Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast
Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast features exclusive interviews with rock and metal musicians, along with news and updates from the heavy music scene. The show covers a wide range of topics including new album releases, tour announcements, and behind-the-scenes insights. It is produced by Ghost Cult Magazine, an online publication dedicated to heavy metal and rock music.
Episodes
PODCAST: Episode 1068 - Ivan Pavlov (COH) on Remastering Iron and Distilling the Soul of Eighties Metal Electronically
Tom Osman caught up with Ivan Pavlov, the Russian-born electronic music artist behind COH (pronounced “Sun”), to discuss the vinyl debut of his 2000 album Iron, remastered and released for the first time on limited-edition twelve-inch black vinyl on October 30, 2026, through We Are Busy Bodies. Ivan breaks down the concept behind Iron, an electronic exploration of heavy metal that never samples a
PODCAST: Episode 1067 - Chris Morrison (Mother of Graves) Talks "The Light That Keeps Us" and Metal Music Songcraft
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / Black-Angeles) chatted with Chris Morrison of the acclaimed Indianapolis Death Doom band Mother of Graves! Their new album "The Light That Keeps Us," set for release on October 16th, 2026, via Profound Lore Records! Morrison detailed the process of the band's songwriting style, what about making their brand of music lends itself to an emotional cathar
PODCAST: Episode 1066 - New Music Friday October 16th, 2026 | 50 Releases
Drop the needle on the week's heaviest releases. It's New Music Friday for October 16th, 2026 Black Mask – Vestige Of Mercy (Static Era Records)The Black Thunder – Time Obliteration (Pagan Records)Blind Illusion – Stage Flight: Live At The UC Theatre (Hectic Records/Bleeding Priest Records)Body Stuff – Body Stuff 5 (The Chain)Carnation – Symphony Of Flesh (Redefining Darkness Records)Caspian - Cas
PODCAST: Episode 1065 - The Weekly Ritual 10.8.02026 - Quoth the Raven Nevermore Edition
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Help Dennis Pepa (Death Angel) beat cancer https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-dennis-pepa-beat-cancerLivestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 l
PODCAST: Episode - 1064 REZN Uncovers All the Secrets Behind Their New Album "Cycles in the Infinite Dream"
Tim Ledin caught up with Rob and Spencer of REZN to discuss their amazing new album "Cycles in the Infinite Dream" released via Sargent House on July 24th, 2026. Tim and the guys chatted about the process of making a career-redefining album for the band, twelve years in their careers. In addition to uncovering the new dimension of featuring lap steel on the new album, they also unpack
PODCAST: Episode 1063 - Metallica Live at the Sphere: Mind-Blowing or Overrated?
Join GhostCultKeefy for a deep dive on @etallica at Sphere Vegas ! Metallica videos and setlists, so far:https://ghostcultmag.com/watch-fan-filmed-video-of-metallicas-second-show-from-their-residency-at-sphere-las-vegas/Watch the videos I watched to get the flavor of the shows! Shoutout to @Lucradive for doing the dark lord's work out here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sea0haVIJkMSho
PODCAST: Episode 1062: Big Dad Ritch of Texas Hippie Coalition Talks 25 Years of Rock and Country and Two New Albums
Keefy caught up with Big Dad Ritch of the long-running Outlaw Rockers Texas Hippie Coalition! The band has always done everything big, and with a ton of style, so it's no surprise that to celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2026, they released two new records! "Stoned Cowboys" cements their deep Country roots with a ton of soulful lyrics and singing, while "Band Of Outlaws"
PODCAST: Episode 1061 - New Music Friday October 9th 2026 | 56 Releases
The Friday index is open! It's New Music Friday for October 9th, 2026 Avrak – Avrak (Peaceville Records)Bodega - All Inside Aquarium (Chrysalis Records)Carceral – Descending Reprisal (I, Voidhanger Records)Cardinals Folly – Let The Posers Fall! (Cruz Del Sur Music)Chained Saint – Rise To Fall EP (Self-Released)Cordyceps Corpse – Perverse Craving For Rotting Corpses (Gore House Records)Crimson
PODCAST: Episode 1060 - The Weekly Ritual 10.2.02026 -Spooky Season Edition
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F
PODCAST: Episode 1059 - Oakheart (Full Band) Talks About Carving Out Their Own Niche in Heavy Music
