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.

Buy Gozu VI and find tour info here:

https://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/gozu/

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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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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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Catch up on what you missed in the world of Rock and Metal news this week! Please follow and support The Anarchist Closet! https://www.instagram.com/theanarchistcloset/https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Anarchist-Closet-61555913247897/Go visit them in Stroudsberg, PA!2026 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 ✅:111:00 Outro ✅: Please Like and SubscribeCheck out our linktree - updated daily with top stories:⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ghostcultmag⁠

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.

Buy From Birth to Death and find more info here:

https://corpsepaintrecords.com/collections/sun-dont-shine

This video's #gcshoutout → Animals Killing People

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Interview by Ghost Cult Keefy

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Editing by Omar Cordy

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Keefy caught up with Mark Menghi and Brann Dailor to discuss King Ultramega, the all-star tribute project dedicated to honoring the legacy of Chris Cornell. The pair breaks down how Dailor came to lend lead vocals to the project's cover of Cornell's 2015 solo track "Dead Wishes," released May 1, 2026, through Reigning Phoenix Music, and what makes this rendition a deeply personal tribute to one of heavy music's most iconic voices.

Menghi recruited Dailor after hearing his vocal performance on Mastodon's "Stairway to Heaven" cover. The "Dead Wishes" lineup features Brann Dailor on vocals, Angel Vivaldi on guitars, Mark Menghi on bass and orchestration, Kenny Aronoff on drums, and Frank Mitaritonna on keyboards.

Buy Dead Wishes and find more info here:

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The Soundtrack to your weekly chaos!

It's New Music Friday for May 22 2026

Amyl And The Sniffers – Giddy Up/Big Attraction Re-Release (Virgin Records)

Armored Saint – Emotion Factory Reset (Metal Blade Records)

Ataraxia – Sylfaera The Fair (The Circle Records)

At The Gates – The Red In The Sky Is Ours Re-Release (Peaceville Records)

At The Gates – Terminal Spirit Disease Re-Release (Peaceville Records)

At The Gates – With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness Re-Release (Peaceville Records)

BEAR – Anhedonia EP (Pelagic Records)

Blindead 23 – Deuterium (Peaceville Records)

Blossom Death – Spirit (The Circle Records)

Boys From Heaven – The Wanderer (Frontiers Srl)

Crimson Day – Dark Dimension (Wormholedeath Records)

Dan Byrne – This Is Where The Show Begins (Frontiers Srl)

Dark Millennium – Come (Massacre Records)

Dead Register – Fiber Re-Release (AVR Records)

Deathstorm – Cascophonies (Dying Victims Records)

Desecresy – The Secret Of Death (Xtreem Music)

Dimmu Borgir – Grand Serpent Rising (Nuclear Blast Records)

Embrace Of Souls – The Battle Of The Dead (Rockshots Records)

Escaping Aghartha – Lurkers Of Languid Waters (Hypnotic Dirge Records)

Fatal Vision – Four Sides To Every Story (Escape Records)

Fireball Ministry – The Second Great Awakening Re-Release (Ripple Records)

Fournier – Fournier EP (Caligari Records)

Goddess – Ritual Of The Cloven Hoof (Majestic Mountain Records)

Horrific Visions – Remnants Of Atrophy (Comatose Music)

Impure Wilhelmina – Le Sanglot (Season Of Mist)

Isegrim – Isegrim Re-Release (Fireflash Records)

JPT Scare Band – Live At Crosstown Station (Ripple Music)

Kottonmouth Kings – California Burning EP (Kottonmouth Records)

Kurnugia – Carmina Inferorum (Godz Ov War Records)

Maebe – Brain Paint (Ripcord Records)

Mansvara – Sable Odes To Nihility (Godz Ov War Records)

Marmozets – CO.WAR.DICE (Nettwerk Records)

Moonlight Haze – Interstellar Madness EP (Scarlet Records)

Night Spectre – Night Spectre (Dying Victims Records)

Not Richard & Her Majesty – Success & Fulfillment (Agricultural Records)

Oracle Of Worms – Cult Of Suffering (FDA Records)

Requiem In White – The Visible Heaven (The Circle Records)

Rival Cults – Our Gods Need Blood (Seeing Red Records)

Sandstorm – Dungeon Of Death EP (Dying Victims Records)

Shewolff – We’re All Gonna Fukking Die EP (Dying Victims)

Skip Danko B-Movie Road Club – Trippin’ On A Chinese Market (Aalzorp Records)

Skellig – Abasement Through Reverence (Cursed Monk Records)

Varg – Live At Wolfszeit Festival 2024 (Napalm Records)

Various Artists – XXX Anniversary Compilation (Frontiers SRL)

Vision Divine – A Clockwork Reverie EP (Scarlet Records)

Witching Hour – Descending…Where Time Has Ceased To Exist (Dying Victims Records)

Xcomm – Time To Burn (Blowed Out Records)

Your Spirit Dies – It Is Well… EP (MNRK Heavy)

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Keefy chats with James Magruder, bassist and producer for Texas-based “slug metal” band Kallohonka, to discuss the band’s debut full-length album Lazer Blood, released March 13, 2026. with Memory Terminal Records

The album marks a major milestone for the band and was co-produced by Magruder alongside Matt Pence at The Echo Lab in Argyle, Texas. In the interview, James discusses the origins of Kallohonka, the development of their heavy, groove-driven sound, and the recording process behind Lazer Blood.

The conversation also explores the band’s creative approach to what they call “slug metal.”

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

https://www.instagram.com/overtounofficial/

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Interview by Ghost Cult Keefy

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Editing by Omar Cordy

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Tom Osman caught up with Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway to discuss the band's fully collaborative album with The Melvins, Savage Imperial Death March, out now on Ipecac Recordings. Barney breaks down how the project came together, what made this collaboration between two of heavy music's most uncompromising acts work, and what listeners can expect from the record.

Napalm Death is gearing up this month for a 2026 North American tour, featuring special guests Deadguy and Primitive Man, which starts this week.

Buy "Savage Imperial Death March" and find tour info here:

https://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/savage-imperial-death-march

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