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Author Pete Woods

Quickly discovering in formative years that I was never quite going to fit in anywhere, I spent time growing up listening to punk, futurist, goth, industrial, metal and psychedelic sounds ranging from Hawkwind to The Sex Gang Children via Japan through to Crass mangled in with Psychic TV and New Model Army. Catching my first band live by accident; The Poison Girls at a G.L.C. free festival, I never looked back. Musical tastes have developed accordingly and I now spend time writing for both Terrorizer and Dominion magazine as well as co-running www.avenoctum.com and pushing the boundaries of genre definition to mould around my own eclectic tastes. Not having the patience to play any instrument myself, I see my writing, to a certain degree as putting something back into the music I love. If I didn't spend time doing this I would be an alcoholic slumped without hope on the cold streets of London. Instead I can be found pint, camera and notepad in hand covering bands both old and new and will happily accept free cider without

Dead Mine – Steven Shiel (eOne Entertainment)

Cult Labs recently put together a timeline of peoples choices of best British Horror films and I eagerly threw mine straight in. These were The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy 1973) Blood On Satan’s Claw (Piers Haggard 1971) Psychomania (Don Sharp… Continue Reading →

A Pale Horse Named Death – Lay My Soul To Waste (SPV)

I looked and there before me was a pale horse! It did not take much thought before I started to download it. Death be damned, it was a new dose of doom I was looking for in the follow up… Continue Reading →

Black Sabbath – Mario Bava (Arrow)

This is indisputably a classic and one that is every much so as the band who took them name from it. I think it is even fair to say that it is respected by horror film scholars as much as… Continue Reading →

Black Altar, Varathron, Thornspawn – Emissaries Of The Darkside (Odium)

Prescribing “Three Nails In The Coffin Of Humanity” we have three aged cults awaiting judgement on this triple pronged attack, split CD. Firstly we are off to Poland for Black Altar [7] the work of the barbaric looking Shadow. This… Continue Reading →

Asidefromaday – Chasing Shadows (Division Records)

I always approach these band names that comprise of several words condensed down to one with great caution. They quite often have an ‘x’ bordering each side of the moniker but this one did not, it just had an angry,… Continue Reading →

Forgotten Tomb, Ereb Altor & Isole – London Garage 6/5/13

If you were not in the know and got a certain case of deja-vu over the first couple of bands it is not surprising as both Ereb Altor and Isole share several members. Isole were the first of the brawny… Continue Reading →

Motel Hell – Kevin Connor (Arrow)

Kevin Connor started off his film making career with classic Amicus Anthology ‘From Beyond The Grave’ (1974). From there he went into Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy fare and put Doug McClure well and truly on the map with the likes… Continue Reading →

Depressive Winter – Nihilum Bellus (Haarbn)

Depressive Winter eh, well we have certainly just had one of them and it must be said this is a great name for a band and I was surprised to see only one outfit had snagged it. Said act are… Continue Reading →

Repulsion, Necrophagia & Septic Tank – London Garage 3/5/13

Whoa where is everyone? Bumping into people was the first thing we were all doing on walking into the venue tonight as it was packed full of dry ice, even the toilets were swamped and if I pissed on anyone’s… Continue Reading →

Murder Junkies – A Killing Tradition (Wienerworld)

With the opening words “C’mon let’s see some tits” setting us up for half an hour of sleazy filth and depravity I couldn’t help but shake my head a bit. What was I expecting though, I did after all volunteer… Continue Reading →

Mena Brinno – Princess Of The Night (SR)

I really enjoyed the 2009 released ‘Wicked Polly’ by this band as it was a refreshing take on an oversaturated subgenre. Utilising the very natural sounding operatic vocal talents of Tampa Florida based singer Katy Decker and Polish born multi-instrumentalist… Continue Reading →

Hexvessel – Iron Marsh (Svart)

Apologies to all our other writers but I am claiming Hexvessel as my own and reviewing everything I can lay my hands on from now on. I loved the first two albums so much that I even paid money for… Continue Reading →

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