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A little break from the Ave Noctum norm this time around. Arktau Ross are a Finnish duo and this pair of odd releases are split between a CD only release and a vinyl release and definitely are my introduction to… Continue Reading →
Here’s album number 4 from the Wolfskult gang from Germany and their brand of heavy folk-pagan metal. In fact “Guten Tag” seems like a continuation of “Wolfskult” (2011). At least the setting seems to be the same: a bunch of… Continue Reading →
The second incarnation of the Full Moon Dog Festival, an event dedicated in remembrance of the tragic death of Jay-Jay Winter, bassist and singer of Asomvel. Maintaining a passion for purist heavy metal the festival doggedly sticks to the roots… Continue Reading →
Hey, look, I got an album of Aussie atmospheric black metal and Dis Pater isn’t involved! Ahem. Sorry. But it weirdly (and stupidly on my part) surprised me with my recent review duties. Anyway, sporting a fine black and white… Continue Reading →
Checking the duration of this album made me sigh heavily as even the best thrash albums bore me rigid after about 40 minutes. This one is over an hour and quite why they need to leave a ten minute gap… Continue Reading →
Well howdy and welcome to the Lone Star State, y’all. If you’re into guns and Stetsons, cowboys and whisky, then you’re gonna just love Texas Hippie Coalition. THC’s frontman Big Dad Ritch has said “We want the people that love… Continue Reading →
Having just released his blistering debut album, Entrapment’s Michel Jonker kindly offered to talk to Ave Noctum about his band, its influences and the death metal genre in general. Based on the crazed lunatic evident on his album, ‘The Obscurity… Continue Reading →
Sunday was a cold and chilly day. Some Progpeople went for a run in the morning, while others just … chilled out. First up at the JC Sjiwa club today was Atlantis from the host country. An electro-ambient rhythm ran… Continue Reading →
I took this album on for review as a challenge as I’d seen Germany’s WFAHM some years ago in Manchester supporting Dying Fetus and was impressed by their technical onslaught. Branded as mathcore by the press because they are hard… Continue Reading →
French band Altered Beast lay down some pretty hefty riffs, groove, thrash, and straight metal in their awesome debut album that features a nice piece of ass on the front cover! I have listened to this a hell of a… Continue Reading →
Shadows in the Crypt belong to the family of USBM bands. The States have played a major role in the development of the orthodox and depressive sound in the worldwide Black Metal scene, and to tell the truth, it never… Continue Reading →
Yes the band name and album title may sound like a tots first attempt at speech but it is a name that if you are seriously into atmospheric blackened metal should certainly be on the tip of your tongue. We… Continue Reading →