Category ALBUM
I like surprises, and the nice folk at new Belfast label Freak Flag sent one to Ave Noctum containing an EP and a single from their new releases. Both are available on vinyl in limited numbers so if either description… Continue Reading →
Sir, you may be a bastard but let it not be said that at the least you are an inebrious one! Got a certain ring to it as does the name of the record label, giving you some sort of… Continue Reading →
If decomposing, mind-scouring black metal is what your evil doctor ordered, then look no further than Ophidian Forest. Densest Green, the first track on this split with Hæresiarchs of Dis, is the sonic equivalent of waking up happy that you’re still… Continue Reading →
A little break from the Ave Noctum norm this time around. Arktau Ross are a Finnish duo and this pair of odd releases are split between a CD only release and a vinyl release and definitely are my introduction to… Continue Reading →
Here’s album number 4 from the Wolfskult gang from Germany and their brand of heavy folk-pagan metal. In fact “Guten Tag” seems like a continuation of “Wolfskult” (2011). At least the setting seems to be the same: a bunch of… Continue Reading →
Hey, look, I got an album of Aussie atmospheric black metal and Dis Pater isn’t involved! Ahem. Sorry. But it weirdly (and stupidly on my part) surprised me with my recent review duties. Anyway, sporting a fine black and white… Continue Reading →
Checking the duration of this album made me sigh heavily as even the best thrash albums bore me rigid after about 40 minutes. This one is over an hour and quite why they need to leave a ten minute gap… Continue Reading →
Well howdy and welcome to the Lone Star State, y’all. If you’re into guns and Stetsons, cowboys and whisky, then you’re gonna just love Texas Hippie Coalition. THC’s frontman Big Dad Ritch has said “We want the people that love… Continue Reading →
I took this album on for review as a challenge as I’d seen Germany’s WFAHM some years ago in Manchester supporting Dying Fetus and was impressed by their technical onslaught. Branded as mathcore by the press because they are hard… Continue Reading →
French band Altered Beast lay down some pretty hefty riffs, groove, thrash, and straight metal in their awesome debut album that features a nice piece of ass on the front cover! I have listened to this a hell of a… Continue Reading →
Shadows in the Crypt belong to the family of USBM bands. The States have played a major role in the development of the orthodox and depressive sound in the worldwide Black Metal scene, and to tell the truth, it never… Continue Reading →
Yes the band name and album title may sound like a tots first attempt at speech but it is a name that if you are seriously into atmospheric blackened metal should certainly be on the tip of your tongue. We… Continue Reading →