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I am devastated and heartbroken to announce that Pete passed away earlier this week. I have no further details right now but as I know more I will post it here. I can be reached at bobigail at Gmail dot… Continue Reading →
Dee Calhoun, or “Screaming Mad Dee” as he is also known, is a man who has been in the business of producing dark and heavy music for many years. Whilst he had been in many bands before, for me he… Continue Reading →
Bullets can’t kill them. Daggers? Hatchets? Fat chance. Not even ill-advised splinter groups of Iron Knights could completely destroy these wretched revenants. From beyond, beyond the grave, the Stuka Squadron have roared back into unlife with the magnificent Zeppelin album…. Continue Reading →
I spent a great deal of 2023 falling deeper and deeper into distros, fledgling projects and delightfully reacquainting myself with the dizzying world that is dungeon synth. As EPs and demos are excluded from Ave Noctum’s end of year… Continue Reading →
There were a lot of great albums released in 2023 as can be seen from Ave Noctum writers Top 20’s Here My top of the tree was occupied by two albums Going Off’s “What Makes You Tick?” and Further Into… Continue Reading →
As we prepare to bid farewell, whether fondly or not, to another year and look back on the albums released in 2023, one thing is evident; creativity is once again through the roof and the music has not slowed down… Continue Reading →
Dundee is hardly a city that immediately leaps to mind when thinking of classic rock and metal. Indeed, it is hardly on the tour schedule of any major acts, and the Caird Hall that once hosted the likes of Hawkwind,… Continue Reading →
2022 has not been quite the full-on disaster movie of the last few years, aliens have not landed and the dead have not come back to inherit the earth. Whilst one has the feeling of impending doom and these are… Continue Reading →
If you’ve been around the London metal scene for a while, you’ll be well aware of Zocalo. If you’ve been to Bloodstock over the last few years, or have your ear to the ground of UK Doom in general, you’ll… Continue Reading →
Manifesting seemingly out of nowhere, Gospelheim from Manchester have made some waves with their debut album Ritual & Repetition recently released by Prophecy Productions. Their sound mixture, which is build from goth rock, heavy metal, doom and black metal, featuring,… Continue Reading →
New Doom Metal duo Pilgrim of Fire have unveiled a must experience new album and I got the chance to fire off some questions to Marc and Andi to see which Doom bands make them tick, how they came together… Continue Reading →
A condensed version of this interview was published in Fistful Of Metal Magazine (available in all good newsagents). This is the full transcript in Q&A format celebrating the return of melodic Swedish BM forerunners Lord Belial and their first album in… Continue Reading →