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Dead Chasm – Dead Chasm (FDA Records)

Horrifying Italian death metal is on offer here, courtesy of a trio of musicians whose self-titled debut EP is situated firmly in the sewerage side of slimy death metal. With three original tracks and a cover tune this is a… Continue Reading →

Blood Incantation – Timewave Zero (Century Media)

I’ve most likely touched on it many times before but music for sleep is very important to me. I love putting on Post-Rock, Ambient and even Noise to sleep to, it soothes my soul and means that I can get… Continue Reading →

Vio-Lence – Let the World Burn (Metal Blade)

‘Eternal Nightmare’ and ‘Frolic Through The Park’ were my first foray into Bay Area thrash and still easily in my favourite albums list. Perhaps owing to nostalgia, but also because I really enjoyed them. I could bore or regale you… Continue Reading →

Volcanova – Cosmic Bullshit (The Sign Records)

Some eighteen months ago, should you care to peruse prior reviews on Ave Noctum, I was waxing lyrical on the undoubted virtues of Icelandic three piece Volcanova and their first album ‘Radical Waves’. Ah, eighteen months ago, the heady days… Continue Reading →

Abysmal Dawn – Nightmare Frontier (Season Of Mist)

EPs, demos, whatever you want to call a release these days you can pretty much get away with it. For me though an EP is exactly that an Extended Play, an extension of previous work, or in better circumstances the… Continue Reading →

Mortuary Drape – Wisdom Vibration Repent (Peaceville)

No shortage of “Wisdom” as far as Italian cultists Mortuary Drape are concerned. They have been ushering devotees through the musical veil to the other side of their rotten drape for the best part of 35 years now. Although still… Continue Reading →

Crestfallen Queen – Hall of Maati (Vocem Interiorem Manifestations)

OK here’s something strange in your neighbourhood. A 20-minute E.P, both tracks EXACTLY 10 minutes long. Not 9:52 and 10:05 but both bang on the ten-minute mark. I know that should not effect me as much as it has but as a DJ I spend a lot of my… Continue Reading →

Hanging Garden – Neither Moth Nor Rust (Lifeforce)

Having just released an album last year, the Finnish septet have been keeping themselves busy and are back with this 6-track EP. It’s a far more laid-back affair which at times seems to be showcasing the silences and mellowest of… Continue Reading →

Thanatomania – Kalamität (Sol Records)

Since its inception, the black metal genre has evolved to cover a huge variety of styles, most having little resemblance with the genres origins and many would argue that these newly evolved genres should not even carry the label Black… Continue Reading →

Under The Church – Total Burial (Pulverised Records)

Swedish Death Metal for me is a little like Brazilian Death Metal, I really have to be in the mood to fully appreciate it. Now, don’t get me wrong I’m not saying I don’t like either of these niche subsets,… Continue Reading →

Superlynx – Solstice (Dark Essence)

Covid –19 caused a lot of frustration for musicians. Stuck in lock down, unable to tour to promote recent releases idle hands were often put to the devil’s work. For Oslo’s Superlynx, having recorded Electric Temple their third full length in Summer 2020 they had some… Continue Reading →

Ossuaire – Trimuvirate (Sepulchral Productions)

Despite being a bit of a fan of the Quebec scene, Ossuaire were a name I was only vaguely aware of until this EP dropped in my lap. So nice to round out the year with this. ‘A L’Aube Impur’… Continue Reading →

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