Tag doom
Dee Calhoun, or “Screaming Mad Dee” as he is also known, is a man who has been in the business of producing dark and heavy music for many years. Whilst he had been in many bands before, for me he… Continue Reading →
When Ave Noctum’s dark overlord sent me this latest album by Castle to review I went into a bit of a panic. Checking the prior albums by the band I owned I found I had nothing since their rather excellent… Continue Reading →
If you fancy a bit of noise and distortion, Mekigah is probably not a bad place to come. I did review the album “Litost” and that was something to have to get your head round, but that was in 2015…. Continue Reading →
It’s always nice exploring new music in the process of writing reviews for a site like Ave Noctum, but in my experience, it’s even more fun when said new music comes from a band you’ve been meaning to check out… Continue Reading →
What do we have here? A new Earth Ship record. The first one after six years of silence, the first one to follow six previous releases, six releases which established the band as an outfit to be taken seriously. Why… Continue Reading →
When it comes to art, very little is new. Yes, occasionally a new bit of technology comes along to allow a brief semblance of uniqueness, but then everyone jumps on the bandwagon and what was fresh and sparkling quickly becomes… Continue Reading →
Well I never! I got this disc just as I started to pack for my summer holiday. Every time I pack up, I prepare some books to read on my Kindle, and this year I have resolved to try and… Continue Reading →
Orange Goblin, a mainstay of the British metal scene for nearly 30 years and have achieved much in their long, fruitful career which has bordered both stoner, doom and traditional metal. Now is the time for their tenth studio outing… Continue Reading →
It always makes an album just a little more intriguing when outlets, reviewers and even record companies fail to agree on the actual musical style of a band. And these descriptions can vary quite a lot. Case in point is… Continue Reading →
Seemingly existing only as pertaining to the album title, the word ‘Nightfloating’ seems an easy enough one to deduce. Unless I am completely mistaken it is the liminal state of being where one is crossing the path between wakefulness and… Continue Reading →
First up and fresh from blowing minds in America recently are cult UK favourites Esoteric. They open proceedings with expansive and arid desert sounding melody as dusky as the heat of this summer day. It’s akin to a gun-slinging showdown… Continue Reading →
For many years now, multi-instrumentalist Dana Schechter, the main woman behind Insect Ark, has been making music “built from the churning of raw insides”. Assisted by varying collaborators, she has released four full-length albums under that moniker the latest of… Continue Reading →