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Archive for the ‘Cultes des Goules’ Category
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Dear Friends,
I have few parts on my new CULTES DES GOULES recording which needs some guitar tunes. If you or a friend of yours can play guitar (quite simple stuff), play midi and record wave/aiff files on your computer, contact me.
Its 3 or 4 songs which need guitars. As already said, its straightforward and simple.
Cheers,
Cy
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
Dear friends, living or dead,
it’s may and unfortunatly this means that the sun reigns over the world. Good ghuls like me try to stay in their catacombs and feast on the living. And some more, as you can read in the following news!
However, in the time of daylight I thought lots about todays music scene. For music like GHUL PRODUCTIONS publishes it it is difficult nowadays. There are tons of other bands out there and usually GHUL PRODUCTIONS stands for strange and weird stuff. I am not doing real CDs anymore. On the first day BARATHRUM has been released, it was available in the net for download (without permission of course). But no harm has been done – it’s sold out and the true die hard fans got a copy!
But whats going on with other bands on the roaster? CULTES DES GOULES is really to strange and the new recordings prove that again. You can hear yourself when it’s public available.
This leds me to a question: how should I release my music? I’m thinking about some collectors editions in a 100 piece edition and a free download for those who just want the MP3s. What do YOU think about such behaviour? Let me know!
But it’s a road till there – I am awaiting your feedback!
Till then enjoy my news and speak to you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Cy Ghul
*** BARATHRUM – LONG LIVE SATAN sold out ***
You read it in the letter, it’s sold out since the first day available! This CD-R has been a great success for such a small label like GHUL PRODUCTIONS is and I would like to thank the great BARATHRUM community and of course the band for letting this happen!
Actually nothing bad happens – everybody (I know so far) was happy with the music and I actually made a few bucks. But no, I don’t want to drive a porsche someday, this less money is going directly to the other release I plan this year. Anyway, thanks!
*** CULTES DES GOULES creates a split 7″ vinyl with FAUSTCOVEN ***
Yes it’s true. FAUSTCOVEN and CULTES DES GOULES created two songs together. You know, I am the sole CULTES DES GOULES musician and this makes me very proud to share vinyl with FAUSTCOVEN. Having that said, we allready have a label for this black piece – but this is still secret till the label announces this itself. Till then everything else is a secret. Even when this vinyl never comes out it was fun.
And as a bonus: I have been asked to play the drums for the FAUSTCOVEN side – and I did it!
*** CULTES DES GOULES records a new album for Halloween ***
Again CULTES DES GOULES – I am currently heavily recording the new songs of the new album which I plan for halloween 2009. Prepare for an ambient and strange album, more unusual than ever. Expect first demos in the next weeks!
*** GHUL PRODUCTIONS new MySpace site ***
GHUL PRODUCTIONS now has an own myspace site:
http://www.myspace.com/ghulproductions
*** THARGOS new MySpace site ***
THARGOS now has an own myspace site:
http://www.myspace.com/thargosgermany
*** GHUL PRODUCTIONS – Mailorderlist ***
More about postage see: http://www.ghul.org/index.php?p=shop.articles
CULTES DES GOULES – THE HOUSE AT THE WATER – CD-R/Pro booklet – 6 Euro
THARGOS – Salem City – CD – 6 EUR
THARGOS – Killfukk – CD – 8 EUR
THARGOS – Black Metal Punkz – 7″ – 8 EUR
THARGOS – T-Shirt: FUKKED AND KILLED (L, M, XL) – 12 EUR
HANDPICKED STUFF:
CHARNEL VALLEY – The igneaous race – CD – 6 EUR
DIMENTIANON – LIVE PROMO – CD-R -3 EUR
DOOMRAISER – Lords of Mercy – CD – 6 EUR
GUMOMANIACS – Best of Dosenbier – CD-R – 6 EUR
HEXENTOMB – Far beyond – CD – 3 EUR
IMINDAIM – And the Living Shall Envy the Dead – DIGI-PAK – 6 EUR
RIGOR SARDONICOUS – Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus – CD – 6 EUR
SECTIONED – ELME PROMO – CD-R – 3 EUR
SANCTIFIER – Awaked by impurity rites – CD – 6 EUR
NAVE – II – LP – 8 EUR
*** GHUL PRODUCTIONS – Related Links ***
http://www.ghul.org
http://www.myspace.com/ghulproductions
http://blog.ghul.org
http://www.barathrum.us
http://www.cultesdesgoules.org
http://www.myspace.com/goules
http://www.thargos.de
http://www.myspace.com/thargosgermany
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Dear friends,
there were some rumours in the past, and finally we did it: FAUSTCOVEN and CULTES DES GOULES share vinyl together. Both bands created a song which describe a horrible but true story. Both songs are destructive and extraordinary and will be released by – ah, well, this is a small secret and I will provide it when the label has officially anounced it And no – it’s not Ghul Productions!
