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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)

AND

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

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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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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.

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Interview by Tom Osman

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