Posted by I have not done one of these since April so there is a bit of a backlog, so this Ghost Cult Magazine roundup will be a two parter – lucky you! Click the links to read more.
High On Fire – Cometh The Storm
Six years after their Grammy award winning album Electric Messiah High On Fire return with Cometh The Storm, a rather good album of burly sounding metal with stoner influences and some remarkable drumming.
Ghost on Mars – Out of Time and Space
With Out of Time and Space this new Italian band has delivered a promising, albeit top heavy, debut of melodramatic and intensely emotional progressive metal.
Gatecreeper – Dark Superstition
Death metal is not usually my genre of choice, but Gatecreeper‘s third album Dark Superstition is the perfect blend of death metal heft with trad metal melody. It is my surprise of the year. Also check out ‘Superstitious Vision’ for a welcome, riffy earworm.
Nestor – Teenage Rebel
As long as you do not mind sky high levels of cheese, Nestor‘s Teenage Rebel offers up everything that 80s rock had to offer – big guitars, big synths even bigger hooks.
The Early November – The Early November
The New Jersey outfit The Early November’s eponymous album is a polished collection of their signature blend of angst ridden emo, alt rock and pop punk.
Lofty Music and Film 