Don de Leaumont ( @talkingthetalkwithdon ) to discuss their new album "Heretics & Lullabies" out now, through @napalmrecords . The trio explores the emotional essence of the record, the intricacies of sonic layering, and the balance between fragility and weight. They explain how Heretics & Lullabies represents both refinement and expansion in their artistic journey. Frayle shares insights on the album's atmosphere and identity, revealing the influences that shaped it and their ongoing evolution within heavy, ethereal darkness.Follow Frayle:https://www.instagram.com/frayle_band/https://www.facebook.com/frayleband/https://frayle.bandcamp.com/#gcshoutout - This video's shoutout is to the band: Ghost Pipehttps://www.instagram.com/ghostpipe1/The Usual Suspects: Interview by Don de Leaumonthttps://www.instagram.com/southeastofheaven/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

Keefy speaks with Kariti, the atmospheric and ambient sound-alchemist crafting deeply human music through minimalism, ritual, and emotional excavation. Her new album, Still Life, is out now via Lay Bare Recordings.

The album unfolds themes of transience, loss, memory, and the fragile spaces between moments. In this conversation, Kariti discusses composition, intent, working with stark arrangements, and how voice can serve as both an instrument and a confession.

She is playing her last two shows of 2025 this week: Zurich on the 12th & Stuttgart on the 13th of December.

Follow Kariti:

Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/kariti_official/

Bandcamp — https://kariti.bandcamp.com/

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/karitiofficial

#gcshoutout - This video's shoutout is to the band: The Greater Us

https://www.instagram.com/thegreaterus_/

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

https://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnyc

Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:

⁠https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag

Tom Osman speaks with Ethan McCarthy from Primitive Man to discuss their powerful new album, Observance, which is set to be released on October 31, 2025, via @relapserecords .In the conversation, Ethan delves into the album's bleak vision, the band’s unwavering sound choices, and how Primitive Man continues to shape extreme music through distortion, atmosphere, and urgency. The discussion highlights the band's intent to create music that is heavier, more focused, and even more suffocating than before.Follow Primitive Man:https://www.instagram.com/primitivemandoom/https://www.facebook.com/primitivemandoom/https://primitivemandoom.bandcamp.com/#gcshoutout - This video's shoutout is to the band: VAARAhttps://www.instagram.com/vaara_sludge/The Usual Suspects: Interview by Tom Osmanhttps://www.instagram.com/tomosmansounds/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

Some of our crew assembles to run down the Top 40 Rock and Metal albums of 2025! Full list coming soon! The Usual SuspectsSteve Tovey - Editor Emeritus Follow Steve's band Grief Symposium on Bandcamphttps://griefsymposium.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-absence-of-lightTom Osman - Managing Editor of Ghost Cult:Follow Tom's podcast @WhateverComesNextwithTomOsman Follow Tom's music: https://dramarecorder.bandcamp.com/album/real-silencehttps://tomosman.bandcamp.com/album/so-much-for-all-in-a-days-workSusanne A. Maathuis - correspondentFollow Susanne here: https://www.instagram.com/s_a_maathuis_photography/https://www.instagram.com/nimindils_nook/Wil Cifer - correspondentFollow Wil's podcast @abysmalhymns666 https://www.instagram.com/w.i.l.cifer/Don de Leaumont - correspondentDon's Podcast - @talkingthetalkwithdon Don's blog - https://linktr.ee/southeastofheaven1Don's new album - https://dond.bandcamp.com/album/dancing-on-my-fathers-grave-and-other-storiesFollow Keefy's new YouTube channel: @GhostCultKeefy666 2025 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Timestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Welcoming in the panel✅:7:31 Top personal favorite albums of 2025 from the team✅:AOTY list Place, Santa Rosa CA40-1 ✅: 25:00 #40 26:13 #39 27:11 #38 31:42 #37 32:13 #36 33:44 #35 34:50 #34 36:21 #33 38:22 #32 38:45 #31 40:00 #30 40:30 #29 41:13 #28 42:06 #27 43:00 #26 45:00 #25 45:44 #24 48:57 #23 51:45 #22 53:42 #21 54:12 #20 56:15 #19 58:13 #18 100:02 #17 102:17 #16 104:32 #16 105:15 #15 107:21 #14 109:37 #13 111:15 #12 112:30 #11 114:45 #10 120:18 #09 121:13 #08 123:11 #07 126:20 #06 128:58 #05 130:11 #04 133:02 #03 136:31 #02 138:10 #01 144:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and Subscribe We love Streamyard and you will too! the best way to stream across your socials! https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6735171122102272#albumoftheyear #2025 #2025bestalbums

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Keefy sits down with Brady Deeprose of Conjurer to dive into their new album Unsellf, out now on Nuclear Blast Records.