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / Black-Angeles) chatted with New York Metalcore/Deathcore band Oakheart for a full-band interview for Ghost Cult! Their current single / music video "Cenobite" is out now, the latest in a line of singles following their 2023 EP "Tensions Break!" The band talked about their musical roots, their influences, incorporating heavier sounds like Deathcore and Death Metal,
PODCAST: Episode 1058 - Amon Amarth - "The Allfather Awakens " Deep Dive Review
Join @GhostCultKeefy666 for a deep-dive review of the new Amon Amarth album!Read our review here: https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-amon-amarth-the-allfather-awakens-metal-blade-records/Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F
PODCAST: Episode 1057 - Andre Cornejo (Deathgrave) on Hell Is Evil, Tankcrimes, and Thirteen Years in the Underground
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / Black Angeles ) caught up with Andre Cornejo of San Jose, California grind and metal outfit Deathgrave to discuss the band's latest album "Hell Is Evil," released August 21, 2026, through Tankcrimes. Andre breaks down the making of the band's most ambitious record to date, what it means to operate for thirteen years in the underground while deli
PODCAST: Episode 1056 - New Music Friday October 2nd, 2026 | 66 Releases
New Music Friday is back with a packed October 2nd, 2026 release slate, spanning Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Extreme Metal, Doom, Punk, Progressive music, and more. Amon Amarth – The Allfather Awakens (Metal Blade Records)Bobbie Dazzle – Star Power (Rise Above Records)Bombstrap – Big Enemy (Tartarus Records)Brymir – What We Leave Behind (Napalm Records)Butcher Babies – Nightbloom (Judge & Jury Re
PODCAST: Episode 1055 - The Weekly Ritual 9.25.2026 - Nor'easter Edition
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Follow and subscribe to our other channels: @GhostCultKeefy666 @GhostCultLive and @ghostcultojayy Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6Music business co
PODCAST: Episode 1054 - Goetia's Matt Scott on "Mortuary Cult," D.C. Death Metal, and a Debut Born in a Cemetery
Chris Elliott caught up with Matt Scott, bassist and vocalist of Washington, D.C., death metal band Goetia, to discuss the band's debut full-length "Mortuary Cult," released in June, through Carbonized Records. Matt breaks down how the album came together, its conceptual foundation drawn directly from experiences in an old cemetery in the D.C. suburbs, and what it meant to channel th
PODCAST: Episode: 1053 - Liz Selfish and Brenner Moate (BRAT) on Manslayer and Taking the Lead on Lyrics
Tim Ledin caught up with Liz Selfish and Brenner Moate of the New Orleans metal band BRAT to discuss the band's sophomore album, Manslayer, set for release on September 25, 2026, on Prosthetic Records. The pair break down the making of the seventeen-track record fusing primitive death metal, thrash, and hardcore sludge, and what it meant for vocalist Liz Selfish to take the lead on writing lyr
PODCAST: Episode 1052 - New Music Friday September 25th 2026 | 65 Releases
The record store's fault, not ours. It's New Music Friday for September 25th 2026 Aborym – Metachaos (Avantgarde Music)AJJ – Dirty Old Power (Specialist Subject Records)Albert Bouchard – Imaginos IV: Rhyme Of The Starclock (Deko Entertainment)Altarheart – Prone To Wander (Rottweiler Records)Amarok – Overcome (Hypaethral Records)Autumnfall – The Archaic Sins (Ardua Recordings)Banks Arcade –
PODCAST: Episode 1051 - The Weekly Ritual 9.17.2026 - Happy Birthday Keefy!
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! And it’s his birthday! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Follow and subscribe to our other channels: @GhostCultKeefy666 @GhostCultLive and @ghostcultojayy Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Cof
PODCAST: Episode 1050 - Bludgeoned's Sean May on Brutal Death Metal, New Standard Elite, and What's Coming Next
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / @Black-Angeles ) caught up with Sean May, founding member and lead guitarist of the brutal Death Metal band @bludgeonedofficial , to discuss the band's upcoming split via @newstandardelite , featuring three brand-new tracks. Sean breaks down the creative process behind the new material, what it means to operate across Washington, Connecticut, and Texas
PODCAST: Episode 1049 - Anthrax - Deep Dive Review: “Cursum Perficio” Was the 10-Year Wait Worth It?
