Ghost Cult Magazine

Ghost Cult caught up with the great Ben Ward of the venerable Doom Metal overlords Orange Goblin! On the eve of their first US tour in five years, Ben was gushing about coming back to the states, his excitement to play at Muddy Roots Festival, his personal festival highlights of his career like Download Festival at Castle Donnington, the Mercyful Fate reunion, choosing sick opening bands such as The Skull, Mothership and WoFat, incorporating left-turns musically, and his love of beer and pizza! Orange Goblin's current album The Wolf Bites Back is available now from Candlelight Records. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 39: Ben Ward of Orange Goblin Talks US Tour and British Doom appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult’s Ragin Rosie caught up with Technical Death Metal Band Virvum recently while they were on tour with Archspire. The band calls Zürich, Switzerland home, but its members hail from several locales. She chatted with the band about how … Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 38: Virvum on Being a Multi-National Band and Musical Tastes appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

PODCAST: Episode 37 – Dave Matrise of Jungle Rot Talks About Death Metal Legacies Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 37 – Dave Matrise of Jungle Rot Talks About Death Metal Legacies appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

PODCAST: Episode 36: Karl Willets of Memoriam Talks New Album, and Political Minefields  Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 36: Karl Willets of Memoriam Talks New Album, and Political Minefields  appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Thrash metal legends Sacred Reich are releasing their comeback album, Awakening, their first in 23 years, on August 23rd via Metal Blade Records. Ghost Cult's Keefy had the honor of chatting with frontman Phil Rind about making the new album, getting new (guitarist Joey Radzwill) and old members (Dave McClain - ex-Machine Head) back in the band, touring, working with producer Arthur Rizk, some political and thrash history, the outlook for President Trump, and much more! Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 35 – Phil Rind of Sacred Reich Talks New Album and Keeping the Faith appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Heavy Metal legend Brian Tatler of Diamond Head is the latest guest on the podcast! We talked about the power of their new album The Coffin Train (Silver Lining Music), why it was important to make an album that was both classic and current sounding, what singer Rasmus Born Andersens brings to the table live and in the studio, playing European music festivals, the early days of NWOBHM, being associated those Metallica covers, the upcoming 30th anniversary of Lightning to the Nations, his relationship with Rock and Blues Festival 2019Rock and, the bands hope to return to tour the USA eventually and more. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 34 – Brian Tatler of Diamond Head on “The Coffin Train” and the NWOBHM appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult's Keefy caught up recently with Kevin Martin, the mastermind and leader of long-running rockers Candlebox for an interview. The band was on tour in Europe,  supporting the 25th anniversary of their multi-platinum, classic self-titled debut album. The band was also promoting their current album, the excellent Disappearing in Airports. In a candid chat, Kevin looked back at the bands' history, his memories of the early years of the band, performing at Woodstock `94, the ups and downs of the music industry, making new music, the trajectory of the next Candlebox album, and what the future of Kevin's music career looks like a few more years down the road. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 33 – Kevin Martin Talks Candlebox Past, Present, and Future appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult had the honor of catching up with world-renowned guitarist and composer Guthrie Govan recently over Skype for a Ghost Cult Podcast interview. We chatted about the brand new album from Govan's band The Aristocrats, You Know What...? The Aristocrats also features equally talented and legendary members Marco Minemann on drums and Bryan Beller on bass. You Know What...? features a new composing style from the band, which Guthrie explained, also commenting on how the band continues to push each other to greatness, his warm-up regimen, his solo tour, collaborating with other artists and much more. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 32 – Guthrie Govan Talks About The Aristocrats New Album appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

During The Black Queen's (members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Teflon Tel Aviv) headline tour of the US this spring, Ghost Cult's Keefy caught up with Steven Alexander at Music Hall of Williamsburg for an interview. In a candid chat in their dressing room before the show, Steven discussed his formative years as a musician, lessons his parents taught him that he still leverages in his music today, what he learned being a guitar tech that translates over to being in a band, the difference between writing the first TBQ album and Infinite Games (Federal Prisoner), and just how long we will have to wait for new music from the group. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 31: Steven Alexander of The Black Queen Talks History, Technology, and The Future appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult's DJ Astrocreep spend some time recently in London listening to the new Sabaton album, The Great War (Nuclear Blast) and determined it's full of bangers! Then he chatted with bassist/vocalist Pär Sundström all about making The Great War, World War I as an influence, concept albums, their choice of 'Verdun' as the first single, incorporating historic poetry and music into their songs, working with an Orchestra and a Choir, matching the right music to the appropriate lyrics, having a sense of humor on tour, ESP basses and much more! The Great War releases on July 19th! Pre-order it here at this link.  Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 30 – Pär Sundström of Sabaton Talks About “The Great War” appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

