Ghost Cult Magazine

2 weeks ago | ghostcultmag.com | Justice Petersen

Ghost has released their highly anticipated sixth studio album, Skeletá (Loma Vista Recordings). Following the release of their 2022 record Impera, Ghost’s latest full-length record arrives at a turbulent time for the band, one where a new supreme leader, Papa V Perpetua, reigns.

3 weeks ago | ghostcultmag.com | Duncan Evans

The Atrocity Circus is a transatlantic collective featuring Dan Dolby (Mastiff, Catafalque, Sulphur Nurse), Thomas Ott (Gnarl, Catafalque, The Dead Yesterdays), and existent/nonexistent. Malpractice (Cursed Monk Records) is their debut full-length release, following an EP released in 2022. The music here is uncomprimisingly noisy, harsh, and abrasive.

3 weeks ago | ghostcultmag.com | Justice Petersen

Los Angeles-based hardcore punk group Niis released their debut full-length album, Niis World, via Get Better Records. After signing on with the label last year they released the single “Lovesick” in November 2024, conveying a grungier new era for Niis. At the beginning of this year, the band announced that their inaugural LP, Niis World, would soon arrive.

1 month ago | ghostcultmag.com | Duncan Evans

Since the late seventies, Annie Bandez (known as Little Annie) has carved out a singular path as a singer, painter, and performance artist. Over the years she has collaborated with many luminaries of the Alternative music scene. With (Cold Spring) is a compilation that brings together many of Annie’s key collaborations on one record for the first time. The songs here are as diverse as they are powerfully moving. Holding them all together is Annie’s tender and fragile smoke-tinged voice.

1 month ago | ghostcultmag.com | Justice Petersen

Baltimore-based hardcore punk group Jivebomb released their debut full-length record Ethereal via Flatspot Records. Clocking in at just 15 minutes, the group’s inaugural LP is a heavy-hitting, unrelenting body of work that cements the group as one of the genre’s most brutal and poetic up-and-coming acts. Following the start of the pandemic, Jivebomb made their musical debut with the release of their 2021 EP Demo. The following year, their sophomore EP, Primitive Desires, arrived.