From the underground to your playlist, It's New Music Friday for June 6th, 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 & Samavayo – Embers Of Relief Split EP (Heavy Psych Sounds)Apostle – A Splinter In The Infinite Noumenon (Terminus Hate City Records)August Burns Red – Season Of Surrender (Fearless Records)Baalzagoth – No God, No Savior (Putrid Cult Records)Bad Stuff – Bad Stuff (Relapse Records)Blood Incantation – All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Century Media Records)Blüdwyrm – The Blissful Sleep Of Ignorance (Road To Masochist Records)Brocarde – Good Attendance At Sunday School (Self-Released)Callous Faulter – Callous Faulter EP (Gutter Prince Cabal)Chullachaqui – Epiphanic Perdition (Self-Released)Converge – Hum Of Hurt (Deathwish INC/Epitaph Records)Cyhra – Requiem For A Pipe Dream (Reigning Phoenix Music)Dead Void – Cranial Devastation (Dark Descent Records)Devilz By Definition – Devilz Knight (Self Made Records)The Dharma Chain – Some Kind Of Pure State (Spinda Records)Diabolic Oath – Unholy Barbaric Hymns EP (Sentient Ruin Records)Ditheist – Cosmic Liar (Self-Released)Dopelord – Sign Of The Devil Re-Release (Season Of Mist)Drowning Pool – Sinner Re-Release (Craft Recordings)Dutch Elm – Dutch Elm (Ripcord Records)Dwarves – Jenkem (Greedy Records)Embryonic Autopsy – Rise Of The Mutated (Massacre Records)Evanescence – Sanctuary (BMG)Evergrey – Architects Of A New Weave (Napalm Records)Fournier – Fournier EP (Caligari Records)Frusen Sorg – Smärtpunkter (Widsith Records)Fucked Up -Year Of The Monkey (Tankcrimes Records)Goad – Song Of Four Fairies EP (My Kingdom Records)Godless – Adversus Parousia (Nuclear Winter Records)Guilt Trip – Armour Of Angels (Roadrunner Records)Gurt – Survival Of The Shittest EP (When Planets Collide Records)Halcyon Days – Nothing To No One // Something To Someone (InsideOut Music)Iron Kingdom – Shadows And Dust (Self-Released)Iselder – The 38th Division (Marwolaeth Records)Jared James Nichols – Louder Than Fate (Frontiers srl)Kybalion – Make The World Bleed EP (Non Serviam Records)Lovelost – Picking Petals By Your Graveside EP (Year Of The Rat Records)Magefa – Legion (Self-Released)Maneating Orchid – Cold Logic (Subcontinental Records)Medusa's Wrath – The Seventh Plague Of Babylon (Self-Released)Midnight Rider – Limited Infinity (Massacre Records)My Own Will – Misery EP (Blood Blast Distribution)Nachtheem – Waan Van De Leegte (Terratur Records)Nights Of Malice – Chaos Exordium (Bleeding Art Collective Records)No Vale Nada – Quidam (Itawak Records)Oh Hiroshima – And The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter (Pelagic Records)Omit All – Lights Up On The End Stage EP (Self-Released)Philippe Kalfon – My Connection (Self-Released)Pretext – Riot Of The Ruined (Darkside Records)Primitive Broadcast Service – Monsters (Seismic Wave Records)Shane Embury – Bridge To Resolution (Dissonance Records)Shooting Daggers – The Real Life Thing EP (New Heavy Sounds)Sleepbomb – Songs In The Key Of Conan (Koolarrow Records)Sleeping Pulse – Dreams & Limitations (Prophecy Productions)Sons Of Ghidorah – Raining Fire (Argonauta Records)Soul Exchange – Slow Descent EP (1126 Records)Space Parasites – Make Me Evil (Fetzner Death Records)Stranded By Choice – Marooned In Stone (Self-Released)Thorium – Suburban Rot (Emanzipation Records) Full list on our site!The Usual Suspects: 🎤 Micaela Petersen⁠https://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes 💻 Omar Cordy ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics⁠⁠ 🎵 Fahad Syed ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/fahanziGet your next release on this weekly list, and stay updated with us.https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag

Keefy caught up with Marc Gaffney, vocalist and guitarist of Boston-based stoner and fuzz rock band Gozu, to discuss the band's sixth studio album, Gozu VI, released May 15, 2026, through Blacklight Media and Metal Blade Records. Marc breaks down the emotional turbulence that shaped the record, what it means to deliver a soulful, guitar-driven album six releases deep, and what listeners can expect from the band's 2026 co-headlining US tour with Restless Spirit.

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Interview by Ghost Cult Keefy

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Editing by Omar Cordy

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Theme music by Salted Wounds

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Keefy caught up with Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo, Grammy-winning producer, record executive, and co-founder of Ruffhouse Records, to discuss his newly launched podcast Ruffhouse, Joe's Garage. Joe shares what inspired him to launch the series in early 2026, his approach to making records and running a label, and the stories behind his work with iconic artists, including The Fugees, Cypress Hill, and The Rolling Stones.

