1991 (and spawning Misery Index in the process), guitarist/vocalist John Gallagher chose the name in jest with the sole purpose...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Black Stone Cherry – Screamin’ At The Sky
When your first two albums are such bonafide classics as to not only launch you to rock fame but also firmly establish your sound and style in everyone’s conscience, it can be difficult to find the...
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