Join GhostCultKeefy for a deep-dive review of the new Anthrax album! Read our review here: https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-anthrax-cursum-perficio-nuclear-blast-records/ Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://
PODCAST: Episode 1048 - Was The Big 4 at Yankee Stadium (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax) The Best Concert Ever?
The last Big 4 show took place 15 years ago today. Was it the best metal concert or festival ever? Would you pay to go see Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax if these concerts ever came back? Thanks to our pal Ken Pierce at @PiercingMetal for photos and inspiration! https://www.piercingmetal.com/metallica-slayer-megadeth-anthrax-the-big-four-yankee-stadium-9142011/Livestream menu!
PODCAST: Episode 1047 - Exhorder's Kyle Thomas on the Tour of Unsound Minds Act II and New Orleans Thrash's Legacy
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / @Black-Angeles ) caught up with Kyle Thomas, frontman and sole remaining founding member of New Orleans thrash and groove metal pioneers Exhorder, to discuss the band's upcoming Tour of Unsound Minds: Act II, kicking off September 25, 2026. Kyle breaks down what it means to take Exhorder back on the road alongside Intoxicated, No Mas, Phantom, and Parabellum acro
PODCAST: Episode 1046 - New Music Friday September 18th 2026 | 62 Releases
New from the underground, straight to you. It's New Music Friday for September 18th 2026 30,000 Monkies – Super Rebound (Fvn Kult Records)Aletheya – Chance To Reborn (Rockshots Records)Allume – Ex Luto (Octopus Rising Records)Anthrax – Cursum Perficio (Megaforce Records)Asenblut – Urgewalt (Massacre Records)Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree – In Between Strides (Magnetic Eye Records)The Bleedin
PODCAST: Episode 1045 - The Weekly Ritual 9.11.2026
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Follow and subscribe to our other channels: @GhostCultKeefy666 @GhostCultLive and @ghostcultojayy Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $2
PODCAST: Episode 1044 - Slipknot's New Era Starts Now, But Will This Divide The Maggots?
Slipknot dropped a new single, "Arsenal," today! It has ferocious drums and vocals, but what about the rest? GhostCultKeefy breaks it down! Check out the track here: https://ghostcultmag.com/slipknot-share-a-new-single-and-video-for-arsenal-their-first-new-track-with-eloy-casagrande/Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your son
PODCAST: Episode 1043 - Should Bands Continue After Losing a Crucial Member? Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Pantera + STP
When bands lose an irreplaceable member due to death or another reason, should they continue? Or is it a lame-ass cash grab? Sound off in the comments! Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag
PODCAST: Episode 1042 - Dry Wedding's Davey Ferchow on "The Back of Beyond" and Portland's Most Unclassifiable Band
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media and @Black-Angeles ) caught up with Davey Ferchow, vocalist and guitarist of Portland's Dry Wedding, to discuss the band's third album, "The Back of Beyond," released July 31, 2026, via Vesperian/ Metal Blade Records. Davey breaks down the making of the band's heaviest and most ambitious record to date, how the volcanic badlands, forested
PODCAST: Episode 1041 - Blind Equation's James McHenry on A Funeral in Purgatory, Cybergrind, and 8-Bit Extremity
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media / Black-Angeles ) caught up with James McHenry, the songwriter and producer behind Chicago cybergrind project Blind Equation, to discuss the band's latest album, "A Funeral in Purgatory," released in 2025 through Prosthetic Records. James breaks down how a solo internet project started in 2012, blending abrasive electronic beats, 8-bit video game aesthetics, he
PODCAST: Episode 1040 - New Music Friday September 11th 2026 | 40 Releases
The week's essential intake. It's New Music Friday for September 11th 2026 AntiMozdeBeast – Prophecy (Self-Released)Archgoat – Nightbringer, Lightbringer (Debemur Morti Records)Barkasth – Silent Torment (Mara Records)BOCC – Demolarium (Night Terrors Records)Bombus – Bombus Re-Release (Black Lodge Recordings)Bülent Ceylan – B.L.N.T. (Napalm Records)Cartilage – Operating Altar (Everlasting Spew Reco
PODCAST: Episode 1039 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 9.4.26
