Tag France
Ni are a French four piece predominantly instrumental band who play a very unique brand of experimental music. With two EP’s under their belt and a reputation for energetic live performances in their native country, Ni are set to unleash… Continue Reading →
This is a French thrash band, although to my mind this isn’t thrash as I would normally categorise as being so. It’s very modern, very nineties and noughties, it has aggressive “core” vocals, a few riffs here and there that… Continue Reading →
Khaos-Dei is a brand new black metal outfit from France who’ve been quietly laying the groundwork for their first release with a bit of secrecy-shrouded and mysterious marketing drip-fed here and there. It’s undeniably French with firmly nationalist undertones even… Continue Reading →
Klone are a constantly evolving six piece from Poitiers, France who made their debut 12 years ago. In that time, the band has drifted away from its metal roots to a more progressive, ethereal sounding vintage rock band with some… Continue Reading →
GhUSa hail from France and have been treading the boards of the extreme metal underground since forming in 1989. However they only have one full length album to their name (2006’s ‘Letter to my Son’(s)’), and a number of Eps… Continue Reading →
‘Blind…But Alive’ is the third full length album by this French quintet based in Paris and I must admit that this is the first time I’ve ever seen this many guest artists featured on an album I’ve reviewed. Namely Cyd… Continue Reading →
French progressive power metallers Anthropia have set their sights on a lofty target with this release. A concept album based on the Cthulhu mythos and all things Lovecraftian certainly spells ambition and roping in Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame,… Continue Reading →
France. Not the first place to that leaps to mind when you think of brutal music. Not sure why though….. The French gave us some amazingly brutal movies like ‘Inside’, ‘Frontier(s)’, ‘Vivide’ & of course ‘Martyrs’….. but musically all that… Continue Reading →
We already know that French black metal bands hold convention in low regard. But these days, if it’s French, it must not only be good, but pushing so many boundaries it’s halfway to the Baltics. At least that’s pretty much… Continue Reading →
Frost bitten French ritualists Nyseius are on their second album now after the last one, more or less an extended EP, introduced the band with a nice icy blast onto the scene. But it’s been years since that album was… Continue Reading →
Remember the two instrumental prelude tracks on Cult of Luna’s ‘Eternal Kingdom’ – ‘Österbotten’ and ‘Ugín’? Remember the deep seated sense of anxiety they induced, by bolstering already dark and sinister sounding music with choking, dread filled atmosphere? Imagine if… Continue Reading →
In my reviewing capacity for Ave Noctum, I’ve delved quite a bit into the lengthy and complex areas of progressive extreme metal. This time round I felt that a swift and icy kick of hate-filled, no frills black metal would… Continue Reading →