Author Pete Woods
Good luck to anyone trying to keep up with Spider God as G their arachnid muse never stops spinning his musical web. Since 2020 there have been a staggering 26 releases (according to Metal Archives) of varying lengths and types… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since we heard from Time Lurker and multi-instrumentalist Mick. The last release was a split EP with Cepheide in 2019 but now he is back from journeying through the space time continuum with second album ‘Emprise’…. Continue Reading →
First on are German group Hiraes all of the musicians from whom sprung out of Dawn Of Disease after they called it a day back in 2020. With two albums to their name including most recent ‘Dominant’ they may not… Continue Reading →
Time to dip into a world of “plague, diseases, and strange afflictions” and although centred musically via the format of medieval sound, the narrative here is linked to the present satirically and more recent viral concerns. The members of these… Continue Reading →
Not much info seems to be available on this new project although we are informed it is an international entity. The rather long word of their name seems to translate to “Slur” and narratively here we are dealing with themes… Continue Reading →
In the latest edition of “I can’t believe nobody grabbed this from the review list” it seems Swedish gothic metal clan Tribulation have fallen into my hands to cover. Not a problem really as I have liked what I have… Continue Reading →
Fancy a Viennese waltz down the blue Danube? No, ok, well we can leave that to the tourists on those horrible cruise liners then. We are going much closer to the water itself here courtesy of Captain Marrock who is… Continue Reading →
To say the announcement on the signing of Nachtmystium was met with howls of vitriol and derision by a significant amount of people is no overstatement. Perhaps the somewhat cynical and attention seeking way Prophecy Productions made it along with… Continue Reading →
It’s not often we get music from Georgia to review and even rarer that bands from the country come to play here live. I was caught napping when Psychonaut 4 popped over to perform a show on route to a… Continue Reading →
Fancy something spooky and symphonic for Halloween? Well this will do nicely. Dutch band Haliphron only rose from their graves in 2021 and have in their ranks various members past and present from Bleeding Gods, Isegrim, Sinister, Howitzer, Debauchery and… Continue Reading →
Lacuna Coil, being reviewed on these gnarly pages I hear you ask? Surely not? Well, even the most resolute extreme metal fan needs a little bit of variety and here at Ave Noctum towers, we are partial to a bit… Continue Reading →
Respecting those no-longer with us on their second album and follow up to ‘Where The Shadows Adorn’ it is off to eerie Indiana where the quintet Mother Of Graves Dwell. Melodic doom death is what we encounter with eight hymns… Continue Reading →