Join Keefy for his weekly rundown of everything happening in metal! Our website is updated 24/7, 365, with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews. https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Follow and subscribe to our other channels: @GhostCultKeefy666 @GhostCultLive and @ghostcultojayy Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song
PODCAST: Episode 1038 - Igor A. Cavalera on Nailbomb, Max Cavalera, and Bringing Industrial Thrash Back in 2026
GhostCultKeefy caught up with Igor Amadeus Cavalera to discuss Nailbomb's first-ever U.K. and U.S. tours, running alongside headliners Soulfly and, in the U.S., special guest Incite, through September 2026. Igor breaks down what it means to front the legendary industrial thrash cult project his father, Max Cavalera formed in 1993, how the elite touring lineup came together, featuring Travis
PODCAST: Episode 1037 - Anatomy of Habit on "Paired Sentinels" and the Genre-Resistant Sound Nobody Else Is Making
Chris Elliott (Cell Arts Media @Black-Angeles ) caught up with Mark Solotroff, vocalist and analog synth player for Chicago's Anatomy of Habit, to discuss the band's fifth full-length album, "Paired Sentinels," self-released and available on LP, CD, cassette, and digital. Mark breaks down the album's four expansive compositions, the themes of repetition, memory, identity, and emotional erosion t
PODCAST: Episode 1036 - New Music Friday September 4th 2026 | 63 Releases
What's in the box? Everything! It's New Music Friday for September 4th 2026 156/Silence – From A Distance (Pure Noise Records)A Night In Texas – The Darkest Side Of Humanity (Unique Leader Records)Acausal Intrusion – Vomit Meditations (I, Voidhanger Records)Accept – Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 (Napalm Records)Airbourne – Airbourne (Spinefarm Records)Amyl And The Sniffers – Truth Or Consequen
PODCAST: Episode 1035 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.28.26
Our website is updated 24/7, 365 with Rock and Metal news, reviews, and interviews! Check it our and support us! https://ghostcultmag.com/category/news/Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag G
PODCAST: Episode 1034 - Mastodon - "Marrow Deep" Album Review
@GhostCultKeefy666 reviews the new album by @mastodon , "Marrow Deep" - before you can buy it! Releasing on @LomaVistaRecs (Ghost, Chelsea Wolfe)! Read his written review here:https://ghostcultmag.com/album-review-mastodon-marrow-deep-loma-vista-recordings/Buy the album here:https://amzn.to/4wQcOeDLivestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee
PODCAST: Episode 1033 - Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill on Blow by Blow and Jeff Beck's 30 Hours of Lost Interviews
Keefy caught up with veteran music journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill to discuss Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story, the definitive authorized narrative biography of one of rock's most singular guitar icons. The pair break down how the book came together, what it was like working through thirty hours of unreleased interviews recorded with Beck before his passing, and the stories that emer
PODCAST: Episode 1032 - Exumer's Mem V. Stein on "Death Mask Messiah," Waco, and German Thrash's Renaissance
Chris Elliott caught up with Mem V. Stein of veteran German thrash institution Exumer to discuss the band's new studio album "Death Mask Messiah," set for release on August 28, 2026, through Metal Blade Records, their first new full-length in seven years. Mem breaks down the album's politically charged conceptual framework, drawing on US politics of the last decade, the pandemic
PODCAST: Episode 1031 - New Music Friday August 28th 2026 | 46 Releases
Shred into this new week of releases with our New Music Friday Rock and Metal albums preview! Airbourne – Airbourne (Spinefarm Records)Apocaelypse – Faenix (Self-Released)Azgaal – Divine Hitman (Fetzner Death Records)Beseech – Future. Present. Past (Despotz Records)Besvarjelsen – Till Glömskan Ad Oblivionem (Magnetic Eye Records)Black Spikes – Ydos (Napalm Records)Blood White – From Hell (Metalvil
PODCAST: Episode 1030 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.20.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support metal journalist Dom Lawson who suffered a heart attack at Bloodstock Open Air:https://www.gofundme.com/f/dom-lawson-medical-shenanigansPlease support Eugene Robinson and his recovery from a stroke:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backSupport for Neill Jameson and child after his wife
