Category ALBUM
Finally I catch up with the renowned and long-standing Japanese death metal band Defiled. The subject of updates on the excellent uniteasia.org heavy metal webzine, they achieved a form of notoriety in 2019 when Christian authorities in Malaysia forced the… Continue Reading →
Quality over quantity is a popular saying but what if you can have both? Esoctrilihum and the man behind it all, Asthâghul has established himself as perhaps one of the hardest working entities in the Black Metal world. Continually pushing… Continue Reading →
Anyone who knows anything about Italian Progressive Power Metal will be familiar with Vision Divine. This is their ninth album, spread out since their debut back in 1999 which featured their first in an impressive trio of vocalists to have… Continue Reading →
“Glacial Tomb” conjures up dark, dankness partnered with slow moving vastness on a millennial scale. Now this is true of the Denver band on their second full length release. However, the ice mountain is not so lazy in its progress…. Continue Reading →
This German act came across my radar more or less at the same time that I discovered compatriots Imperium Dekadenz in 2010 when both bands released their third albums. There was something very special and epic about both bands that… Continue Reading →
Throughout the many years I’ve associated with the metal scene, I often notice what side-genres become most popular among both artists and revellers alike. For a long time last decade it was synthwave that dominated the upper echelons of genres… Continue Reading →
Canadian vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Paulus Kressman is notable for having actively participated in a large array of extreme outfits over the past three decades. This career has seen him in lurking in the UnderWorld as essentially a drummer and guitarist… Continue Reading →
Fair warning, if you’re not into Alcest and/or ethereal post-whatever in general, then I strongly suggest you check out one of the many other fine reviews that will have been posted on Ave Noctum in the last few days. Mainly… Continue Reading →
Plying their trade consistently since 2010 with a prolific run of albums and EPs, Ævangelist have long experimented with the boundaries of what constitutes death metal. Indeed, a quick glance at the list of record labels releasing their compositions provides… Continue Reading →
I must confess that I’d never heard of Vancouver Industrial music before I encountered this from Germany’s Haujobb, but I had most certainly heard of and indeed own work by Front Line Assembly, who along with Skinny Puppy are, I… Continue Reading →
If this German black metal band had been around at the start of the scene in the early 90s we’d be revering them as true pioneers of a genre they have made their own throughout their discography. Each of the… Continue Reading →
This is the sixth album by the Texan quintet and their first on Season of Mist. Gone are Mat V. Aleman, Jessie Santos, and Alexander Lucian, replaced by Alex Davis on guitar and Chris Kritikos on guitar and synth, with… Continue Reading →