More later. Till then, all the best to you, my undead listeners.
Yours sincerly,
Cy Ghul
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Yes, even when I usually say that webzines are overrated these days, I sent out a couple of promos from THE HOUSE AT THE WATER before more than 6 weeks. Now it is time to see what has been done by this zines and which zine is worth sending a promo too and which one is not. Spoken personally, none of those zines count to my favourite ones nor do I have any kind of relationship to it.
I have chosen those zines by clicking at the site and guessing which could fit to my music. I allready knew, that is no good. Today it seems that webzines believe that they are important. For me they are just people who get free promos and should do at least a bit work for that present. I don’t think that I am getting famous or anything else if somebody writes some good review. Having said that, I really think that if some guys get free promos, they should notify me when they have received the CD. Then they should write the review in lets say 2 weeks. This should be possible. Some of the webzine teams are huge! After writing the review, one should notify the musician/label what those guys have done. Here is what happened.
After two days I received my CD back from www.feindesland.de. Unopened – the recipient didn’t accept my promo. I wrote that guy and he told me that things are going wrong at his mag and he will not accept any promotional stuff anymore.
These are the mags I got responses after more than 5 weeks:
http://www.Metal.de – Metal.de wrote quite a fair review. They mentioned that production isn’t that good and that songwriting is a bit boring. Well, it’s not metal. My own fault, I shouldn’t sent my music to metal mags. http://www.Heavyhardes.de This one was the most incompetent review I ever read. He even seem not to be able to open the booklet. This mag is totally shitty and not recommended. http://www.Powermetal.de Same here. Well, a bit better. It’s totally non underground and it looks like people don’t care about underground. At least, underground CANNOT HAVE a good production. http://www.nationofmetal.de/ These guys were first and spoke so much good words about my music that I still can’t believe. However, that review is about 2 din a4 pages long and describes each song individually. http://obliveon.de/ My favourite mag here. That guy told me that songwriting must be more exciting (ok, you asked for it guy!!) but also said that everything is very promising. Definitly a magazine where I will send my new CD when it’s out. Interesting sight of my music.
However, actually I don’t feel very much about those reviews. People who blog about my music would feel more important.
So, those lads didn’t respond to me till now. Some of them are printed mags. They never respond I guess.
http://www.amboss-mag.de/ – Normally Amboss Mag is very underground and helpful. I guess this is an exception and expect the response quite soon.
http://bloodchamber.de/ http://www.nocturnalhall.de/ Sonic Seducer Mathew Kirshner (Metal Archives und Tartarean Desire) – This lad http://www.archaic-magazine.com/ http://www.deathrockmagazine.com/ http://www.necroweb.de/ http://www.medienkonverter.de/ http://www.gothicparadise.de Ablaze http://www.gothic-magazine.de/ http://metal-inside.de
Finally I am very dissapointed. Most mags don’t respond within 6 weeks. Some mags seem to use templates like: sound shit, cd-r shit, band shit. Really looks like people always write about CRADLE OF FILTH or the new METALLICA instead of listening to underground music. And hey, back in 1995 I bought fanzines to get in touch with bands round the globe. This is no more. Mags don’t recommend underground bands at all and this is why I use some of my email comrades, message boards or simply read blogs from my friends. This is better than most music mags.