PODCAST: Episode 1029 - Marilyn Manson "One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2" Deep Dive Review
Let's take a deep dive into the new @marilynmanson album, "One Assassination Under God – Chapter 2!" Out now via @NuclearBlastRecords This video has a brief, frank discussion of allegations and cases against the artist. TW for SA, and DV mentions.The National Domestic Violence Hotline for 24/7, confidential phone, text, and chat support.The National Sexual Assault Hotline operate
PODCAST: Episode 1028 - Viktor Veisgarsson of Forsman Talks New Album, Modern Black Metal, and More
Ghost Cult's Chris Elliott (C.ell Arts Media / Black-Angeles) chatted with Viktor Veisgarsson, a.k.a. "V" of Kópavogur, Iceland's modern Black Metal act Forsmán. Their debut full-length album "Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur" was released June 26th, 2026 through Vesperian and Metal Blade Records. With a firm hand on the genre's storied roots and eyes and ears
PODCAST: Episode 1027 - Kesari Gorin of Negative Frame Talks About Their Debut Album "Break The Ice"
Ghost Cult's Chris Elliott (C.ell Arts Media / Black-Angeles) caught up with Kesari Gorin of Negative Frame for a new interview! Their debut album "Break The Ice" just dropped on August 7th, 2026 via Blood Blast Distribution, and Kesari is stoked! Dredging up riffs and breakdowns from the depths of DIY Hardcore underground in London, Negative Frame have spent years growing organicall
PODCAST: Episode 1026 - New Music Friday August 21st 2026 | 44 Releases
Cue up, tune out! It's New Music Friday, August 21st, 2026!Argul – Soledad & Orgullo (Personal Records) Axty – The Pain Made Me Who I Am (Napalm Records) The Barbarians Of California – Megatons (Self-Released) Burning Sun – Power To Survive (Pride & Joy Records) Cemetery Echo – Civitas Lacrimarum (Seeing Red Records) Chelsea Wolfe - The Dark (Loma Vista Recordings) Cvinger – Rites Ov Flesh
PODCAST: Episode 1025 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.14.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support metal journalist Dom Lawson who suffered a heart a attack at Bloodstock Open Air:https://www.gofundme.com/f/dom-lawson-medical-shenanigansPlease support Eugene Robinson and his recovery from a stroke:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backSupport for Neill Jameson and child after his wi
PODCAST: Episode 1024 - Why You Are All Wrong About "The Black Album" by Metallica
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PODCAST: Episode 1023 - Spread the Disease's Dave Buschemeyer on "The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering."
Ghost Cult's Chris Elliott caught up with Dave Buschemeyer of Canadian blackened hardcore progenitors Spread the Disease for a conversation about the band's first new full-length in twenty-seven years, The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering, released July 10, 2026, through Hypaethral Records. Dave breaks down how the band reignited after decades away, the collaborative songwriting process
PODCAST: Episode 1022 - Fuming Mouth's Mark Whelan on "The Ringing Bell," Jay Weinberg, and a Return to Form
Tim Ledin caught up with Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouth to discuss the band's third full-length, The Ringing Bell, released July 17, 2026, through Triple B Records. Mark breaks down the making of the record, what it meant to track with Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio, and how The Ringing Bell delivers a devastating return to form built on massive death metal riffs, frantic chugging, and direct them
PODCAST: Episode 1021 - New Music Friday August 14th, 2026 | Twenty Five Releases
This week’s manifest. It’s New Music Friday for August 14th, 2026!The Absolution Sequence – Dread Cycle (Self-Released)Abyssal Rift – Relics Of Great Ash (Transcending Obscurity Records)Autopsy – Mental Funeral (35th Anniversary Edition) (Peaceville Records)Coyote Man – Prosthetic Memories (Self-Released)Cutthroat – The Purge EP (M-Theory Recordings)Dead Tired – Hornets Of Fall (New Damage Records
PODCAST: Episode 1020 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.7.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Eugene Robinson and help him get his voice back:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backRIP Danny Lomeli of Elysia https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-pazlomeli-familys-lossRIP Anthony "TJ" Catalfo, drums for Ruinerhttps://www.mealtrain.com/trains/r9y462Support for Neill
PODCAST: Episode 1019 - Matt Harvey (Exhumed) Talks Left to Die, the Early Music of Death, and More
