by Zach Shaw | Mar 7, 2014 | Crowdfunding, News
Ghost Ship Octavius, the new group featuring ex-God Forbid guitarist Matt Wicklund and ex-Nevermore drummer Van Williams, is set to begin work on their debut full-length with Grammy award winning producer Neil Kernon in Seattle. However, while they decided to go the...
by Metal Insider | Jul 23, 2013 | Crowdfunding, New Music
The teaming of former Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis and musician Keith Merrow was inevitable, but an album wasn’t a definite until the duo raised more than $15,000 via Indiegogo. Loomis and Merrow, who have also recruited Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse and...
by Metal Insider | Jul 8, 2013 | New Music, Video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBbC2LL6cbA[/youtube] Remember Ghost Ship Octavius? That new project that former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott and God Forbid guitarist Matt Wicklund came together to make? Well they went ahead and released a new...
by Metal Insider | Jul 1, 2013 | Supergroup From Hell
Former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott is teaming up with some familiar faces to create a new project called Ghost Ship Octavius. After leaving Arch Enemy, Amott released one solo album called Impulses in 2012, but besides announcing his intentions to record a...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 25, 2013 | Sad News, Touring
It hasn’t been an easy tour for Jeff Loomis, and it just got worse. On April 22nd, as he and his band were set to take the stage in Corpus Christi TX, he found out his father had passed away. As a result, he’s taken some time off from the Soilwork tour,...