Tag France
This is the third album from French deathcore crew Deep in Hate, and my first taste of their sound. Forming in 2004, they apparently started out as a straight up death metal band with grind influences, before the call of… Continue Reading →
“It’s like village music” was the comment from the other end of the room where I was listening to this album. For sure “La Pèira Negra” sounds like a group of people have gathered with their multitude of mediaeval and… Continue Reading →
Fucked up French black metal is virtually par for the course for this nation, when it comes to wreaking havoc on the unsuspected listener and Neige Morte do just that with their second full length. This is not easy music… Continue Reading →
Formed in Angers, France, in 1999, Arcania spent ten years and a few line up changes (some enforced) and a handful of EPs before they released their debut offering “Sweet Angel Dust” in 2010. Four years later, the four-piece re-emerge… Continue Reading →
France’s Nightmare are no strangers to the Metal scene. In the early 80’s they released two commendable albums on Ebony in a NWOBHM (or WOFHM if you prefer…) style as good as anything else on the Yorkshire-based label at… Continue Reading →
I’ve been sucked into the aromas of this Paris-based band of North African origin since I heard their album Hilal (2008). Harsh death metal combines with Arabic rhythms and instruments. The process was fine-tuned on their follow-up album “Salam” (2011)…. Continue Reading →
Not too long ago, on these very pages, I reviewed a self titled release from France’s own Oruga, designed by the label to be a premonition of what was to come (see original review here: http://www.avenoctum.com/2013/12/oruga-oruga-apathia-records/). As a taster,… Continue Reading →
If it’s French and it’s black metal then it is bound to be strange, weird or even plain bizarre and whilst not as bizarre as some French black metal beasts out there it’s close enough to bamboozle the listener with… Continue Reading →
Prepare to enter the madness of Yugal, it will twist your mind, bend your consciousness and steal your soul. Sounds like some sort of whacked out B-Movie but no, Yugal are a French band who are releasing their second EP… Continue Reading →
Encountering Caïnan Dawn reminds me of the old ways. Obtain a record on the strength of a recommendation/ review/ nice cover. Get the bus home. Stick it on. Worry that it’s a bit shit. Feel a bit regretful because it… Continue Reading →
This is a throne I have sat on before as previous album ‘Yearning’ and EP ‘Ferd’ found their way to me and caught my attention a few years ago. Aurvandil are a duo from Normandy France and take their name… Continue Reading →
Reinvented electronic metal is the description I read about the music of this band from France. Essentially this is lively modern metal with tributes paid to Meshuggah, Textures and unsurprisingly Oestre’s compatriots Gojira and Hacride. Industrial noises, thunderous roars and… Continue Reading →