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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

Mocs & Cucs – Cremem Los Putos Bancs (S/R)

Què? Well one look at the cartoon cover art of this one and I expected a zany listening experience. Mocs & Cucs or to give them their full name Milford Mocs & Gunther Cucs translate from native Catalan to ‘Mucus… Continue Reading →

House By The Cemetary – The Mortuary Hauntings (Pulverised Records)

“It’s Rogga time,” but let’s face it when is it not? With so many bands on the go Mr Johansson is normally kicking about somewhere or the other. I decided due to the ties with Luci Fulci, naming themselves after… Continue Reading →

Gurthang – Martyrium (Immortal Frost Productions)

A lot of horror themed albums come our way, sometimes they try just a bit too hard and come across as mere shadows of their subject matter. Occasionally though you listen to a piece of music in an unsuspecting fashion… Continue Reading →

Nightrage – Remains Of A Dead World (Despotz Records)

Time to wreck your neck and bang your head, Nightrage are back again, not that they have ever been away for long. For the uninitiated the group were formed by Greek musician Marios Iliopoulos way back in 2000 and this… Continue Reading →

Cult Of Erinyes – Metempsychosis (Amor Fati)

The amount of bands, projects both past and present that Belgian Déhà is involved in is nothing short of stupefying. Under his own named project he put out around 13 releases last year and rest assured if not playing or… Continue Reading →

Moisson Livide – Sent Empèri Gascon (Antiq)

Hey, it’s not all doom and gloom round here and this one has an overriding feel of joie de vivre about it. We are off to SW France and Gascony where this side project of Boisson Divine dwell. Don’t expect… Continue Reading →

Häxanu / Greve – Naturmystik (Purity Through Fire)

Mysticism and nature make for good bedfellows and so too do the bands on this split album, embracing the raptures of the elements through atmospheric black metal. The drab colours of the artwork may have you envisaging the cold, dark… Continue Reading →

Antzaat / Ronarg – Madness / Morgen (SR)

It’s off to Belgium with this split album which encompasses two projects tied together by musician René Thuys aka Ronarg. He’s evidently a busy artist as he recently put out a debut album under the name Bloedmaan called ‘Castle Inside… Continue Reading →

Incineration Festival – London Electric Ballroom & The Underworld 11/5/24

It’s the 10th anniversary of Incineration Festival in London today with many coming out to celebrate. Taking in 25 bands over 4 different venues, planning is essential as is a fair bit of running around and hoping everything would run… Continue Reading →

Vestindien – Verdande (Dark Essence)

I admit to dithering with this one as these Norse non-conformists have thrown a bit of a curveball at us and it is an album that needs a little deciphering to get to grips with. One thing I did know… Continue Reading →

SYK – eartHFlesh (Season Of Mist)

I probably should have heard of this Italian band, after all they have been around for a decade but they had not hit my radar until they joined the Season Of Mist roster. It was none other than Phil H… Continue Reading →

Necrophagia – Moribundis Grim (Time To Kill Records)

A posthumous release here and featuring the last vocal recordings of founder Killjoy who sadly shuffled off the The Beyond in 2018. Put together by the surviving band members along with some vocal help by Incantation’s John McEntee along with… Continue Reading →

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