Your No. 1 Source For Extreme And Atmospheric Music And Film.

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

The Lickerish Quartet – Radley Metzger (Arrow)

This, the second of three films comprising the newly released Radley Metzger collection is a real gem especially as it has never been released for the UK market before and is available here uncut on DVD and Blu-Ray. Made in… Continue Reading →

Pure Negative – Insert [Twist] Pull (SR)

Pure Negative in the house! Well they should be in the house but if they were they would be squatting it as they have no home, no label willing to pick them up and give them some love and warmth,… Continue Reading →

Camille 2000 – Radley Metzger (Arrow)

This is the first of three movies that have lovingly been restored and released on Arrow video from cult adult film director Radley Metzger. The films including this The Score and The Lickerish Quartet which will also be reviewed here… Continue Reading →

Interview – Svein Egil Hatlevik (Dodheimsgard, Fleurety, Zweiss, Stagnant Waters)

What in some capacity do Dodheimsgard, Fleurety, Virus, Aphrodisiac, Solefald and Zweizz have in common? The simple answer to that is the involvement of Svein Egil Hatlevik, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. His latest project Stagnant Waters did not so much… Continue Reading →

With Burning Contempt – Red Visions (SR)

I recognised the sender name on this envelope and assumed and happily prepared myself for a new Project Failing Flesh album. I was right in one respect as the disc had been sent by Tim Guttierez of industrial, experimental thrash… Continue Reading →

Bitter Peace, Esoterica, Krieg & The Many – New World Black Metal (Plastik Music)

Ah the irony of having a 4 track split piece of vinyl before me digitally to review. Naturally if you have one of those old gramophone whatchamacallits lying around you can add this to your wax collection if you so… Continue Reading →

Darkthrone – The Underground Resistance (Peaceville)

Has it really been three years since the last Darkthrone album? They normally shat them out like a tramp does mouldy brown water after a night foraging in bins behind the back of the local kebab shop. You may well… Continue Reading →

Harakiri For The Sky – ST (Art Of Propaganda)

So cutting your stomach open and performing ritual suicide for the sky! Well it’s an interesting name adopted by this duo from Austria (and there are already four called Seppuku) so what of the actual music on this debut album?… Continue Reading →

Sodomizer, Decrepid, Hellkommander & Sturmtiger – London Unicorn 1/2/13

The Unicorn is fast becoming the place to go and the pub is putting on some excellent extreme underground metal shows at the moment, best of all they are completely free. Another good thing is the hipsters stay safely down… Continue Reading →

Mourning Beloveth – Formless (Grau)

Has it really been almost five years since ‘A Disease For The Ages,’ was released? Yes even though it hardly seems like it this Irish group have been inactive album wise for quite some time. When you look at it… Continue Reading →

Interview – Voivod

  Just an hour and a bit before this interview was due to take place I could have literally killed technology as I had what can only be described as a bastard power cut. Surrounded by candles with analogue phone… Continue Reading →

Infinity – Non De Hac Terra (New Era)

One look at that cover-art and you know there can only be one person responsible, Necrolord aka Kristian Wahlin. It has that classic cold blue look to it that reminds instantly of Dissection, Bathory, Emperor, Necrophobic and a host of… Continue Reading →

« Older posts Newer posts »

© 2026 Ave Noctum — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