Category ALBUM
Oscillating Forest is the third of altogether four full-length albums by Australians Tangled Thoughts of Leaving that I have reviewed. Having also seen them live once, one could say that I’m well familiar with the band and their output. Their… Continue Reading →
Hmm is this some kind of conspiracy between Ave Noctum’s editor in chief and Prosthetic Records. This is the second album the label are putting out in August by acts that I have previously raved about. Is this being done to put some pep… Continue Reading →
Jyrki Portin, the artist behind Aarniseppä described his music, when I asked, as “a special mix of ambient, electroacoustic, jazz, prog, chamber music, field recordings, drone, folk and psychedelic”. But the story here transcends mere description. Just as an actor… Continue Reading →
Prosthetic Records? More like Prolific records when it comes to AAFCC. Since their inception in 2010 this mysterious Dutch trio have released 10 albums – the latest Closure coming out on 4th August 2023, 5 E.P.s and 2 compilations. Ridiculous rate of release (ooh the alliteration felt… Continue Reading →
The band name wasn’t familiar to me but I could see that Besta have been pumping out death-grindcore for more than 10 years and that this is their fourth album release. I can also see that three of the members… Continue Reading →
So what do I know about Australian one-man black metal project Artanor? Not a lot to be honest. Menelyagor is the entity behind it, the multi-instrumentalist. They started way back in 2007 but their only previous release was a split… Continue Reading →
This 12 song second album by the American trio is an immense death metal offering filled with intricate melodies that just accentuate the power of the overall delivery. Formed a mere 5 years ago, they started work on this album… Continue Reading →
I’ll admit I was very curious about this Danish bands second full length after giving the opening track a listen on the label’s Bandcamp page. I was suitably impressed and opted to try and cover it and luckily I was… Continue Reading →
Back in Switzerland, I should be getting frequent flier points for all the time I am spending there are at the moment. Shame it’s only musically. Here we meet a doomy, blackened sorceress, namely Witch N who is now solely… Continue Reading →
2023 marks out a 30 year anniversary for Denmark’s Panzerchrist since forming in 1993 under the auspices of Michael Enevoldsen, releasing seven albums plus a handful of demos and EP that started in 1995. In 2013, after the release of… Continue Reading →
Attending UK TechFest recently means that I ran the risk of being deathcored out, but it’s all good. Here’s another example of the genre from Signs of the Swarm. Their fifth album, “Amongst the Low and Empty” promises for our… Continue Reading →
UK band Edenfall have actually been around for a while and this is their third full length but were pretty much inactive since their second album in 2014 and managing to regroup in and record in 2022. But just so’s… Continue Reading →