The winner of the list above is the Obliveon mag. Fair and competent, even when I didn’t get 10 points out of 10. I simply can respect this opinion.
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Dear Friends, living or dead,
there are many news around lately! But first things first. I just want to give you the chance to see all news and information about me an my projects more quickly. Just check out my blog: http://blog.cultesdesgoules.org where I post everything on a regular basis.
In the future I will post not only new about CULTES DES GOULES on this list. I will start to put some news of my label GHUL PRODUCTIONS on it and of course of some of my side projects. However, you will NOT receive MORE mails in your inbox – i just want to make it a bit longer. I really hope this doesn’t bother you too much and you will stay with me on my list. But now… let’s dive into darkness
Yours, Cy Ghul
*** CULTES DES GOULES – Album is out NOW!! *** It has been done! Finally CULTES DES GOULES debut THE HOUSE AT THE WATER is out! The first fellow undead have allready received their package on the last day of octobre. If you still need it, check out the GHUL SHOP: http://www.ghul.org/index.php?p=shop.articles
If you want to listen to some of the music, please check out… …my website: http://www.cultesdesgoules.org or myspace: http://www.myspace.com/goules or Last.FM: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Cultes+Des+Goules/The+House+At+The+Water
However, I meanwhile consider this music as some kind of DEATH ROCK. You have been warned! The release comes as a CD-R with full coloured and professionally printed 4 page booklet. It’s beeing hold in a slim case and has a simple sticker on it. As you may have noticed, it is not released as a printed CD but a burned CD-R.
*** NIGHTGAUNTS – What the hell..? *** It is true. I have been asked to create some music for a german spoken Lovecraft radioplay. Well, I allready started with it and decided to give that stuff a name: NIGHTGAUNTS. This project is dedicated to dark and ancient music, with a bit ambient maybe. However, there is no rock and roll equipment planned here. If you like only metal or gothic rock, you proably better go with CULTES DES GOULES. A website is beeing planned, but no work has been done here. First I want to finish the music. http://www.nightgaunts.org
*** GHUL PRODUCTIONS – New weird stuff in stock! *** Remember: all items here are FREE OF POSTAGE if you are living in europe. If you buy some of that stuff here, you directly support my music. Please note: there are some very cool promos in here, for example HEXENTOMB, SECTIONED and DIMENTIANON. Please consider stopping by and listen to these bands. Support underground!
CULTES DES GOULES – THE HOUSE AT THE WATER – CD-R/Pro booklet – 6 Euro THARGOS – Salem City – CD – 6 EUR THARGOS – Killfukk – CD – 8 EUR THARGOS – Black Metal Punkz – 7″ – 8 EUR THARGOS – T-Shirt: FUKKED AND KILLED (L, M, XL) – 12 EUR
HANDPICKED STUFF:
o.68/amelotatist -Todeskvlt – CD-R, very cool looking – 6 EUR CAULDRON BLACK RAM – Skulduggery – CD – 6 EUR CHARNEL VALLEY – The igneaous race – CD – 6 EUR DIMENTIANON – LIVE PROMO – CD-R -3 EUR DOOMRAISER – Lords of Mercy – CD – 6 EUR GUMOMANIACS – Best of Dosenbier – CD-R – 6 EUR HEXENTOMB – Far beyond – CD – 3 EUR IMINDAIM – And the Living Shall Envy the Dead – DIGI-PAK – 6 EUR RIGOR SARDONICOUS – Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus – CD – 6 EUR SECTIONED – ELME PROMO – CD-R – 3 EUR SANCTIFIER – Awaked by impurity rites – CD – 6 EUR
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Dear Friends, living or dead,
it has been done! Finally CULTES DES GOULES debut THE HOUSE AT THE WATER is out when the night falls this evening! The first fellow undead have allready received their package. If you still need it, check out the GHUL SHOP: http://www.ghul.org/index.php?p=shop.articles
In the last weeks people told me that CULTES DES GOULES is extraordinary. Some told me it’s shit, cause metal has to be played with guitars. Some just said “production is shit and everything else too”. Well – please have in mind that CULTES DES GOULES is not a 100% metal band. It’s a mix between DEATH ROCK and a HORROR METAL (and the latter one isn’t an official name for anything). Together with the lyrics of LOVECRAFT, POE and others, you’ll sure have an extaordinary thing, but no easy listening.
