Guest Column: Three Bands You May Not Know But Should By Cult Of Luna’s Johannes Persson

Posted by Chris Harris on February 18, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Guest Column

We’ve reached out to our metal and hard rock brethren across the land, asking that they contribute prose to our recent series of guest columns. We ran a recent series on Five Albums That Will Change You, and the response was overwhelming. The new topic is Three Bands You May Not Know About But Should, Read More

Stream A New Cult Of Luna Track — Right Now!

Posted by Chris Harris on December 3, 2012 in Featured, News, Song Debuts

Cult of Luna are dope. That that girl you went to high school with the ass that would talk to you. I’m a fan, and actually listened to the new album the other night whilst working. One of the songs that stood out to me immediately was “I: The Weapon.” Why? It’s a nice composition Read More

Kongh Releasing New Album In February

Posted by Chris Harris on November 20, 2012 in New Records, News

Kongh have a new record coming. The new record — called Sole Creation — comes out February 19 in North America and February 5 in Europe. That’s the album art, if you didn’t already figure that shit out. The album is the band’s third and will consist of four new tracks and 45 minutes of Read More

General Lee Exclusive Song Stream: “Medusa Howls With Wolves”

Posted by Chris Harris on November 15, 2012 in Exclusive, Featured, Song Debuts

Today is a good day for all of us. Today, Gun Shy Assassin is proud to be able to bring you a stream from French post-hardcore outfit General Lee, who recently inked a worldwide deal with New Jersey-based Play The Assassin Records. The stream follows at the end of this post. General Lee’s new full-length, Read More

Cult Of Luna Album Due In Late January

Posted by Chris Harris on November 5, 2012 in New Records, News

Rejoice! Vertikal, the new studio album from Sweden’s own Cult of Luna, will be released in Europe on January 25 through Indie Recordings and in the U.S. on January 29 on Density Records. A press release claims Vertikal “marks a much-anticipated return for the band after five years spent cultivating the ideas and directing the Read More

Cult Of Luna Name New Album

Posted by Chris Harris on October 5, 2012 in New Records, News

And they’ve named it Vertikal. Another misspelled word to confuse all the kiddies. Vertikal is Cult of Luna’s first new album in five years. It will be in stores early next year. “Before we started writing, we were keen to find a theme that in a very direct way could be shown through the music, Read More

Cult Of Luna Finish New Album’s Writing

Posted by Chris Harris on May 12, 2012 in New Records, News

This, my friends, is fantasmic news of epic proportions. I love Cult of Luna, and I have been waiting in quiet, wanton anticipation for news of how the writing sessions have been going. Now comes word the band have completed the writing for their next one. “All of the next C.o.L. album is written,” the Read More

Cult Of Luna Working On New Material

Posted by Chris Harris on March 6, 2012 in Featured, In the Studio, News

So, hey — did you see that news about Cult of Luna working on new material? Of course you didn’t. Because we just wrote about it, and this is likely the first you are hearing of it. Yes, Virginia — Cult of Luna are working on a new record, as they’ve revealed in a series Read More