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I adored this French duo’s debut album, ‘The Eternal Harvest’, released in February 2022 which I reviewed for the site back then, it was a superlative example of how to construct emotive atmospheric black metal but with abundant aggression. It… Continue Reading →
If the title of this album sounds like some grandiose prog album from the 1970s, then the accompanying publicity suggests that this isn’t so far out. Nods are given to bands like Dream Theater, Threshold, Rush, Tesseract, Haken and Vola… Continue Reading →
So, Cirith Ungol fans. New album. Off you go, pre-order it. You know you want to and it will not disappoint. Right, have they gone? Good. You see as a long term fan of this genuinely unique band there is… Continue Reading →
I imagine that like many folks who visit Ave Noctum, I would not describe myself as much of a Country music fan. The main reason is that the majority of music given that title that the public gets exposed to… Continue Reading →
If you want to be firmly put in your place, then you can do worse than to listen to a Hegerøth album. “Disintegrate” is the band’s fifth album. Thematically it’s about the mindlessness of society where only one kind of… Continue Reading →
This two piece band from Italy ventured across my path with their 2015 debut album ‘Endless Torment’ where I was introduced to this bands old school death metal style, that in truth I had heard many times before and done… Continue Reading →
Like the rise and fall of the sun, leaves that fall from the trees in the autumn and grow back in the spring, Max Cavalera will release new music at least four times a year. Belying his age (fifty-four, although… Continue Reading →
An exciting debut record that appears to have come from nowhere. The last time I had something like this to review was Hulder’s debut and that ended up being my album of the year! Further in Evil could well end up hitting… Continue Reading →
This is actually Italian Dark Symphonic Metal band Elegy Of Madness’ fifth full-length album since their debut emerged back in 2009, but it’s their first in their new home at Scarlet Records and also their first with new vocal force… Continue Reading →
Ah yes, the cover of this album reminds me it is Shroom season. Back in more long-haired and youthful times foraging of liberty caps was an occupation I enjoyed although having brewed them up and digested it was tinged with… Continue Reading →
Sunday 8th October Omnerod – didn’t he used to play for Blackpool? Oh no, that was Brett Ormerod. This is the band Omnerod from Belgium. Dry ice rose. Accompanied by an introduction which suggested that “before we go into the… Continue Reading →
The ciiiiiiircle of Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife – to paraphrase and bastardise Reg Dwight. Well in reality it is the circle of death – Death Metal more specifically. The internet is awash with new Old School Death Metal bands, teens and twenty summats who have picked up an HM-2 pedal on Ebay and… Continue Reading →