ALBUM REVIEW: Living Weapon - Death in the Family - Ghost Cult Magazine

Ghost Cult's Tim Ledin reviews the new album from Boston mathcore band Living Weapon "Death in the Family" out on Closed Casket Activities!

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Levitation Festival Announces Set Times, and Additional Bands with Bikini Kill, Sleep, Molchat Doma, Angine De Poitrine, Elder, Monolord, and More  - Ghost Cult Magazine

Levitation 2026 announces their set times for annual music festival taking over Austin, Texas from September 9th, through the 13th.

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Vader Announce Reign Forever in Kingdom of Blood North American Tour with Jungle Rot, Fleshcrawl and Trash Panda

Polish death metal legends Vader hit North America for the Reign Forever in Kingdom of Blood Tour with Jungle Rot, Fleshcrawl, and Trash Panda across 23 dates from September 5 through September 27.

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Louder Than Life 2026 Set Times Announced — Iron Maiden, Tool, My Chemical Romance and More

Louder Than Life 2026 set times are out — Iron Maiden, Tool, My Chemical Romance, and Limp Bizkit headline four days and seven stages in Louisville, KY from September 17-20.

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Otep Shamaya Returns with a New Single "(ISH) I'm Still Here" - Ghost Cult Magazine Otep Shamaya Returns to Music with Trip Hop Solo Single — Leaving Nu-Metal Behind

Otep Shamaya confirms her return to music following her 2024 retirement with new solo single "(ISH) I'm Still Here" — a complete creative pivot into trip hop and away from nu-metal.

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Butthole Surfers Documentary Hits Theaters Nationwide Soon

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt hits Alamo Drafthouse theaters nationwide from August 24, with independent screenings following in September. Buy tickets at drafthouse.com.

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Mastodon Share a New Single and Video for “In The Ruins” - New Album Coming Soon

Mastodon shares a new single and music video for "In The Ruins!" New Album “Marrow Deep” their first for Loma Vista Recordings, on August 28th, 2026.

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Why You Are All Wrong About "The Black Album" by Metallica

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Good Charlotte's Madden Brothers Face Backlash Over Mass Layoffs at Alternative Press, BrooklynVegan, Revolver and Goldmine

Joel and Benji Madden face industry outrage after Veeps guts editorial teams at Alternative Press, BrooklynVegan, Revolver, and Goldmine, followed by workplace harassment allegations from a former emp...

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Spread the Disease's Dave Buschemeyer on "The Darkness. The Dread. The Suffering."

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Suno Restricts AI Music Downloads and Adds Watermarking and Vinyl Pressing

Suno caps downloads and rolls out AI watermarking following a German court defeat and data breach exposing scraped content — with UMG and Sony lawsuits still active and $4.6B in artist revenue at risk...

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Nunslaughter Shares a New Single and Music Video "Listen to the Lies" - New Album Out Now - Ghost Cult Magazine

Nunslaughter has shared a new single and music video "Listen to the Lies" from their new album "Satanic Chaos Legions!" Out now via BLKIIBLK!

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Castle Rat Premiere "Dragon" Video Ahead of Largest Headline Tour to Date

Castle Rat premiere the official video for "Dragon" from The Bestiary ahead of their Summon the Beasts North American headline tour with Unto Others and Wraith Knight this autumn.

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Chat Pile Share "Same Rules" Video From Upcoming New Album

Chat Pile drop the official video for second single "Same Rules" from upcoming album Who Loves the Sun, out September 4 via The Flenser, as their massive fall North American tour is announced.

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Fuming Mouth's Mark Whelan on "The Ringing Bell," Jay Weinberg, and a Return to Form

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Dark ambient pioneer Lustmord and Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo announce collaborative project Lustmord Lombardo and debut album The Pulse of Atoms, out October 2 via Ipecac Recordings.

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Glacially Musical #292 - The High Highs and Low Lows of Guns N Roses' "GNR: Lies" Album

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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: New Rock and Metal Release Radar for August 14th 2026

Ghost Cult previews all the new Rock and Metal releases weekly! Here is the list with buy links for August 7th, 2026!

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The Weekly Ritual - Rock and Metal News 8.7.26

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Progressive Death Metal Band Decessus Officially Signs to BLKIIBLK - Ghost Cult Magazine

Progressive Death Metal Quartet Decessus Officially Signs to BLKIIBLK Label, owned by Frontiers SRL and now the label home to Megadeth, Hatebreed, Creeping Death, Forbidden, Biohazard, and Nunslaughte...

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ALBUM REVIEW: Xandria - Eclipse - Ghost Cult Magazine

Gary Alcock of Ghost Cult Magazine reviews the new album from German Symphonic Metal band ALBUM REVIEW: Xandria - "Eclipse" out now via Napalm Records.

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Silvertomb (Type O Negative, ex-Agnostic Front, Sheer Terror) Share a New Single and Video for "No Way To Live" - New Album Incoming - Ghost Cult Magazine

Silvertomb (Type O Negative, ex-Danzig, Sun Dont Shine, Quiet Riot, ex-Agnostic Front, Sheer Terror) has shared a new single and video for "No Way To Live!" New album "The Interpretation Of Nightmares...

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Vandenberg Cancels “My Whitesnake Years” North American August Tour

The Announcement: Earlier this morning, legendary guitarist Adrian Vandenberg sadly announced the cancellation of his around the corner North American Tour that would be celebrating his Whitesnake …

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Sid Wilson is Officially Out of Slipknot After 28 Years - Ghost Cult Magazine

According to a report from TMZ, Sid Wilson is out of Slipknot after 28 years. He joined the band in 1998.

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Iconic Irish Folk and Rock Artist Glen Hansard Has Died - A Public Wake Will Take Place Next Week - Ghost Cult Magazine

Iconic Irish Folk and Rock Artist Glen Hansard Has Died (21 April 1970 – 29 July 2026) - A Public Wake Will Take Place Next Week.

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TransCat #13 (FINAL DRAFT!!! I SWEAR!!!) Pg. 2 | Knave Murdok

TransCat #13 (FINAL DRAFT!!! I SWEAR!!!) Pg. 2 by Knave Murdok on Patreon. Join Knave Murdok's community for exclusive content and updates.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Luxury Skin - I’ll Get You Out of Here, Baby - Ghost Cult Magazine

Ghost Cult writer Duncan Evans reviews the new album from Luxury Skin (Juliet E. Gordon) - "I’ll Get You Out of Here, Baby" - out now.

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