From the underground to the big time, it's New Music Friday for January 16th 2025!

Can you pronounce all these bands?

Anti-Sapien – At The Mercy Of The Merciless EP (Terminus Hate City)

Arcanum Sanctum – Pax EP (Self-Released)

Architectural Genocide – Malignant Cognition (Comatose Records)

Bimurta – All Skies Lead To The Sun EP (Self-Released)

Blanket – True Blue (Adventure Cat Records)

Carrion Vael – Slay Utterly (Unique Leader Records)

David Boring – Liminal Beings And Their Echoes (Damnably Records)

Death Cult – Paradise Live (Beggars Banquet Records)

Demons My Friends – Demons Seem To Gather Re-Release (Ripple Music)

Edenbridge – Set The Dark On Fire (Steamhammer/SPV)

The Eternal – Celestial EP (Reigning Phoenix Music)

Evoken – Embrace The Emptiness Re-Release (Hammerheart Records)

Evoken – Shades Of Night Descending Re-Release (Hammerheart Records)

Frozen Factory – Apocalypse Inc. (Wormholedeath Records)

Funeral Home – Your Funeral (Inverse Records)

The Funeral Portrait – Live From Suffocate City (Better Noise Music)

Gluecifer – Same Drug New High (Steamhammer/SPV)

Godzillionaire – Negative Balance Re-Release (Ripple Music)

Gran Moreno – El Sol (Self-Released)

Hagetisse – To Wither Beneath Thy Radiance (Void Wanderer Records)

Hyperion – Cybergenesis (Fighter Records)

In A House Of Heartbeats – Divination Of Dreams (Ripcord Records)

I Promised The World – I Promised The World EP (Rise Records)

Kreator – Krushers Of The World (Nuclear Blast Records)

The Last Sound Revelation – The Proximity Effect (Octopus Rising Records)

Marianas Rest – The Bereaved (Noble Demon Records)

Moon Wisdom – Let Water Flow (Hypnotic Dirge Records)

Neapolitan – The Fool EP (Golden Robot Records)

Ov Sulfur – Endless (Century Media Records)

Pavic – Live To Thrive (Self-Released)

Philippe Drouin Obvurt – Le Chemin Du Gaucher (Brutal Mind Records)

Soen – Reliance (Silver Lining Music)

Soulbound – sYn (Metalville Records)

Through Mists – The Thought That Swallowed All (Self-Released)

Total Annihilation – Mountains Of Madness (Testimony Records)

Under – What Happened In Roundwood (APF Records)

Valiant Sentinel – Neverealm (Theogonia Records)

Vesseles – Home (Self-Released)

Viserion – Fire And Blood (Self-Released)

Voice Of Glass – Epos (Rexius Records)

AND

Void Monuments – Posthumous Imprecation (Blood Harvest Records)

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In this new episode, @GhostCultKeefy666 chats with Jude Bennett of rising UK Death Metallers @BeyondExtinction ! The band dropped their impressive debut album "Where They Gather" in September of 2025. Jude catches Keefy up on how the band formed from the ashes of other local bands, how the band creates music together, and much more! Buy the album and follow the band here:https://beyondextinction.online/https://www.facebook.com/BeyExt/https://www.instagram.com/beyondextinction/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYd9OmE-JPrQryNFhWCx5Cghttps://x.com/beyextBeyond Extinction are:Jasper Harmer - vocalsJude Bennett - guitarsDanny Russel - guitarsNiall Ali - drumsShoutout to Jazmin L'Amy of Cosa Nostra PR for setting up this interview for us.

This video features a shoutout to Facada!

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To get your band a shoutout in our video interview, hit the link tree! The Usual Suspects: Interview by Rachael Skinnerhttps://www.instagram.com/reflectionsbyraeart Editing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:⁠https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag

In this new episode, Rachel Skinner chats with Nikan "Siyanor" Khosravi of Confess to look back on their action-packed 2025 and what comes next for the band. Not only did they reissue a new expanded edition of their 2015 album "In Pursuit of Dreams" - they also released a slamming new album “Destination Addiction” on January 31st, 2025, through EVIN Productions. They also feature in the acclaimed metal documentary series "Into The Void" on Hulu.

Thanks to Tom Brumpton of Polymath PR for setting up this chat.

