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Aesthetic Perfection – Til Death (Metropolis)

I have seen the name of this lot plenty of times as far as on the live front is concerned and indeed note they have a headlining show at the London Underworld on the 20th of February with Faderhead. Plug… Continue Reading →

Lurk – Kaldera (Doomentia)

Doomentia records release the oozing toxic mulch of Lurk in the guise of Kaldera. This is their sophomore release after a self-titled album on TotalRust in 2012. These Finns don’t like labels and at first listen I can see why…. Continue Reading →

Undecimber – Dead Inside (Downfall Records)

“Undecimber or Undecember is a name for a thirteenth month in a calender that normally has twelve months”. Thanks Wikipedia, that’s cleared that one up – but what of the band? “Undecimber is a Swedish Gothic/Dark Metal band that should… Continue Reading →

Benighted – Carnivore Sublime (Season of Mist)

3 years since their last album, Benighted are back with a new guitarist in the form of Adrien Guérin and now departed bassist Eric Lombard on their seventh full length release. I should say that their style remains rather unchanged… Continue Reading →

Cynic – Kindly Bent to Free Us (Season of Mist)

With this record seemingly hot on the heels of 2012’s splendid ‘Carbon Based Anatomy’ EP, it was with an element of surprise that this scribe learned that Cynic’s latest full-length ‘Kindly Bent to Free Us’ has actually been gestating away… Continue Reading →

MaYan – Antagonise (Nuclear Blast)

There are some types of music, sub-genres of metal in particular it seems, that either really turn people on or put them off completely. The highly bombastic and overblown metal on display here may indeed have a polarising effect on… Continue Reading →

Austere – Withering Illusions And Desolation (Eisenwald)

Sorrow and Desolate are the names of the two players here coming from a land that really puts the downer in down under! You can tell this is not going to be a happy album but if you had already… Continue Reading →

Blues Pills – Live At Rockpalast (Nuclear Blast)

If you want to know my initial opinion of Blues Pills, first check out my review of their earlier EP ‘Devil Man’ at http://www.avenoctum.com/2013/10/blues-pills-devil-man-nuclear-blast/ . At that time, I’d yet to catch them on stage, and was slightly worried that… Continue Reading →

Tengger Cavalry – Ancient Call (Metal Hell)

Let’s start with a bold statement: If you claim to like folk metal and do not at least check this album out, your argument is, as the internet says, invalid. Ok let’s back that up. I’ve been a passionate supporter… Continue Reading →

Astrophobos – Remnants of Forgotten Horrors (Triumvirate Records)

`Remnants of Forgotten Horrors’ is a remarkably apt name for this, the debut album of Swedish band Astrophobos (named after an H.P. Lovecraft poem). This album absolutely and totally harks back to a time when this youthful band were probably … Continue Reading →

Lethe – When Dreams Become Nightmares (Debemur Morti)

If you’re looking for seamless meeting of metal and electronica that’s just as suited to a Sunday morning as a Friday night, you may have just stumbled into the right place. When Dreams Become Nightmares is the band’s first platter… Continue Reading →

My Refuge – Living In Anger (SR)

My Refuge are an Italian Metal band (there’s no dragon on the cover so they aren’t stereotypically power metal) with a shiny new four track EP to unleash on the world. And it’s very professionally done in all aspects –… Continue Reading →

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