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There are some that think Napalm should’ve knocked it on the head back in 1989 after the ‘Mentally Murdered’ EP. That Napalm Death is now a covers band & that anything from ‘Harmony Corruption’ onwards is shit. These people (thankfully… Continue Reading →
8 albums in and their first release for Metal Blade. Anyone expecting a diluting of Nathrakh’s ‘pandemonic hyper-blast’ music is gonna be disappointed. Despite slowly evolving beyond the raw black metal of 2001’s ‘The Codex Necro’ Anaal Nathrakh have hardly… Continue Reading →
Having had a taster of what these guys from Birmingham could do with their previous demo ‘Hate Legions Ride!’ right here on Ave Noctum earlier this year, I was more than happy to see their debut full length appear on… Continue Reading →
Not everything that dies stays dead and that is certainly true as far as bands are concerned. Just look at what is going on at the moment in extreme music land. After well in excess of ten year gaps between… Continue Reading →
Coming from Birmingham (that’s England, not Alabama), for many the spiritual birthplace of heavy metal as the city that spawned Black Sabbath, Alunah are a band that has a long and dark musical heritage to live up to. Now, whilst… Continue Reading →
Formed in Birmingham UK 1988 by Justin Broadrick and C.G. Green and innovators of industrial metal, Godflesh spawned some seminal records including six excellent albums before combusting in 2002 leaving a vacuum in their wake. Broadrick went on to carry… Continue Reading →
Yes I know it has been well over a month since the release of this and it is yesterday’s news for most of you; but I have a very good reason for leaving things so long. The thing is, I’m… Continue Reading →
When ‘The Codex Necro’ dropped in 2001 the raw blistering bludgeoning Anaal Nathrakh served up was by far a more severe punishment than any other band had delivered. The venom and scorn poured from the speakers and a new standard… Continue Reading →