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Scalpel’s “Sorrow and Skin” is a 10 track slab of brutal, gory death metal. This is the Massachusetts band’s first full length LP coming three years after their debut ‘Common Threads’ EP. All the guys can obviously play their instruments… Continue Reading →
Well there were no worries about this one being empty and there was already a queue at the doors well before they opened and the few remaining tickets were quickly snapped up. For once the first support band were playing… Continue Reading →
I was initially attracted to Mournful Gust for the most childish of reasons in that they had a name that made me giggle, much like my fascination with Greek death metallers Ancient Balls. Being a fan of the Eastern European… Continue Reading →
The album title may seem a bit naff at first sight but I’m glad to say this band is anything but. Black metal meets Accept with a punk ethic and lord only knows what else these guys have in store… Continue Reading →
Ever heard of Sargatanas Reign? Well, I hadn’t and Deathquintet formed out of their ashes about 5 years ago. So while this may be a début album it’s actually a third one really and meant to be a prequel to… Continue Reading →
Dismal by name but one would hope not by nature. Luckily we can cut any such cliché out of the review straight off as this Italian combo are far from that. This has been a bit of a step back… Continue Reading →
The debut album from new band Down Among The Dead Men was a real revelation when Ave Noctum got our hands on a review copy; a real gnarled piece of crusty punk/metal with real songs and a cracking atmosphere to… Continue Reading →
There are some seriously depressed people in Russia right now if the glut of funeral and gothic doom bands currently looming out of the country’s underbelly is anything to go by. Thankfully the surge in quantity is broadly matched by… Continue Reading →
It’s mental out there, trying to stop and have a quiet pint in the pub before the show was an impossibility as some classy boss has treated about 50 of his braying staff to their turkey nosebags in the Moons… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since I last caught up with Code, though this was not through lack of a good impression made by their 2005 debut ‘Nouveau Gloaming’ – far from it in fact as it was a truly great… Continue Reading →
I usually don’t read the promo information sent by PR companies or bands in order to avoid tarnishing my own opinion before listening to releases but a quick read of the rather large typeface sheet included with this promo has… Continue Reading →
Wandering towards the door of The Underworld I began to wonder whether I’d got the night wrong. There wasn’t a single person milling about outside and certainly no queue. As I got to the ticket booth however, a dreadlockless Mark… Continue Reading →