Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast

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...

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...

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 T...

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...

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-glass 2026 Livestream Price Menu!  Answer your questions - Still free General support $3 Buy us a Coffee $6 We rate your song $25 live Music business consulting call $75 Support us  Buy a superchat or superthanks/...

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&qu...

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 $75 Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmag https://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLP https...

 @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 "T...

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...

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...

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 – A...

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-recovery Please support Sonny Mayo's (ex Snot, ex @officialsevendust ) and his recovery from triple-bypass heart surgery https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-madmans-recovery Please follo...

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...

@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...

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 J osh Eppard of Coheed and Cambria, what it meant to step into the role of riff-writer an...

Discover your next favorite riff. It's New Music Friday for June 19th, 2026. Avarice – Perpetual Ruin (Mighty Music)Axemaster – Of Beasts And Plagues (Cosmic Fire Records)Bantoriak – Vol. II (Argonauta Records)Belarus Beaver – Grind af den Brune Bäfve (Self-Released)Belvedere – Seven Years Of Bad Luck (Thousand Island Records)Blood Mother – Blood Mother (Self-Released)The Carburetors – We Ride...

Keefy  caught up with Gabe of AntimozdeBeast to discuss the band's album A Vagrant Unkempt Grave, released May 15, 2026. Gabe breaks down the deeply philosophical and psychological concepts driving the record, including spiritual interrogation, inner rebellion, the human struggle to interpret suffering under ideological and religious pressures, and mankind's collective fear of the unknown...

Keefy caught up with Devin Townsend to discuss "The Moth," his landmark twenty-four-track symphonic progressive metal rock opera released May 29, 2026, through InsideOut Music, Century Media Records , and his own HevyDevy Records imprint. Devin describes the album as his life's work and most ambitious project to date, more than a decade in the making, chronicling the full arc of the...

The volume war continues. It's New Music Friday for June 12th, 2026. Big|Brave – In Grief Or In Hope (Thrill Jockey Records)Bloodhunter – Sons Of The Abandoned (RPM ROAR)The Bobby Lees – New Self (Epitaph Records)Bolan – Gargoyle Of The Garden State (earMusic)The Chronicles Of Manimal And Samara – Misantropi (Self-Released)Cripple Bastards – La Tua Foto Sul Marmo EP (F.O.A.D. Records)Defiled – Alt...

Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please donate to the  @metalhorrormadman9961  's recovery: Get well soon dude! https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-madmans-recovery? Please support Sonny Mayo's (ex Snot, ex  @officialsevendust  ) and his recovery from triple-bypass heart surgery https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-the-madmans-recovery? Pl...

Keefy is in Milwaukee for Metal Fest, and he previews the fest, including a day-by-day breakdown, who the can't-miss bands are, and more! 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/F2F1F2PLP https://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked...

Keefy caught up with Craig Wedren, frontman of post-Hardcore legends Shudder to Think and acclaimed composer of the Yellowjackets television series, to discuss the deluxe expansion of his 2024 solo record, The Dream Dreaming. Released April 10, 2026, through his independent label Tough Lover , the expanded edition grows the original eleven-song tracklist into a full twenty-one-track collection fea...

​  @GhostCultKeefy666  caught up with Chris Elliott of Cell Arts and  @Black-Angeles  Media. In addition to working with Ghost Cult, Chris is a lifetime music fan and metal lover, but it goes much deeper than that. For years, Chris has been posting up at shows and documenting underground metal concerts of all stripes via his YouTube and other social networks. Keefy and Chris talk about music fando...

From the underground to your playlist, it's New Music Friday for June 5th, 2026! The 69 Eyes – I Survive (BLKIIBLK) 100 Demons – Embrace The Black Light (Closed Casket Records) A.A. Williams – Solstice (Reigning Phoenix Music) Abysmal Growls Of Despair – Torn (Wormholedeath Records) Aeger Anima – The Falling Leaves EP (Eerie Sounds Records) Aetere – Theogonie (Octopus Rising Records) Alunah &a...

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