Chris Elliott of Cell Arts and Black-Angeles Media chatted with Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Gruesome) of the Death tribute band, Left To Die! After extensive touring celebrating some of Death's classic albums, the band recently released their debut album Initium Mortis, from Relapse Records! The album is a modern re-recording of the pre-Death demos under the moniker Mantas. Matt is joined in Left T
PODCAST: Episode 1018 - Junius' Joseph Martinez on "Sotera," the Divine Feminine, and a Decade Between Albums
Keefy caught up with Joseph E. Martinez, co-founder, lead vocalist, and guitarist of Boston post-metal band Junius, to discuss the band's fourth studio album Sotera, released June 26, 2026, through Prosthetic Records. Joseph breaks down what it meant to return with a full-length nearly a decade after 2017's Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light, and how Sotera marks a significant them
PODCAST: Episode 1017 - New Music Friday August 7th, 2026 | Thirty Five Releases
The weekly reckoning is here! It's New Music Friday for August 7th, 2026! 10.000 Years – Esox Lucifer (Ripple Music)Citizen – Halcyon Blues (Run For Cover)Crumbling Ghost – Four (New Heavy Sounds Records)Dark Plague – Masquerade (Fetzner Death Records)Die Entweihung – Worldwide Terror (Morbid And Miserable)Din Of Celestial Birds – Takeoffs & Landings (Big Scary Monsters)Dishumane – Centuri
PODCAST: Episode 1016 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.31.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Eugene Robinson and help him get his voice back:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backRIP Danny Lomeli of Elysia https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-pazlomeli-familys-lossRIP Anthony "TJ" Catalfo, drums for Ruinerhttps://www.mealtrain.com/trains/r9y462Support for Neill
PODCAST: Episode 1015 - No Cure's Blaythe Steuer on "It Is Going to Get Dark" and Birmingham Metallic Hardcore
Ghost Cult's Tim Ledin caught up with Blaythe Steuer, lead vocalist of Birmingham, Alabama metallic hardcore band No Cure, to discuss the band's debut full-length It Is Going to Get Dark, released July 10, 2026, through SharpTone Records. Blaythe breaks down the making of the record, what it means to deliver a debut full-length that sets the tone for the band's future, and what drives
PODCAST: Episode 1014 - Kevin Comeau on Crown Lands' Apocalypse and the Sci-Fi Prog Epic Two Years in the Making
Keefy caught up with Kevin Comeau of Crown Lands, the award-winning Canadian progressive rock duo from Oshawa, Ontario, to discuss the band's ambitious new album "Apocalypse," released May 15, 2026, through InsideOut Music. Kevin breaks down the making of the record, including its centerpiece nineteen-minute multi-part title suite, standout tracks "Through the Looking Glass"
PODCAST: Episode 1013 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 31st 2026
The Friday index is open. It's New Music Friday for July 31st 2026Allt – Ataraxia (Century Media Records)Bear McCreary – The Singularity: Ekleipsis (Sparks & Shadows)The Body – Master, We Perish Re-Release (Thrill Jockey Records)Ceremonial Worship – Between Sleep And Death (Eternal Death Records)Chris Caffery – Faces Re-Release (Metalville Records)Complexant – Apex (Bleeding Art Collective Rec
PODCAST: Episode 1012 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.24.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Eugene Robinson and help him get his voice back:https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-help-eugene-get-his-voice-backWatch the GCM family wedding cheers video for Keefy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CjanMV2Tec2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate
PODCAST: Episode 1011 - Wyrmhaven Talk Seasons of Gloom and Tucson Death Metal
Keefy caught up with Travis, Stephen, and Nick of Tucson, Arizona melodic death metal outfit Wyrmhaven to discuss the band's debut full-length, Seasons of Gloom, released May 29, 2026, independently. Written during a period of significant loss and perseverance, the record balances dark aggression with personal vulnerability, drawing on the band's deep reverence for metalcore's early da
PODCAST: Episode 1010 - Gus Rios on Recreating the Transformers: The Movie Soundtrack with Knights of Unicron