In Ruffhouse, Joe's Garage, Joe draws on decades at the top of the music industry to offer candid insight into record production and the business of running an independent label, making it essential listening for anyone serious about music from the inside out.

This video's #gcshoutout → Bite the Hand

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Interview by Ghost Cult Keefy

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Editing by Omar Cordy

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Theme music by Salted Wounds

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It's New Music Friday for May 29 2026

Ana – Motivated By Death (Eclipse Records)

Avertat – Dead End Life (Lifeforce Records)

Balmora – These Graven Halls (Daze Records)

Bjørn Riis – Lifandi EP (Karisma Records)

Brian Robertson – Diamonds And Dirt Re-Release (HNE Records)

Cavity – Human Abjection Re-Release (Reptilian Records)

Chroma – 25 Forever (Alcopop Records)

Chronic Hate – Defeating The Oblivion Of Life (Time To Kill Records)

Consecration – Exanimis (Nuclear Winter Records)

Crocell – Swarm Of Insects (Emanzipation Records)

The Cruel Intentions – All Hail Hypocrisy (Indie Recordings)

Deafkids – Cicatrizes Do Futuro (Neurot Recordings)

Deus Saboath – Distortion Of Lies (Paragon Records)

Devin Townsend – The Moth (InsideOut Music)

Dogstar – All In Now (Dillon Street Records)

Elder – Through Zero (Blues Funeral Recordings)

Erdve – Epigrama (Season Of Mist)

Eternal Evil – Forever Feared (Listenable Records)

The Fifth Alliance – Stenahoria (Tartarus Records)

Funebrarum – Beckoning The Void Of Eternal Silence (Pulverised Records)

Furnace – Echoes Of A Distant Future (Emanzipation Records)

Galvanist – The Silence Between Stars (ATMF Records)

Godthrymm – Projections (Profound Lore Records)

Graveir – The Festering Triad (Apocalyptic Witchcraft Records)

Hanry – What Came From Silence (Pelagic Records)

Harboured – We’re Only The Love That We Lead (Lost Future Records)

Hecate Enthroned – The Corpse of A Titan, A Lament Long Buried (M-Theory Recordings)

Horizon Of Aeons – Timeless Forms Of Desolation (Inverse Music)

Jayler – Voices Unheard (Silver Lining Music)

Leatherwitch – First Spell (Listenable Records)

Lock Up – Brethren Of The Pentagram (Dissonance Records)

Maladie – The Dance Of Tragedies (Apostasy Records)

Malebeste – Monestherou (Antiq Records)

Malummeh – Malummeh EP (Inverse music)

Mandy Manala – Something Wicked (Argonauta Records)

Manraze – Lock, Stock & Barrel (Complete Recordings 2008-2011) (HNE Records)

Masquerage – Atomic Spies (Stormspell Records)

Oathbreaker – Rheia (Redux) (Deathwish Inc)

On Borrowed Time – In The Dark Before The Dawn (Omen Records)

Pharmacist – Vertebrae After Vertebrae (Hells Headbangers Records)

Redshift – Down The Wire (Pale Wizard Records)

Red Sky – Nostalgia del Futuro (Epictronic Records)

Saint Agnes – Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin (Spinefarm Records)

Sarcasm – Lifeforce Omnibound (Hammerheart Records)

The Scalar Process – Agnomysticism (Transcending Obscurity Records)

Serpent Lord – The Once Forgotten Ways Of Old (Eisenwald Records)

Seven Crowns – Haunted Head (Pale Wizard Records)

Shinedown – Ei8ht (Atlantic Records)

Sparta – Cut A Silhouette (Equal Vision Records)

TDW – Bane Of The Talebearer OST (Layered Reality Records)

Tooms – Karst (Cursed Monk Records)

Trelldom – …by the word… (Prophecy Productions)

Tyrann – Tyrann Forever (Dying Victims Records)

Victory Kid – Catalyst (SBAM Records)

The Who – Live At Eden Project (earMusic)

Wyrmhaven – Seasons Of Gloom (Self-Released)

AND

Yawning Balch – Volume Four (Heavy Psych Sounds)

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Keefy reviews the new Iron Maiden documentary Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition.

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Keefy caught up with Kenny Hickey and Todd Strange of Sun Dont Shine to discuss the band's debut full-length album, From Birth to Death, out now through Corpse Paint Records. The pair break down how the supergroup came together, the decision to rebrand from their original name Eye Am in early 2025, and what shaped the album's blend of sludgy doom, melodic hard rock, and atmospheric nuance. From Birth to Death is available now through Corpse Paint Records.

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Interview by Ghost Cult Keefy

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Editing by Omar Cordy

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