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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

Heretic Cult Redeemer – Flagellum Universalis (Ill Damnation)

As illustrated with their past two full-length albums this Greek group take their time constructing lofty statements within the scope of orthodox black metal and really put the listener through their paces with their challenging and often disorientating approach. With… Continue Reading →

Dodheimsgard – Black Medium Current (Peaceville)

It comes as no surprise that Norse pioneers and innovators Dodheimsgard have taken eight years between this and last album ‘A Umbra Omega.’ Even without certain disasters affecting the whole world, they would still have no doubt taken their sweet… Continue Reading →

The Last Hunter – Antonio Margheriti (Treasured Films)

Film Treasures is an invaluable UK based site and resource allowing film collectors to order imports directly from here without having to worry about excruciating long waits, customs issues and the likes from your favourite labels like Severin, Unearthed and… Continue Reading →

Parasitario – Everything Belongs To Death (F.D.A. Records)

Starting out as a much rawer gore n’ grind outfit this trio from Osaka Japan have taken their time evolving through various demos and short releases leading up to what we have in front of us today in the form… Continue Reading →

God Disease – Apocalyptic Doom (Gruesome Records)

William Wordsworth in a particularly tragic mood penned the words “Oh misery! oh misery! Oh woe is me! oh misery!” Of course there was no such thing as death doom back in 1789 but fast forward to the present age… Continue Reading →

Thecodontion / Ceremented – S/T (I, Voidhanger)

Bass how low can you go? Well the two bands on this split are investigating bottom end rumbling and have dispensed of guitars completely. Opting for two six-stringers in both their line-ups, this is suited to both their narratives with… Continue Reading →

Bacchus – II (Debemur Morti)

This is one of those tricky ones to review as this French trio do not give much away and what they do compared to what is described strikes me as incorrect. Here they follow up debut EP imaginatively entitled I… Continue Reading →

I Miss You, C……. – Catalina (Tragedy Productions)

Well there’s an Island Catalina located in Magallanes, Chile and perhaps this is the place that David Cofré the man behind this oddly named project is missing. I could be completely on the wrong track and it might well be… Continue Reading →

Outlaw – Reaching Beyond Assiah (AOP Records)

Damn, there’s so much black metal around fighting for attention at the moment it’s impossible to keep up. Not only that, it seems that even those that I have been unfamiliar with have been of consistent high quality recently and… Continue Reading →

Kommand – Death Age (20 Buck Spin)

As the world spins on a precipice and the Doomsday Clock sits at 90 seconds to Midnight, “a time of unprecedented danger” LA based quintet Kommand have holed up in their underground bunker working on the follow up 2020 Maggot… Continue Reading →

Haliphron – Prey (Listenable)

Talk about a freshly inked deal. Yes, for those not aware, which is probably most of us a Haliphron Atlanticus is one of the largest species of octopus found in the deep and as far as the band are concerned… Continue Reading →

Diablation – Par La Fue (Osmose)

French diabolism is the name of the game here with an outfit comprising of ex-Seth vocalist Vicomte Vampyr Arkames and members of Bâ’a and Ad Inferna among others. We are also told that there is involvement from Hreidmarr from Glaciation… Continue Reading →

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