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It’s always interesting to see what multi international, extreme metal band Nader Sadek are going to come up with next. This is a group who change musicians and vocalists with each phase of their career and this time around replacing… Continue Reading →
Bloodway are a new project who burst forth from the creative sac of Costin Chioreanu, Romanian artist and musician. His past works have included guitars for Mediocracy and Protest Urban, bass for Cap De Craniu and Deviant and a myriad of… Continue Reading →
With members of Massemord, Iperyt and Infernal War in this trio’s ranks I was well aware this one was going to deliver a right Polish battering. What with the title ‘Working Class Misanthropy: Of Rapture And Disgust’ (to give it… Continue Reading →
Damn! Now that’s a piece of cover art! The very first thing that drew me in to Craven Idol was the beautiful work of Paolo Girardi certainly, but taking into consideration the fact that they’ve hooked up with Dark Descent… Continue Reading →
There is a bit of a history to both this group and this release. Firstly this is a super-group of sorts put together by conceptual artist Nader Sadek who provides some vocals and samples as well as the ideas behind… Continue Reading →
Pest. Such a good name for a black metal band they used it (at least) twice. This is the long running Swedish band, now on their fourth full length but regretfully my first proper acquaintance with them. After the obligatory… Continue Reading →
If ever there was an extreme metal “super-group”, this would be it. Nader Sadek produced the frankly stunning “In the Flesh” a couple of years ago, and this is the live presentation of that album. For those of you not… Continue Reading →
I recognised the sender name on this envelope and assumed and happily prepared myself for a new Project Failing Flesh album. I was right in one respect as the disc had been sent by Tim Guttierez of industrial, experimental thrash… Continue Reading →
That Teloch is a busy man with so many projects on the go. It’s not enough being in Mayhem alone for him but creativity sees him in the excellent Nunfuckritual, The Konsortium, Ov Hell, Umoral as well as helming Nidingr…. Continue Reading →
Scroll down to bottom of review for photos! The annual Damnation Festival held in Leeds is, I think it is fair to say, the biggest indoor metal event in the North of England. Every year it sees a huge crowd… Continue Reading →
When the vicious new Vesen album ‘This Time It’s Personal’ had finished kicking me about the room like a soggy football I was rather suprised at how keen I was to interview them, and so Ave Noctum went out and… Continue Reading →
Shit week, shit job (but , yeah, at least it is a job I know) and Vesen seem just the ticket: This is some unleashed rage and then some. Short opener ‘The Threat’ is an oddly muffled bit of bestial… Continue Reading →