For over a decade, Jamie Tworkwoski and his non-profit foundation To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) have been on the front lines for suicide prevention and mental health awareness and support. Jamie was in New York City recently for the Mental Health Comedy Tour at the legendary Comic Strip Live. The show featured Jamie, comedian, Joe Matarese, and host Preston Gitlin. In their 13-year history, TWLOHA has donated over $2.3 million directly into treatment, traveled more than 3.4 million miles to meet people face-to-face at nearly 3,000 events, and has responded to over 210,000 messages from over 100 countries. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 29 – Jamie of To Write Love on Her Arms on The Mental Health Crisis appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult recently chatted with TesseracT and Skyharbor singer Daniel Tomkins. Daniel released his debut solo album, Castles, on May 31st via the Kscope label. In candid chat he discusses exploring his Electronica and Pop music influences, the long process of working on solo music, the concept of Castles, choosing collaborators such as producer Dmitry Stepanov, Acle Kahney (TesseracT), Randy Slaugh (Periphery, Architects, Devin Townsend), and Paul Ortiz (Zeta, Chimpspanner), his very tenuous relationship with with social media, and the loose plan for when to expect new TesseracT music. Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 28 – Daniel Tomkins (TesseracT) Talks Debut Solo Album “Castles” appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult's DJ Astrocreep recently caught up with Sal Abruscato of A Pale Horse Named Death while on tour in the UK. APND's new album When The World Becomes Undone was released via Long Branch Records/SPV this past January. Sal was in a reflective mood and chatted about a wide range of topics such as the new album, his writing habits, changes in his life, touring, how bands make money (or not in 2019), stories from his entire career and more! Pick up the bands' album, catch them on tour soon, or later in the year when they are back in Europe for Damnation Festival. Check it out! Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 27 – Sal from A Pale Horse Named Death Talks Life, Death, and Doom appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

PODCAST: EPISODE 26 – Zeal and Ardor Discusses The Journey of an Artist, and New Music Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 26 – Zeal and Ardor Discusses The Journey of an Artist, and New Music appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult recently caught up with Brody Uttley of Rivers of Nihil at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn New York. The band was on hand to perform their 2018 album Where Owls Know My Name (Metal Blade Records) in full. We chatted with Brody about the sold-out two-night stand, good advice he got from his friends in Archspire, his favorite concept albums ever, a possible live album and DVD from the band, the progress of new Rivers of Nihil music and more! Check it out! Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 25 – Brody of Rivers of Nihil Talks Concept Albums, and New Music appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ragin Rosie caught up with Technical Death Metal band Archspire on their recent Tech Trek Tour! The band was on the road performing their entire Relentless Mutation album, out now on Season of Mist. Rosie caught up with guitarist Tobi Morelli about the tour, life on the road, performing their full album live, the AI bot inspired by their music, and the progress of the new Archspire album. Check it out! Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 24 – Tobi of Archspire on Touring, AI Music Bots, and Jason Momoa appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult caught up with Kaan Tasan, vocalist for UK-based Metalcore act Heart of A Coward. Kaan has been in the band for several years, but their brand new album, The Disconnect (Arising Empire/Nuclear Blast Records), is their first new album with him in the band. We chatted with Kaan about how he came to join the band, the pressures he felt about recording with the group, recording with Justin Hill and Will Putney, how he keeps his voice in shape, and much more! You can catch the band this weekend at Download Festival 2019! Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 23: Kaan of Heart of A Coward Talks New Album and New Beginnings appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Felix Griffin is a drumming legend of Hardcore Punk and Crossover Thrash Metal. He has been a drummer with D.R.I. on some classic albums, and played with a host of other bands, recently with BAT and M.O.D. Classics. In a brief chat with Felix, he explains the basis of the new project MOD Classic with founding M.O.D. members, eventual plans for the project, the progress of recruiting a new singer, hopes for touring, how corporate interests ruin music, balancing a family and work in music, as well as Felix's other projects such as playing on the recent BAT release and his new work with The Krum Bums. We appreciate Felix's time as well his patience as a parade passed by our office right before we spoke!  Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 22: -Felix Griffin of M.O.D. Classics Sets The Record Straight appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Nothing More is one of the most exciting bands in the world right now. The band has toured tirelessly behind the album The Stories We Tell Ourselves (Eleven Seven Music Group) and basically covering new fans daily. They were just selected as the opening band of Ghost's massive first arena tour as a headliner. Ghost Cult chatted with bassist Daniel Oliver about staying hungry as a young band, what it takes to make and keep new fans, the famous “Scorpion Tail”, and a lot more! Continue reading → The post PODCAST: EPISODE 21 – Daniel Oliver of Nothing More on Staying Hungry, Touring and More appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.

Ghost Cult's Chief Editor Keefy was honored to catch up with Judas Priest legend Ian Hill recently before their show at The Paramount Theater in Long Island, New York. The band continues to tour as part of their ongoing run of dates behind 2018's Firepower (Epic Records) album. Ian discussed the choice the band made to switch up performing in more intimate theaters from arenas on their current tour, choosing the setlist nightly, how much partying Judas Priest does these days compared with the 1980s, an update on Glenn Tipton, and the progress of brand new Judas Priest music! Check it out! Continue reading → The post PODCAST: Episode 20: Ian Hill of Judas Priest Talks Changes and New Judas Priest Music appeared first on Ghost Cult Magazine.