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I don’t know if it’s me and the failing eyesight process, or just the winter dark, but the purple on black script meant that I couldn’t read any of the lyrics or information on any of this otherwise nicely packaged… Continue Reading →
Little breaks can be a good thing, for example I am now back from a year long hiatus from reviewing. Rather interestingly this first review I have chosen is from Master who themselves have had a bit of a break… Continue Reading →
Vos, the man “without a heart” from Poland is back with his second album, the title of which seems to translate to “Forever A Shadow.” The silhouetted entity caught attention with debut album Wędrówkę haniebnie zakończyć a long five years… 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 →
I reviewed Biolume 2 for Ave Noctum. Biolume 3, on the other hand, is instantly more memorable and pleasing to the ears. It’s Midnight Odyssey returning, albeit reluctantly, to his astral black metal roots, and giving us a metaphorical middle… Continue Reading →
The prolific Transcending Obscurity label is a byword for death metal productions, and here’s another one, this time by Saevus Finis from Portugal. The points of reference for this “chest-bursting heaviness” and “dark, hypnotic and suffocating death metal’ are bands… Continue Reading →
Satanic horns aloft it’s time for some unadulterated metalpunk from Japan. This trio comprising of Noctisadistum, Vladphemer and Branded Rebel have been active since 2015 and made a racket over a slew of demos, splits, live album a compilation and… 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 →
After a decade of silence Danish destroyers Panzerchrist re-convened last year with their founder Panzergeneral putting together an almost completely new tank crew. This was probably a bit of a gamble although guitarist Frederik O’Carroll was returning for a second… Continue Reading →
The family who play together slay together. Well that could well be the case here as I note that three members of this Perfect Killing Machine share the same surname. Active firstly as Naracus since 95 and then as Lipid,… Continue Reading →
Obviously intent on giving me a sound thrashing this is one of a couple of albums landing on the doormat here just before Xmas from Great Dane. Endbroken are a French quintet who are basically starting out having just released… Continue Reading →
Fittingly, given the weird and wonderful musical year I’ve had since I started writing for Ave Noctum, my last review of 2023 is as beautiful, weird and gloriously mad as they come. I try to come to new music with… Continue Reading →