Territorial Pissings – Sel Balamir of Amplifier
With new album 'Mystoria' showcasing a new direction for the eclectic Amplifier, frontman Sel Balamir fielded the Ghost Cult interrogation and emphatically told of how his band are more grunge than...
View ArticleAeon Zen – Ephemera
It seems like an eternity ago when Brit Prog-Metallers Aeon Zen first commanded attention as fast risers and one to watch. A couple of well received releases and a much coveted European trek supporting...
View ArticleGhast – Dread Doom Ruin
When it comes to black metal Swansea, Wales, doesn’t quite generate the same mental imagery as Bergen, Norway and the grim and frost bitten kingdoms; yet the Welsh city has produced a formidable...
View ArticleThe Contortionist – Language
There must be a written rule in the official guide to playing in a Tech/Progressive metal band: “Must suddenly lose and replace your vocalist.” Indianapolis’ own prog magicians The Contortionist are...
View ArticleOberon – Dream Awakening
Some bands are just masters of shrouding themselves in mystique. The creation of one Bard Oberon, Norway’s Oberon began as early as 1994 as one of Prophecy Record’s first outputs, with their own brand...
View ArticleOld Wounds – Death Projection
The meeting of Crust punk, hardcore and metal is by no means an original concept, just look at the plethora of bands in recent years that the likes of Black Breath and Trap Them have opened the doors...
View ArticleEmpty Yard Experiment – Kallisti
There should be no doubt by now of the ability of rock and metal to reach new and distant climes across our planet. Progressive rock, additionally, has stretched its hand beyond the Western world into...
View ArticleEvergrey – Hymns For The Broken
How Swedes Evergrey are not recognized more by metal’s mainstream media is criminal. Hailing from the city of Gothenburg which has arguably contributed the biggest impact to modern metal than any other...
View ArticleThe Pineapple Thief – Magnolia
In the realms of modern Prog, few bands are as simultaneously revered yet overlooked as contemporary powerhouse of the genre than The Pineapple Thief. A very consistent but a little understated (or at...
View ArticleSpider Kitten – Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree
If there is one thing that can be said about Welsh doomsters Spider Kitten it’s that they are not short on imagination. Their previous album 'Cougar Club' (Rugland) saw the tale of an imaginary gothic...
View ArticleVerse Vica – Endeavor
By now there is an over saturation of progressive/tech metal bands on the market. With a rich diversity of bands under the banner with a wide range of sounds and styles, it is definitely a genre in...
View ArticleSeizures – The Sanity Universal
espite the very misleading opening statement, The Sanity Universal sits firmly with the likes of hardcore with the bewildering complexity of mathcore. Taking hardcore and punk’s sense of unbridled rage...
View ArticlePrimus (with The Fungi Ensemble) – Primus And The Chocolate Factory
With a career spanning three decades and a reputation as one of our world’s most loved and respected bands of a near cult status, Primus are one of our world’s leading lights in music that is, to put...
View ArticleLunatic Soul – Walking On A Flashlight Beam
How Mariusz Duda finds any spare time is a complete mystery. Not only the vocalist for Polish prog behemoths Riverside, Duda simultaneously has steered his own solo outings under the moniker of Lunatic...
View ArticleNero Di Marte – Derivae
Despite their relative infancy as a unit, Italian’s Nero Di Marte have shown quite the degree of evolution. Beginning as an unspectacular death metal outfit by the name of Murder Therapy, these guys...
View ArticleBuild A World Part I – Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief
There is very little in life that can offer as much emotional and nostalgic resonance as music. Even the most casual of fan will surely have an attachment to certain songs or albums for personal...
View ArticleBuild A World Part II – Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief
In part 2 of our 3 part feature, The Pineapple Thief frontman Bruce Soord spoke to Ghost Cult about the positive impact of change on their new album, 'Magnolia', which is out now on KScope. Continue...
View ArticleBuild A World Part III – Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief
In the final part of 3 part feature on The Pineapple Thief and their excellent new album, 'Magnolia' (KScope), songwriter Bruce Soord spoke to Ghost Cult Magazine about songwriting and side projects......
View ArticleSkyharbor – Guiding Lights
The Skyharbor story is a real triumphant battle against the difficulties of geography if anything else. What began on an seemingly insignificant stage of computer files by guitarist Keshav Dhar...
View ArticleNader Sadek – The Malefic: Chapter III
This is a curious proposition. With previous albums and now this EP release 'The Malefic: Chapter III' (self-released), Nader Sadek is a death metal super-group which has seen a variety of members on...
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