Author Gizmo
Apparently going since 1999, this is my first crossing of paths with Dutch band Onheil, who describe themselves as blackened thrash/heavy metal. Add ‘highly melodic’ in there and you’re about spot on. The melody comes mostly courtesy of Maidenesque guitar… Continue Reading →
Not sure how this one finally reached Ave Noctum but it was actually released in 2013 and is the musical project of Tim Shaw previously from Alestorm and whilst the album is very much the one man band he is… Continue Reading →
0 is a compilation of two earlier EPs (2007 ‘s Interlude Premier and 2012 ‘s Interlude Second) from French doom/death/space drone act Monolithe. They add in a couple of short (for them) bonus tracks for the completeists too which is… Continue Reading →
A couple of years ago I came across this Ukrainian lot via their debut, A Key To Panngrieb and was suitably impressed by its promise. Funeral doom, orchestrated sound but a heavy Skepticism debt. So when this dropped in I… Continue Reading →
So they’re called Death Penalty (after the Witchfinder General album for the slower amongst you), they consist of Gaz Jennings (ex-Cathedral, guitars), Michelle Nocon and Frederik Cosemans (vocals and bass respectively, both listed as ex-Serpentcult, so another memo I missed… Continue Reading →
The cover has a black and white drawing of a demon wielding a chainsaw. Before you even get to band name and title if that alone doesn’t help you narrow this down to sub-genre never mind genre then you’re probably… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since I had anything sent up from the no nonsense Hells Headbangers label so this was nice. Doubly so that despite missing their first album I’ve had half an eye on these Italian metal punks. Triply… Continue Reading →
Now we get stuff from some weird people and places at Ave Noctum but this is to the best of my knowledge the first time we have received anything from three six-hundred-year-old wizards who from picking up too many bad… Continue Reading →
I have a feeling that if you look up ‘prolific’ in the dictionary you’ll find the standard definition crossed out and one man Italian atmospheric black metal band Vardan inserted. It’s what, about three albums in eighteen months? And depending… Continue Reading →
Singer/Guitarist with Blizaro and Orodruin, John Gallo adds a W and steps into an alter-ego here. Beyond some kind of true doom tinged guitar work though that gave me no other preconceptions which, as it turns out was probably just… Continue Reading →
Always a pleasure when a self-released CD turns up in well done, thoughtful packaging with a good bit of PR stuff and a few stickers thrown in. It just kind of helps convince you that the band have put in… Continue Reading →
I last caught up with these guys three years or so ago when they were still called Elitist and released the album ‘Fear In A Handful Of Dust’, a crust filled noisy and chaotic affair with a good nod towards… Continue Reading →