Author Andy Pountney
Okay, so Skarlett Riot might not be standard Ave Noctum fare, but we all need our guilty pleasures and to be honest, Skarlett Riot are one that we shouldn’t feel embarrassed about. Having been working hard since 2010, they have… Continue Reading →
In the world of extreme music, there are few people as infamous or notorious as Kristian Eivind Espedal, aka Gaahl. He is perhaps best known for his time with Norwegian Black Metal outfit Gorgoroth, but he has also served time… Continue Reading →
Wow, where do I begin?! To say this is a complex album is a huge understatement but I mean that in a positive way as I thoroughly enjoyed getting to grips with the fifth full length from this Swiss extreme… Continue Reading →
A week of gigs culminated in my first trip back to Manchester’s Rebellion for this unmissable line up. If I recall correctly, this gig was originally planned to be with Alda and Panopticon, and when they had to cancel (for… Continue Reading →
If I remember rightly, Alda were meant to be in the UK at the moment, touring with Panopticon and Winterfylleth. That mouthwatering line up was set to be one of the gigs of the year, not least because it would… Continue Reading →
Some things in life can be relied upon, and the Finnish Black Metal scene is one of them, spawning a seemingly endless supply of bands ready to scorch the world with their nasty, vitriolic outpourings. Solacide are one such band,… Continue Reading →
I’m sure most of us reading Ave Noctum spend a lot of our time listening to some of the most brutal and extreme music out there, but if we are honest, we will also listen to something a little different… Continue Reading →
It only seems five minutes ago that I was reviewing Unreqvited’s last album ‘Mosaic II: la déteste et la détresse’ and the wonderful split with Sylvaine that was released at the same time, but here we are with another top-notch… Continue Reading →
Grábakr, from which the name Grabak is derived, refers to one of the serpents who resides within the roots of Yggdrasil from the Poetic Edda and Nordic mythology. With a name like this, you might think that the band are… Continue Reading →
The Russian metal scene is always interesting, but I tend to associate it mostly with brutal death metal, and it is these death/black metal elements that I remember most clearly about Karcinoma’s 1998 debut ‘The Night… Apogee of Madness’ although… Continue Reading →
I thought I was pretty clued up when it came to black metal, especially atmospheric black metal, but I have to hang my head in shame and admit Friisk were a new proposition to me even though they have an… Continue Reading →
Despite having been around for a few years, this is Felled’s first full-length release and my first encounter with them. However, the press info was full of superlatives and hyperbole drawing me in enough to make me put my hand… Continue Reading →