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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

Re-cycle – The Pang Brothers (Cine Du Monde)

Want to see a scary movie? Well let’s face it there simply are not many that are genuinely frightening in the supernatural sense around anymore. Back when the likes of this writer was young, movies did have the scope to… Continue Reading →

Germ – Wish (Eisenwald)

Tim Yatras is the man behind Australian act Germ. You may not know him by that name but you should no doubt have heard of some of the versatile acts he has been involved in. Where to start? Well it’s… Continue Reading →

History Of Guns – Whatever You Do, Don’t Turn Up At Twelve (Line Out Records)

History Of Guns are a band of somewhat eccentric oddballs who first caught my attention on Godreah Records ‘Contains No Holy Additives’ compilations as well as the label’s Hawkwind Tribute ‘Daze Of The Underground’ where they covered Angels / Magnu…. Continue Reading →

Goatpsalm – Erset La Tari (Aesthetic Death)

I would say here is something new and different from Aesthetic Death but frankly everything we get from this label is different and the acts they sign are all quite unique and at times unclassifiable. With Goatpsalm we take a… Continue Reading →

Avenger – Bohemian Dark Metal (Deathgasm)

Once I managed to determine the band logo, which even with a degree in BM logography was a humdinger, I was slightly confused as I would normally have associated the name Avenger with some sort of NWOBHM band. I would… Continue Reading →

Eths – III (Season Of Mist)

Ooh matron bare breasts on an album cover, that’s not going to go down well on the record shop shelves! Mind you who the hell buys their albums in the shops nowadays and it is no doubt an artistic statement… Continue Reading →

Aura Noir – Out To Die (Indie)

Well, just after talking about the reissue of album number two on these very pages the self professed ‘ugliest band in the world’ (who obviously have not checked out The Pogues lately) are back with their brand new release; number… Continue Reading →

Ebonillumini & Worms Of Sabnock – Split EP (Diptera Records)

This split EP, which is actually a full 45 minutes long sees the return of two underground UK acts who are intertwined on the same family tree with branches further enveloping the infamous Meads Of Asphodel. Ebonillumini have been somewhat… Continue Reading →

Barren Earth – Interview

  Barren Earth are both a fairly new but also familiar sounding group whose fronds dig deep into the frozen soil of Finland and comprise members of many well known acts from the land synonymous with atmospheric doom and gloomy… Continue Reading →

Latexxx Teens – Adrenochrome Redux (Deathwatch Asia)

The fact that site editor Luci and I both got an email with subject header Latexxx Teens and she immediately deleted it and I immediately opened it speaks for itself. It was not grubby spam as I expected but actually… Continue Reading →

Killing Joke, The Icarus Line & The Crying Spell – London Roundhouse 09/03/12

So the last ever Killing Joke tour before the end of the world? Well Jaz has spoken in depth about end times and if he actually believes himself and we also buy into the Mayan prophecies and the fact that… Continue Reading →

Munruthel – The Dark Saga (Blazing Productions)

Well this Dutch label have been very quiet of late and have apparently changed their mindset a bit releasing music focusing less on metal and more on ambient and synthesized based music. In the last year or so they have… Continue Reading →

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