Ghost – Meliora
It is testimony to how far our favourite Scandinavian Satan botherers, Ghost, have entered the heavy metal consciousness that that much of the internet chatter regarding their latest album of curiously...
View ArticleIron Maiden – The Book of Souls
The arrival of a new Iron Maiden album is nearly always something to be celebrated. Probably the most consistently inventive and compelling heavy metal band of the past thirty years, the band’s new...
View ArticleBetween The Buried And Me – Haken: Live at Electric Ballroom
There used to be a misapprehension that “feel” and technique were mutually exclusive, particularly if your act was of the progressive nature. Musicians were either in a deep, trance state where...
View ArticleThunderMother – Road Fever
Sometimes, it’s a relief to go back to basics and consider a record as unfettered entertainment: no airs, no graces, just solid rock n roll that makes you bang your head and punch the air in vicarious...
View ArticleNew Day Rocks – Mikko Von Hertzen of Von Hertzen Brothers
On their latest trip to the UK, Ghost Cult caught up with Mikko Von Hertzen of the Von Hertzen Brothers where, over very strong espressos to nurse away hangovers, we talked about touring, more touring...
View ArticleCross Country – Dustie Waring of Between The Buried And Me
It’s been a long two years of waiting for UK fans of prog metal pioneers Between the Buried and Me. Now, fresh from the summer release of the widely acclaimed 'Coma Ecliptic' (Metal Blade), Ghost Cult...
View ArticleClutch – Psychic Warfare
Most modern music careers go a little bit like this. Write a good (or even great) record. Become popular. Have that “difficult second album” syndrome. Get less popular but retain a fan base. Record a...
View ArticleThe Winery Dogs – Hot Streak
The Winery Dogs self-titled debut album arrived back in 2013 to little fanfare - it was (yet) another side project for the hardest working man in music, the ridiculously prolific Mike Portnoy....
View ArticleBehold! the Monolith – Architects of the Void
For all the talk of sophisticated song structures, syncopated rhythms and harmonised vocalising that can often dominate reviews of records nowadays, sometimes it’s just nice to sit back, relax and be...
View ArticleShining – International Black Jazz Society
Shining’s striking breakthrough album 'Blackjazz' was routinely namechecked by people who know about these sorts of things as one of the records of 2010. Its follow up, the more industrial soaked...
View ArticleChron Goblin – Backwater
Canada’s Chron Goblin may be a new name on you (well, they were a new name on me, anyway) but they have plied their trade for a few years now and 'Backwater' (Ripple), their third full length release,...
View ArticleThe Ghost Cult Album of the Year for 2015: Ghost – Meliora
The Ghost Cult Album of the Year for 2015: Ghost - Meliora
View ArticleDVD Round Up – The Rolling Stones, The Jam, Black Stone Cherry, Ritchie...
If the surfeit of Christmas tinsel, chocolate and nostalgia is enough to drive you to immerse yourself in a VAT of Jaegermeister, or if you have already had enough of Christmas “specials” of television...
View ArticleGhost – Dead Soul: Live at Koko, London
Ghost are the sort of band that attract a huge diversity of fans, all with an intensity of support and admiration for the Swedish occult rockers and their penchant for matters Satanic and enormous,...
View ArticleThe White Buffalo – Love and the Death of Damnation
According to those who are, supposedly, in the “know”, the album is dead and the only thing that we are interested in now, whether on our streaming service of choice, our iPods or laptops are the hits,...
View ArticleMetal Mark McPheeters Joins Ghost Cult, Mat Davies Promoted To Senior Editor...
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View ArticleChuck Billy Of Testament Talks Brotherhood Of The Snake
It’s the hottest day of the year so far in London and before you start imagining a lovely picture of a sundrenched European capital with happy citizens, joyfully going about their business, well, think...
View ArticleGod Damn- Everything Ever
When you release an album as strong and visceral as "Vultures" as your début calling card which British rock band God Damn did in 2015- then you might forgive the band for heading their bets when it...
View ArticleIon Dissonance- Cast the First Stone
Whilst many in the world of heavy metal will have been spending the last few weeks speculating and gesticulating about whether the new Metallica album is any good (spolier alert: it is), a fair few at...
View ArticleZeal & Ardor – Devil is Fine
How open-minded are you? I mean, really properly open-minded, not just trying to be too-cool-for-school open-minded? I ask the question because this beguiling, genre twisting and highly evocative...
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