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Manchester or Slamchester as it is known in slam death circles saw the arrival of Ingested in about 2006 and since then they have churned out a number of fine death metal albums and in some respects spearheaded the whole… Continue Reading →
I had forgotten that I covered the last album by this French outfit ‘Summoning The Putrid’ a couple of years ago. That’s hardly surprising when you think of just how many “Irons” there are in the heavy metal fire; let’s… Continue Reading →
‘Deriving from the cold forests of Sweden……’ states the press release, and that was enough for me to stop reading and put my hand up for the review, relishing the thought of some grim Scandinavian black metal. I should have… Continue Reading →
I had the pleasure of reviewing Chaos over Cosmos’s 2021 album “The Silver Lining Between the Stars” and what an exciting album that was. It is, to say the least, an adventurous work which was awash with technical and progressive… Continue Reading →
Few bands elicit more of a buzz when it comes to a new release than Darkthrone, a band who truly needs no introduction. ‘Astral Fortress’ follows on from last years ‘Eternal Hails…’ and continues Fenriz and Nocturno Culto’s long running… Continue Reading →
Incredible really to think that the fetid gentlemen from Exhumed have been plying their wares since 1990. Since that time, of course, they’ve had a lot of line-up changes, including members past and present from bands like Impaled, Intronaut and… Continue Reading →
Ah, another ‘band I’ve been aware of but not really engaged with’ time. Fear and Trembling (so says Google) and apparently pagan black metal. My experience of Trollzorn bands is that they dont tend to sign yer actual bestial bm… Continue Reading →
This EP comes from the same Finnish artist Sergei whose evocative and intensely vibrant EP “Chameleon Wasteland” I reviewed 3 years ago in his guise of Tørrential. The artist makes much of transcending genres, and I can vouch for that… Continue Reading →
Where on earth do you begin with this fourth album from Germany’s Disillusion, a band I saw earlier this year supporting Obscura and reviewed which you can read about here. The band teased us with a few songs from this… Continue Reading →
The last couple of Black Anvil albums had a mixed reception here, that’s not all that surprising and I think the comment that ‘There are too many disparate and conflicting elements” in regard to last one ‘As Was’ kind of… Continue Reading →
Unlike many of the scribes of Ave Noctum who are black hearted, black souled, black metal warriors, I, the humble author of this piece you are kind enough to be reading, am a bit of an old hippy and Thotch-head,… Continue Reading →
The spooky season may be over for some but for Acid Witch it truly is Halloween every day. Opening up their tombs in 2007 the band went on to produce Witchtanic Hellucinations in 2008 and the equally popular Stoned in… Continue Reading →