The band has taken a sharper, more introspective turn, balancing aggression, atmosphere, and emotional intensity. Brady breaks down how Unsellf was written, where the band has evolved, and why this record feels like their most revealing work to date. They discuss vulnerability in heavy music, the challenges of identity in the modern scene, and how Conjurer continue to carve their own space without repeating themselves.

Follow Conjurer:

https://www.instagram.com/conjureruk

https://www.facebook.com/conjureruk

https://twitter.com/ConjurerUK

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

https://www.instagram.com/confessband.official/

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

https://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnyc

Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:

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From the underground to the big time, it's New Music Friday for December 12th 2025!

Can you pronounce all these bands?

Abbie Falls – Life Is Just A Temporary Plan (Out Of Line Records)

Bygone – Bygone (Svart Records)

CoreLeoni – Live At Hallenstadion Zurich (Perception Music)

Dawn Of The Dark Age – Ver Sacrum (My Kingdom Records)

Dizzy – Yard Sale (Punkerton Records)

Glasgow Kiss – Down In Flames (Eclipse Music)

Graham Bonnet Band – Lost In Hollywood Again (Frontiers srl)

Jimi Jamison – 1998 Live Hits (Frontiers srl)

Jim Peterik & World Stage – River Of Music: The Power Of Duets Vol. 1 (Frontiers srl)

Khepra – Anatomy Of Sin (Theogonia Records)

Lord Of The Lost – Opvs Noir Vol. 2 (Napalm Records)

Lust Of Decay – Entombed In Sewage (Comatose Records)

Martrod – Draumsýnir eldsins (Debemur Morti Records)

Phantom Corporation – Time And Tide (Supreme Chaos Records)

Rob Moratti – Sovereign (Frontiers srl)

Sun Of The Suns – Entanglement (Scarlet Records)

Trouble – Trouble Re-Release (Hammerheart Records)

AND

Zero 9:36 – They Were Always Here EP (OneRPM)

The Usual Suspects:

🎤 Micaela Petersen

⁠https://www.instagram.com/micaeladeadeyes

💻 Omar Cordy

⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ojcpics⁠⁠

🎵 Fahad Syed

⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/fahanzi

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Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! 2025 Livestream Price Menu! Answer your questions - Still freeGeneral support $3Buy us a Coffee $6We rate your song $25 liveMusic business consulting call $75Support us https://cash.app/$ghostcultmaghttps://ko-fi.com/F2F1F2PLPhttps://paypal.me/ghostcultmag Get hooked up from Fable Beard co products with our codehttps://bit.ly/FableBeardGhostCultMagTimestamp: 0:00 Intro ✅: Greetings2:00 Announcements ✅:110:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and Subscribe We love Streamyard and you will too! the best way to stream across your socials! https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6735171122102272

Join Keefy along with Dr. Stephen Payne and Chucky Brown for a deep dive into Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx. It's a powerful new exhibit tracing decades of heavy rock, metal, thrash, death metal, hardcore, and more emerging from the Bronx between the 1960s and the early 2000s.

This conversation delves into the overlooked legacy of Bronx musicians and bands who forged raw, heavy sounds long before today’s global scene — a legacy rooted in community, defiance, and musical grit. From early hard-rock days to underground death-metal shows, we explore the people, places, and social backdrop that shaped this unique regional metal culture.

📍 Exhibit info & more: https://bronxhistoricalsociety.org/uptownrumble

#gcshoutout - This video's shoutout is to the band: Brass Knuckle Brigade

https://www.instagram.com/brassknucklebrigade/

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

https://www.instagram.com/saltedwoundsnyc

Check out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:

⁠https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag