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Maule – Maule (Gates of Hell)

I have followed this Vancouver based band on an online music platform and have been waiting for the full length album to be unleashed since first hearing the ‘From Hell’ demo. The time is now. Maule are a traditional metal… Continue Reading →

Arctic Plateau – Songs of Shame (Shunu Records)

OK I am going to start the review of Arctic Plateau’s third full length album with the caveat that I feel a little duped into reviewing it by the PR blurb which promised post-rock/shoe gaze for fans of The Cure and Alcest.  I gotta admit… Continue Reading →

Grieve – Funeral (Werewolf Records)

For some reason the Finnish black metal scene has always held something above other black metal scenes in other countries, I am not quite sure what it is that attracts me to the bands from the frosty country but one… Continue Reading →

Silent Leges Inter Arma – Ad Plures Ire (S/R)

Taking their name from a Latin quote attributed to Cicero and the theme of this album from Mesopotamian mythology and the epic odyssey of Gilgamesh it is obvious that this German based outfit have an interest in history and ancient… Continue Reading →

Fit For An Autopsy – Oh What The Future Holds (Nuclear Blast)

Fit For An Autopsy, are one of those bands that, for me, have been lumped in with what seems like a plethora of cookie cutter bands, bubbling away in the stew that is the Deathcore scene. All syncopated double bass… Continue Reading →

Ereb Altor – Vargtimman (Hammerheart)

I’ve been lucky enough to review a fair amount of Ereb Altor’s albums over the years – they were actually one of the first bands I reviewed back in 2013 when I’d recently joined the hallowed ranks of Ave Noctum…. Continue Reading →

Descent – Order Of Chaos (Brilliant Emperor Records)

I don’t know what it is about acts from the Southern hemisphere of our miserable planet but they seem to have that bit more of a rabid edge over their contemporaries in the North at times. Out of the handful… Continue Reading →

Magnum – The Monster Roars (Steamhammer/SPV)

The strap-line for the site you are kindly reading proclaims that it is your source for the “atmospheric and extreme”, and lurking amongst the pages are bands with sounds and aesthetics that seem to have been vomited from the depths… Continue Reading →

Wiegedood – There’s Always Blood At The End Of The Road (Century Media)

This hard to pronounce Belgian trio burst pretty much from out of nowhere back in 2015 with the 1st part of their conceptual trio of albums ‘De doden hebben het goed’. Anyone who heard it knew that great things lay… Continue Reading →

Wilderun – Epigone (Century Media)

Wilderun are a Symphonic Progressive Folk Metal band from Boston, Massachusetts and I’ll be honest, those are three sub-genres of metal I had not actually thought existed as a combined entity. Sure, there’s Symphonic Folk Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal,… Continue Reading →

Megalith Levitation – Void Psalms (Aesthetic Death)

Back in 2020 my ears were pummelled by the split Megalith Levitation did with fellow Russkies Dekonstructor and it served as a great stop gap after the previous year’s debut long player Acid Doom Rites. The trio have been mining the Ural Mountains once more to construct giant slabs… Continue Reading →

Nocturnal Graves – An Outlaws Stand (Season Of Mist)

Hardly a new name to me, these Australian monsters having been around since about 2004, but the first time I’ve actually tangled with them. Opening with the charming, fly buzzing intro to ‘Death To Pigs’ the album squeals and winds… Continue Reading →

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