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If you’ve ever listened to Dope Stars Inc. and thought “man, I wish that was a bit heavier”, then boy do I have a band for you: DSI’s compatriots, Reasons Behind. Now, I love Victor Love and Associates, and I… Continue Reading →
For reasons unbeknownst to yours truly this long established and revered Dutch death metal band has completely passed me barring the odd glimpse into their melodic doom death I’ve heard in passing. Often seen as one of the founding bands… Continue Reading →
Minimal clues here: two 20 plus minute-long tracks, VI I and VI II, and a tongue twister of a band name. The band doesn’t appear to have released anything previously but I did establish that horrifying screams and a descent… Continue Reading →
There are few things you can rely on in life, but Norwegian black metal seems to be one of those, especially when it comes to bands who don’t stray too far from the blue print. Bergen’s Nattverd are one such band,… Continue Reading →
If you are a regular reader of Ave Noctum, (and if not, why not?), you will like as not know Bergen as almost the epicentre of Black Metal, the city having spawned the likes of Immortal, Gorgoroth, Taake, and so… Continue Reading →
The offer here is straightforward: relentless thrash metal. The Canadians are now releasing their 3rd album in their 11 years of existence, add another 10 in their previous guise as Skull Hammer. The race is on. It’s hard, fast, unyielding… Continue Reading →
I guess with a combined running time of 75-minutes long-running Australian doomsters Mournful Congregation could have just about fitted their two part EP releases on one disc but what listener would have been able to endure it all in one… Continue Reading →
It’s been 1,187 days, or is it nights, since I last reviewed a live show. and I must admit I was really looking forward to attending this gig. Unfortunately, it would appear I misread the start time and arriving shortly… Continue Reading →
You may not yet have heard of RUÏM but when learning that this new project is a case of going “back to the black with Blasphemer”, no doubt your interests should be peaked. Of course since leaving the hallowed halls… Continue Reading →
Required philosophical musing opening: In the modern world, does the concept of a ‘side project’ even mean what it used to? I mean the black metal scene is practically built on side projects, same with death, grind etc. So is… Continue Reading →
So here we have so-called mystic prog metal with opera, jazz and of course metal, orchestral arrangements, a producer renowned for classical composition, culminating in an album with a “progressive doom opera style, adding modern elements to the symphonic metal… Continue Reading →
On paper, Chicagoan avantgarde sludge/post metal quartet Yakuza, (who lest we forget are not some johnny come lately outfit having been around for several iterations of the noise scene they were at the fulcrum of creating way back in 1999)… Continue Reading →