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German heavy metal representatives Generation Steel have shared a music video for “Wings Of Fire”, the newest preview track from their upcoming record Steelmachine.
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Louder Than War favourites, British Birds, are set to release their third album, Murmurate, Oscillate via Skep Wax Records on 16th October. You can pre order the album here British Birds will be no strangers to long term readers with their previous self-released albums, 2024’s In Search Of Mr Rykyn and 2025’s Silence Daedalus both […]

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If you’ve ever been a member of a band and struggled, along with your other band members, over what the name of the band should be, you probably are thinking, like I am, why didn’t we come up with a name as cool as Ghost Hounds?

Ghost Hounds’ band name derives from a combination of the legend of Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil in exchange for masterful guitar-playing skills and the mythological hellhound creatures that track lost souls. Not only is Ghost Hounds a great name, but they’re also a successful band releasing a brand-new, eleven-track album titled Justified.

The now Pittsburgh-based band was founded in Los Angeles by Thomas Tull, who is independently successful in other ventures as an entrepreneur. Ghost Hounds released their first recording, a self-titled piece, in 2009 and then went on hiatus until around 2019. They then released Roses Are Black, followed by three more studio albums and two live albums. Their last studio recording was Almost Home in 2025.

The band performs a combination of blues, rock, and country with a very classic vibe. They have shared stages with some of the biggest names in the music business, such as The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Bob Seger, Sheryl Crow, Guns N’ Roses, and many others.

Their current lineup features lead vocalist SAVNT (born Stephen Marcellus Sertima), who was a Season 13 contestant on The Voice. He replaced Tre Nation in 2024. The other members are Thomas Tull (guitar), Tyler Chiarelli (guitar), Joe Munroe (keyboard), Bennett Miller (bass), Kristin Weber (fiddle/violin), and Sydney Driver (drums). This band is solid throughout, and the members really complement one another so precisely in the music they’re churning out.

Justified opens with “Something Wicked,” and this tune really furnishes you with the overall theme of this exceptionally done album. I love the musical introduction to this song. A short time later, SAVNT sings, “Something wicked is headed this way, and nothing, nothing can be done.” There’s a great lead guitar break before things slow down a bit. Then SAVNT continues by singing, “whatever’s coming for us, I’ll make my stand; with my rifle and my good book in my steady hands.”

Following right behind that great opener is a tune that really grabbed ahold of me from the first time I heard it, and it wouldn’t let go. The song is “Sinner’s Prayer.” I really love the lyrics, “Done plenty I’m not proud of and Lord you know it’s true. Spent my nights carousing, turned my back on you.” I suppose those lines and this song grab many listeners, including myself, right by the heart. SAVNT continues singing, “I don’t deserve your mercy, but I’m asking anyway. Please hear this prayer.”

I enjoyed this song so much that I had to conduct a quick search to see if I could locate a live version, and I did. If you enjoy the album version, do yourself a favor and check out the stripped-down live version. I can almost hear Kristin Weber’s fiddle crying.

As soon as that song wraps up, Ghost Hounds’ Justified delivers a praiseworthy version of The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter,” and it’s rocking. My best description is just, wow! I’ve heard a few covers of this one by various artists, but one of my favorites is Ashley Cleveland’s cover, and the job done on this album reminds me so much of Cleveland’s.

Chanel Haynes lends a hand vocally here. You might remember her from her days as part of the gospel group Trin-i-tee 5:7, or more currently as a backup singer with The Rolling Stones. A live performance of this wonderful cover is also available on YouTube, so be sure to check it out.

The sixth cut is “Pale Horse,” and it’s a rocker. “There’s a pale horse, pale horse riding.” This cut is full of imagery that will leave you with little doubt about what it’s about. “I can see the angel of death appear,” and he’s riding that pale horse, taken right from Revelation 6:8. He’s the fourth and last of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. There is more sensational guitar work going on in this one, which is prevalent throughout this whole album.

Justified concludes with a rendition of “Amazing Grace” that I’ll say one thing about: Just give it a listen.

After listening to Ghost Hounds’ Justified, this band has covered all the bases. First, they have great musicians and a fantastic lead vocalist.

They have exceptional songwriting ability, and their choices for cover songs are tasteful and notable. Finally, even though I haven’t seen them live, I have watched videos of their live performances. I believe that a huge part of what makes a band distinctive is how they perform live in front of an audience, and this band seems to excel in that area.

If you get an opportunity, go check them out for yourself. You can visit the band’s social media pages for upcoming dates. I look forward to hearing more from Ghost Hounds in the future and catching them live somewhere soon.

The Review: 9/10

Can’t Miss Tracks

– Something Wicked
– Sinner’s Prayer
– Gimme Shelter
– Pale Horse

The Big Hit

– Sinner’s Prayer

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Right now, Queens Of The Stone Age are out on a big stadium tour with Foo Fighters, Mannequin Pussy, and Gouge Away. Last month, they released “Easy Street,” a Nikki Lane collab with a beautifully ridiculous video, and frontman Josh Homme appeared on tracks from Shania Twain and Mastodon. As you have probably already surmised, QOTSA were in album rollout mode; they just weren’t properly announcing it yet. Now, it’s official. The new QOTSA album is called Perfecth, and it’s out this fall.

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The latest and final preview of their forthcoming album ‘Nine,’ arriving August 28

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Beautiful Days 2026

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Our Top 10 Amanda Marshall songs list features the best Amanda Marshall songs, including “Let It Rain,” “Birmingham,” “Believe in You,” and more. Even without those well-known hits, this talented Canadian singer has plenty of musical offerings. She was born in Toronto on August 29, 1972, as an only child of a Canadian father and a Trinidad-born mother. Marshall has long described herself as “the product of an interracial marriage” and has even reflected on this in some of her songs, such as “Shades of Gray.” No, that song doesn’t make our top ten list, but it still illustrates how

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Since emerging from the shadows of London in 2017, Green Lung have taken the raw materials of British heavy music; Black Sabbath’s riffs, Deep Purple’s Hammond organ, the theatricality of classic metal, progressive rock’s sense of adventure and the sinister folklore of Britain’s forests, churches and moors and transformed them into something recognisably their own. … Continue reading Album Review: Green Lung – Necropolitan