Ojayy caught up with Gus Rios, the mastermind behind last year's G.I. Joe Cold Slither record, to discuss his latest project with Knights of Unicron: The Transformers: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Reformatted Edition, out July 24, 2026, through Hasbro Music and Reigning Phoenix Music. Gus breaks down how Knights of Unicron, comprised of himself, Matt Harvey, and Ross Sewage, rebuilt the iconic 1
PODCAST: Episode 1009 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 24th 2026
Everything that dropped, worth knowing about. It's New Music Friday for July 24th 2026Baphomet’s Blood – Metal Damnation Re-Release (Dying Victims Records)Bryan Eckermann – Return To Helmbrook (Bonespill Records)Caelestia – Revelations In Black (Eclipse Records)Castiel – All Returns To Hollow And Silence EP (Seek And Strike Records)Changing Places In The Fire – Changing Places In The Fire (Wild Th
PODCAST: Episode 1008 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.16.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Jennifer Finch of L7 in her fight against brain cancer:https://www.gofundme.com/f/jennifer-finch-vs-brain-cancer-its-time-to-make-noisePlease support Shaun Glass' family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-life-in-metal-a-future-for-his-son-shaun-glass2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still fr
PODCAST: Episode 1007 - Irata on Human, Small Stone Recordings, and the North Carolina Power Trio's New Chapter
Keefy caught up with the full band of North Carolina power trio Irata to discuss Human, their new full-length, released July 10, 2026, through Small Stone Records The band breaks down the making of the record, their return to a trio lineup after releasing 2019's Tower as a four-piece, and what drove the writing of eight songs built around thundering bass riffs, hypnotic drums, and grandiose ch
PODCAST: Episode 1006 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.9.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Shaun Glass' family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-life-in-metal-a-future-for-his-son-shaun-glass2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.c
PODCAST: Episode 1005 - Thomas Jäger of Monolord on "Neverending" - Working with Sylvia Massey, and More
Keefy caught up with Gothenburg, Sweden's Sludge/Doom leaders Monolord for a new interview. The band just released their excellent new album "Neverending" via Relapse Records. Over their thirteen years as a band, they have continued to raise the bar and challenge themselves, and "Neverending" is no different. The band worked with legend Sylvia Massy, known for her work with Tool, System of a Down,
PODCAST: Episode 1004 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 17th 2026
The Friday flood is here. It's New Music Friday for July 17th, 2026.Bestia Arcana – Holókauston Re-Release (Debemur Morti Records)Beyond Creation – The Aura Re-Release (Season Of Mist)Boundaries – Yearning: The Unbeautiful (Sumerian Records)Carbon Tomb – Passage To A Neutron Star (Transcending Obscurity Records)Code Red – Incendiary Re-Release (Pride & Joy Records)Coffin Hunters – Cosmic D
PODCAST: Episode 1003 - Don of the Dead (Nunslaughter) on "Satanic Chaos Legions" and BLKIIBLK Records
Wil Cifer caught up with Don of the Dead, founding vocalist, bassist, and sole original member of American Devil Metal legends Nunslaughter, to discuss the band's sixth full-length album Satanic Chaos Legions, released June 26, 2026, through BLKIIBLK Records. Don breaks down the band's debut on BLKIIBLK, what went into breaking a five-year full-length silence since 2021's Red Is the Co
PODCAST: Episode 1002 - Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary on "After the Astronaut," Twenty-Eight Years Later
GhostCultKeefy caught up with Paul Leary, co-founder and lead guitarist of the Butthole Surfers, to discuss After the Astronaut, the band's ninth studio album, released June 26, 2026, through Sunset Blvd Records. The record has one of the more remarkable backstories in alternative rock history. Originally recorded in 1998 as the intended follow-up to "Electriclarryland," the album wa
PODCAST: Episode 1001 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 10th 2026
The next sonic assault has arrived. It's New Music Friday for July 10th, 2026.Ad Finem Omnia – Senects Viae (Purity Through Fire Records)Apogean – Waste Where Life Begins (The Artisan Era Records)Arise From Worms – A Bleeding Tree Hanging Self-Destruction (Church Road Records)Beware Of Gods – Upon Whom The Last Descends III: Behead The Oracle (Self-Released)Cranial Osteotomy – Vortex Of The Da
PODCAST: Episode 1000 - Tim and Keith of Deadguy on Their Comeback, and More!