You may want to have (or spread around ) a full preview of the album, here you go: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Cultes+Des+Goules/The+House+At+The+Water
Or download some MP3s here: http://www.cultesdesgoules.org
Or check out MySpace, of course: http://www.myspace.com/goules
The release comes as a CD-R with full coloured and professionally printed 4 page booklet. It’s beeing hold in a slim case and has a simple sticker on it. As you may have noticed, it is not released as a printed CD but a burned CD-R.
I also would appreciate it, if you would support underground music and could forward this! Thanks!
Yours sincerely! Cy Ghul

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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Well, can’t say that nobody has told me that magazines these days are not very open for the underground. I wrote a blog article about that this months. What happens, if a guy, who thinks BARATHRUM is boring crap, reviews CULTES DES GOULES? Not even the same, since BARATHRUM usually got a very good production.
In the opinion of Ray, who is writing for heavyhardes.de, SLAYER, METALLICA and IMMORTAL are 3 of the best metal bands ever. These bands had their good times actually. The list continues and everybody who reads the ROCK HARD magazine knows everything about tha bands. No underground here.
Fact is, everything which is not depending on taste, is wrong. Actually it seems that he was to lazy to open the booklet. With sarcastic letters he told me that:
- CULTES DES GOULES was a gothic band before (it NEVER was) - the the closing song ALICE is named “ABOUT ALICE” (what a crap, why does this guy think the song is called like this? Open the booklet!) - that ALICE is one of my songs (it’s a cover song unfortunatly – you can read this in the booklet too) - GHUL Productions is newly found (actually its POSSESSED RECORDS as you can read everywhere, it’s just renamed since I am only doing CD-Rs)
Well, thanks guy. Don’t believe how to gt 4 errors in just 3 paragraphs? Read it here.
Of course Ray doesn’t like the use of basses instead of guitars. It sounded like he was doing something in the kitchen while the boring shit was playing. Of course he didn’t mention the Beethoven arrangement. Of course there was not a single tune he liked, since there was no atmosphere in the whole composition. And yes, the bad production (which I actually made on my own studios and IS not perfect or even good) is destroying everything else. And I forgot, the keyboard sounds are cheap. I have no keyboards and the sounds are not really cheap, but I forgive him that, he really cannot know.
OK thats it. My article about how badly rechecked this review is, is actually longer than the actual review. Well, now I know that innovation is evil. Ray doesn’t want innovation. And I have to pay 10.000 euro at a minimum for the coolest production I can have. Ray need a clear production. And Ray needs a german booklet, since it seems that he isn’t able to read the english one.
Heavyhardes.de of course will not get any promo cd again. Otherwise I am afraid to bore them to death. In fact I really worry about sending out promos in general. I guess the other reviews will stay the same. And why should you guys read those reviews when you can listen to CULTES DES GOULES ON LAST.FM for free?
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Dear friends, living or dead,
it’s more than 3 weeks to halloween, but more than the half of the CD-R CULTES DES GOULES – THE HOUSE AT THE WATER has been preordered and packaged. This is incredible for such a young project!
Please consider making your order now, before the rest is gone GHUL PRODUCTIONS ONLINE SHOP
Thanks to all those supporters of dark music out there!
Yours, Cy Ghul
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