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With a resume including some of the most influential and hardest-hitting bands of all-time – the Dictators and Manowar – guitarist Ross the Boss’ stature in the history of hard rock and heavy metal […]
In mid-2015, Nashville trio SIMO signed to Mascot Label Group and released Let Love Show The Way, their 2nd LP in January of 2016. The album, recorded at the Allman Brothers former residence in […]
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal band SCREAMKING have announced four new July / August summer shows throughout Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. In addition, the band has added 3 new band members to their line-up. ScreamKing vocalist […]
MASS DESTRUCTION METAL FEST in partnership with A. RIPPIN’ PRODUCTION announce 15 extreme metal bands to perform at The Loft @ Center Stage on November 3rd & 4th, 2017. Announced bands include: DEMONCY, MACABRE, […]
Canadian hard rock/metal band OLD JAMES have teamed up with PureGrainAudio.com to stream their new track “Salutations”. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album Speak Volumes which will be released on August […]
Regina, SK titans of brutality PLANET EATER return from the flat lands of Western Canada’s prairies to offer their latest assault to the masses with their first full length “Blackness From The Stars” to follow their […]
Halloween may be about putting on a costume and trick or treating around your city block, but in Red Deer, AB it’s about so much more. The rumours in the area describe a mass pilgrimage, […]
Progressive alternative metal band AUDITORY ARMORY have released a stunning cover of Type O Negative’s classic track “Love You To Death”. The track can be streamed here: http://www.ghostcultmag.com/auditory-armory-cover-love-you-to-death-by-type-o-negative/ “Love You To Death” is featured on […]
There’s no shortage of bands in this industry content with merely existing, finding satisfaction from a few likes on Facebook and a free round of drinks for showing up. LAST BULLET are NOT that band. They […]
We live on the layers of deep time and history, strata of times past; life literally depends on centuries of decay. Now, progressive extreme metal visionaries CENTURIES OF DECAY build on the metal that has come before to […]
Austin-based boutique label Red River Family Records is pleased to announce the impending release of spectacularly grim new split from Texas black metal covens Black Vice (Dead to a Dying World) and Haunter, streaming in-full via […]
With a week away from the release of The Evolution Of Anger, their second album for Victory Records, modern metal trailblazers SHATTERED SUN have unveiled the video ‘Hollow Chains.’ Perfectly outlining the demise of cultural […]
Denver, CO’s CRAFTEON have unleashed their new video “What The Moon Brings” in support of their debut album “Cosmic Reawakening” due out on August 25th. The band is the conception of vocalist and guitarist Lord […]
Calgary, AB progressive death metal band DIVINITY announces they will be embarking on a dual album release Alberta tour with Vancouver, BC’s EXPAIN. The tour will be in promotion of DIVINITY recently released album “The Immortalist” along with EXPAIN […]
Hailing from Winnipeg, MB, DARK MESSIAH is a band of marauders blending the elements of metal, metal and more metal for the perfect soundtrack to the apocalypse. They present a listening experience that is soothing, calming, face melting, […]
Few things go together better than melodic death metal and ancient mythology. The debut EP from Edmonton, Alberta’s TIDES OF KHARON, is the latest addition to this perfect combo. Entitled “Coins Upon Our Eyes”, the […]
Vertigo-inducing death metallers INCANTATION have unveiled their brand new video for the track “Messiah Nostrum”, taken from the band’s forthcoming album, Profane Nexus. The video is streaming exclusively via Revolver. Regarding the Don Taylor-directed video, […]
Life often resembles a game of chess. Players outside of our control make moves that affect our everyday existence. However, recognition remains the first step to revolution. Once you know the game, you can make […]
Tennessee country rocker Charlie Bonnet III is preparing to release a new studio EP, titled Sinner With A Song, on July 28th. Having built a following over the course of 8 solo albums and […]
Drawing influence from acts like All Shall Perish, August Burns Red, and The Black Dahlia Murder, PROTOSEQUENCE root their music in technicality while layering emotional, yet gruff vocals weaved into every track. The band […]
Born out the hell storm of Edmonton, AB, black and doom metal festival Black Mourning Light presented by Crown of Viserys and GigFly.ca returns for its third installment. They have taken the meaning of extreme to new […]
San Francisco based heavy psych freaks TURN ME ON DEAD MAN have confirmed the release of their new full-length “Heavymetal Mothership” on October 13th via Heavy Psych Sounds. “Heavymetal Mothership” is the 5th release by the San Franciscan heavydelic space […]
Very few bands in alternative rock can claim to be as adventurous as Circa Survive, and now the Doylestown, Pennsylvania band is back to explore brand new territory with their sixth full-length, The Amulet, due out […]
TOWER OF BABEL, the new American / European high energy international heavy rock band have released the official lyric video for the song “Midnight Sun” from their upcoming debut album “Lake of Fire” out on […]
Canadian wild boys THE WILD! have debut another wild and crazy music video for their track “Livin’ Free” off their new LP today exclusively via Alternative Press Magazine. Directed by longtime collaborator Stuey Kubrick, this […]
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