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Author Gizmo

Being old and creaky (I was a teenager during the NWOBHM) I have no time for people who ' excuse ' their love of metal by saying it's so cheesy, or so ironic. I've taken shit from mainstream types for the music I love for 35 years or so. Stand up and be proud of it with no concessions to what might be hip; the best music and the best fans in the world are within the metal family.

Solstice – Death’s Crown Is Victory (Invictus)

Well this promo turning up was a pleasant surprise. Those of you who bothered to read my End Of Year thing for 2013 would have noticed I have already praised this as it was available as a download from the… Continue Reading →

Black Space Riders – D-Rei (BSR)

D-Rei. Doremi Fasol Latido? Maybe I’m over thinking the title of this album but when opening track ‘Stare At The Water’ hits its stride and Black Space Riders heavily Hawkwind influenced space rock bursts out it really was my first… Continue Reading →

Supersuckers – Get The Hell (SPV / Steamhammer)

Supersuckers. Look, some things are just true and this quote from the Lemmy one is about it: “If you don’t like Supersuckers, you don’t like rock ‘n’ roll.” So if the name up there means shit all to you go… Continue Reading →

Nashville Pussy – Up The Dosage (Steamhammer)

An amusing aside: The Metal Archives don’t think Nashville Pussy are metal enough for inclusion but Sonata Arctica are. But there again they keep blacklisting From The Bogs Of Aughiska, too so maybe just another ‘file under clique bullshit ‘…… Continue Reading →

Drudkh & Winterfylleth – Thousands Of Moons Ago/The Gates + Drudkh Eastern Frontier In Flames (Season Of Mist)

When are two EPs not two EPs? When it’s Ukrainian masters of their own destiny Drudkh, it seems. You see three quarters of the Winterfylleth split also make up three sevenths of the Eastern Frontier In Flames EP, with the… Continue Reading →

Interview – Poema Arcanus

With the Solitude Productions re-release of Chilean death, doom, prog wizards Poema Arcanus still making our ears tingle at Ave Noctum, we eagerly fired off some questions to Igor Leiva (guitars) and Claudio Carrasco (Vocals) when the opportunity arose. And… Continue Reading →

Phantom – Incendiary Serum (I, Voidhanger)

First album from this Danish band and odd things are afoot. Upfront I need to say that Phantom are seriously, highly promising (which only makes sense as I, Voidhanger know their stuff): They are brimming over with more ideas than… Continue Reading →

Interview – Down Among The Dead Men

The debut album from new band Down Among The Dead Men was a real revelation when Ave Noctum got our hands on a review copy; a real gnarled piece of crusty punk/metal with real songs and a cracking atmosphere to… Continue Reading →

Ithilien – From Ashes To The Frozen Land (Mighty Music/Target)

Probably due to the fun I had at Warhorns this year, I find myself taking a look at the debut album from Ithilian, a band from the snowy wastes of Belgium (judging from the photos you do have to wrap… Continue Reading →

Guerra Total – El Armageddon Continua (I Hate)

Now I have probably been snoozing, but a black metal tinged thrash band on I Hate struck me as a little unusual, Columbian or otherwise. Still, here we are. Guerra Total are, in the nicest possible way, a primitive thrash… Continue Reading →

Inteview – Becky Cloonan

It’s a funny thing about comics, graphic novels, whatever you want to call them, but even if you don’t read them I’ll bet at least one of your friends does. Forever off mainstream until Hollywood (or HBO) comes calling once… Continue Reading →

Poema Arcanus – Transient Chronicles (Solitude)

This little beastie sits next to Procession in my listings. Odd as they both play a style of doom. And both come from Chile. And both have these great, haunting, deep, clean vocals. That’s where similarities end, though. Poema Arcanus… Continue Reading →

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