For our special 1000th podcast, Keefy crosses one big interview off the bucket list! Having been a fan since 1995's classic "Fixation on a Co-Worker" (Victory Records) album, Keefy has been aiming to interview Deadguy since their 2021 reunion! Last year's excellent "Near-Death Travel Services" (Relapse Records) showed the band has plenty left in the tank and are not jus
PODCAST: Episode 999 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 7.4.26
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please support Shaun Glass' family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-life-in-metal-a-future-for-his-son-shaun-glass2026 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us Buy a superchat or superthanks/hype on Yo
PODCAST: Episode 998 - Seven Kingdoms' Camden Cruz on "Sono Sola" - the Kickstarter, and Power Metal on Their Own Terms
Keefy caught up with Camden Cruz of Seven Kingdoms to discuss the band's upcoming sixth full-length album, Sono Sola, expected late October 2026. The Florida-based power metal band launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the record independently, putting the project directly in the hands of their fanbase rather than going the traditional label route.Camden breaks down what "Sono Sola"
POCAST: Episode 997 - Deftones and The Leak of "Eros" and Why Bands Owe You Nothing
The leak of Deftones "lost" album "eros" has divided their fanbase. Do bands owe it to fans to release all their music? Does this behaviour make fans toxic? Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps:/
PODCAST: Episode 996 - David Haley on Psycroptic's "The Pulse of Annihilation" and the Metal Blade Records Era
@GhostCultKeefy666 caught up with @Psycroptic drummer David Haley to discuss the band's upcoming album The Pulse of Annihilation, set for release July 17, 2026, through @metalbladerecords . David breaks down the writing and recording process behind one of the most anticipated technical death metal records of the year and what "The Pulse of Annihilation" means for the band's evolution.Buy "Th
PODCAST: Episode 995 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of July 3rd 2026
Your weekly dose of distortion starts right now. It's New Music Friday for July 3rd, 2026.Agarwaen – The Murder Trend (Over The Border Records)Coprolith – Putrescence (Me Saco Un Ojo Records) Ded – Resent Deluxe Edition (UNFD Records)Deep Purple – Splat! (earMusic Records)Dichotomy – Lucifer Owns The Fence (Rottweiler Records)Dominum – Night Is Calling (Napalm Records)Doro – Doro Live Re-Relea
PODCAST: Episode 994 - Fresh Ink and Heavy Riffs With Incite's "El" at New York Hardcore Tattoos
Ojayy dropped by New York Hardcore Tattoos with Incite bassist "El" for a conversation that goes way beyond the music. El, a tattoo artist himself, sits down with artist Chui Kanela to get some fresh ink while discussing the culture and craft of tattooing, the relationship between heavy metal and tattoo culture, and the band's album Savage New Times, released on August 15, 2025, through Reigning P
PODCAST: Episode 993 - New Music Friday: The Best Heavy Releases of June 26, 2026
The riffs are fresh and the volume’s rising. It's New Music Friday for June 26th, 2026.Amberian Dawn – Temptation’s Gate (Napalm Records)Astriferous – Atavistic Unraveling (Pulverised Records)Autumnblaze – Glut (Argonauta Music)Blood Of Angels – Les Angst ov Thanatou (Self-Released)Boneripper – Radiant In Ruin (Self-Released)Bong Wizard – Transilvanian Munchies (Self-Released)Butthole Surfers – Af
PODCAST: Episode 992 - The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 6.18.2026 - Go NY, Go NY Go! 🤜🏾💥🤘🏾🧡💙🧡
Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please donate to the Metal Horror Madman's recovery: Get well soon dude!https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-madmans-recoveryPlease support Sonny Mayo's (ex Snot, ex @officialsevendust ) and his recovery from triple-bypass heart surgeryhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-madmans-recoveryPlease follow a
PODCAST: Episode 991 - Faith No More is Back, But Why Now?
Improbably, Faith No More has reunited and will tour in 2027! Let's dive into the history of the band and why they are one of the most unlikely reunions of 2026! https://ghostcultmag.com/faith-no-more-confirms-reunion-for-2027-signs-a-global-touring-deal-with-booking-agency-30e/ Livestream menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMus
PODCAST: Episode 990 - Floyd Nation's Will Kaiser on "Inner Light," Abbey Road, and Reimagining Wish You Were Here
@GhostCultKeefy666 caught up with Will Kaiser of @floydnationlive ( @pinkfloyd tribute band) to discuss the band's debut album "Inner Light," released May 29, 2026, self-funded through a @kickstarter campaign that hit its initial goal in under forty-eight hours. The pair break down what it meant to track a ten-song record inside Studio 3 at @abbeyroad Studios, the e
PODCAST: Episode 989 - Doug Robinson (The Sleeping) on Held., "Grey," and the Post-Hardcore Supergroup Nobody Saw Coming
Keefy caught up with Doug Robinson, vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for Held., to discuss the band's debut studio album "Grey," released May 15, 2026, through MNRK Heavy. Doug breaks down how the post-hardcore supergroup came together alongside bassist Salvatore Mignano and drummer Josh Eppard of Coheed and Cambria, what it meant to step into the role of riff-writer and g
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