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I don’t really know at what point something can be deemed as classic. If you love an album, book, film etc straight away can you start hailing it as a masterpiece or a classic? I guess it’s more of a… Continue Reading →
The progression witnessed by this UK blackened death metal outfit is there for all to hear through their decade and a half existence, from the raw dissonant delight of the debut ‘The Calling Depths’ through to the excellent oppressive horror… Continue Reading →
If a band’s looking for a selling point, this is it “This is not elevator music”. That’s their words. They go on: “Trying to perform menial tasks while listening to this album will turn your brain into scrambled eggs”. This… Continue Reading →
“Of all the excellent releases on this list, why have 3 of you picked this?” These are the words (or as close to them as possible anyway) our dear editor/overlord here at Ave Noctum said to me when I requested… Continue Reading →
While this may be their 8th album, this is my first encounter with the American quartet. Might have something to do with the fact that I’ve never really delved much into deathcore, but here we go now, and while there… Continue Reading →
Some bold claims I read in the info sheet for the album at hand. Bold, even for info sheets. Lux, the fourth full-length by In the Company of Serpents is “one of the most impressive Doom/Sludge Metal albums ever recorded”… Continue Reading →
An institution of Heavy Metal, one of the most influential bands to ever grace the stage, a band who blazed a trail of galloping basslines, iconic harmonies and powerful vocal performances and released arguably some of the greatest albums of… Continue Reading →
Pestilential Shadows have been hammering along since 2003 leaving six quality albums in their wake. The band are apparently part of something called Ordo Ater Anguis (also known as Order of the Black Serpent), a circle of like-minded “satanic” musicians… Continue Reading →
What is Extreme Metal? I often find myself asking that question. To me it can cover a wide range of genres, for example Black Metal, Death Metal, even Thrash to some degree. However, what I really think it is, is… Continue Reading →
Crushing, heavy stoner which “delivers the perfect soundtrack for a road trip in the sun” is what’s offered here from Solar Mantra. It remains to be seen what is sunny about this work, but the artwork suggests that we’re in… Continue Reading →
I know I’m not alone in welcoming the shift from enforced impersonal video streams of concerts to live performance. Frankly I wasn’t really bothered who it was I went to see first in the post-soulless era but it was good… Continue Reading →
You can always rely on I, Voidhanger to unleash some of the darkest, terrifying musical assaults that you will ever bear witness to, as Dutch blackened death metallers Defacement release their sophomore. Songs on their debut were relatively short compared… Continue Reading →