Follow Confess and buy their music and merch here.
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The Usual Suspects:
Interview by Rachael Skinner
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Editing by Omar Cordy
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Theme music by Salted Wounds
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From the underground to the big time, it's New Music Friday for January 9th, 2025!

Can you pronounce all these bands?

Alter Bridge – Alter Bridge (Napalm Records)

Beyond The Black – Break The Silence (Nuclear Blast Records)

Bound To Prevail – Enthroned In Torment (Lethal Scissor Records)

Bruit – Monolith Re-Release (Pelagic Records)

Bullet – Kickstarter (Steamhammer SPV)

Calling All Captains – The Things That I’ve Lost EP (New Damage Records)

Deadwood – Rituals Of A Dying Light EP (Innerstrength Records)

Denominate – Restoration (Dusktone Records)

Ectovoid – In Unreality’s Coffin (Everlasting Spew Records)

Hekseblad – The Fall Of Cintra Re-Release (Hypnotic Dirge Records)

Iotunn – Waves Over Copenhell (Metal Blade Records)

Killgurls – Powder EP (Adventure Cat Records)

Krushor – Taste Of Hatred EP (Inverse Records)

Lionheart – Valley Of Death II (Arising Empire Records)

The Medea Project – Live At Dingwalls (Self-Released)

Nanowar Of Steel – The Genghis Khan EP To End All Genghis Khan EPs (Napalm Records)

Nighnacht – Limb Service (Morbid And Miserable Records)

Oraculum – Hybris Divina (Invictus Records)

Orchid Throne – Buried In Black (Self-Released)

The Promise Of Plague – The Earth Above, A Grave Beneath (Self-Released)

The Protomen – Act III: This City Made Us (Self-Released)

Push! – Plowing Ahead (Frozen Records)

Redivider – Sounds Of Malice (Self-Released)

Sardonic Allegiance – Coast II EP (Self-Records)

Semper Acerbus – Following Omens (Eclipse Records)

Sickle Of Dust – Across The Vultures Trail (Flowing Downward Records)

Six Going On Seven – Human Tears (Spartan Records)

Stranguliatorius – Flies Don’t Lie (Horror Pain Gore Death Records)

Terror Garden – Terror Garden EP (Self-Released)

Uuhai – Human Herds (Napalm Records)

AND

Zu – Ferrum Sidereum (House Of Mythology Records)

The Usual Suspects:

🎤 Ghost Cult Keefy

https://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefy

💻 Omar Cordy

⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics⁠⁠

🎵 Fahad Syed

⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/fahanzi

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In this new episode, ​ @GhostCultKeefy666 speaks with Nick Parkinson of @Salezianos_Official , an emerging Australian blackened avant-garde metal project that is breaking boundaries with their latest single, "The Great Silence," released earlier this year.

Nick discusses the band’s unique blend of extreme metal, progressive structures, and gothic atmospheres. He elaborates on their creative process, influences, and the emotional depth behind Sálezianos’ evolving identity. The conversation highlights the direction the band is heading and explains why "The Great Silence" is a significant milestone in their development.

Follow Sálezianos:

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https://salezianos.bandcamp.com/

#gcshoutout - This video's shoutout is to the band: SHRIVE

https://www.instagram.com/shrive_band/

The Usual Suspects:

Interview by Ghost Cult Keefy

https://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefy

Editing by Omar Cordy

https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics

Theme music by Salted Wounds

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Hang out with @GhostCultKeefy666 as he deep dives into the world of @smashingpumpkins ! First up: he reviews the nineties classic 2 LP "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness!" Not only was this a touchstone release for the post-Grunge and Alternative Rock heyday, but it is also a monumental concept record in the vein of the best ever made. It also has some of the Pumpkins' heaviest songs, as well as moments of sublime chill. Then Keefy takes you through a full unboxing of every element of this deluxe vinyl boxed set (there is also a 4 CD version)! Order the boxed set in different configurations here and also stream the album with never-before-released concerts from the 1995 tour and more! https://smashingpumpkins.lnk.to/MellonCollie30th Shout out to the team at The Oriel, co for publicity, and Universal Music for supporting us on this project! We are truly grateful!The Usual Suspects: Interview by Ghost Cult Keefyhttps://www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefyEditing by Omar Cordyhttps://www.instagram.com/ojcpicsTheme music by Salted Woundshttps://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnycCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:⁠https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag