Tag Gnaw Their Tongues
More ambient/noise at Ave Noctum? Indeed. At first unlikely bedfellows, the more you think on it, the smaller the step between a great deal of the atmospheric/depressive black metal and true dark ambient/noise. In fact when you think of artists… Continue Reading →
Ambient/noise stuff is an odd thing to review as you’re very much asking the question “what is this for….?” Is this mood music, a story, a film without images, a background soundscape? What exactly is it? Not sure I’m going… Continue Reading →
‘ The Roots Of This Earth Within Your Blood,’ the remarkable second album from Irish mist weavers From The Bogs Of Aughiska is a dark, frightening and compelling ambient work and one that had coils within coils. So given the… Continue Reading →
Ah, now this is dark ambient indeed. Irish duo From The Bogs Of Aughiska continue their soul felt exploration of natural and rural Ireland with their second album, the follow up to their self titled debut. It is a slow,… Continue Reading →
Melencolia Estatica’s album Hel, inspired by Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis with its imaginative and talented mix of modern, harsh and complex black metal with a broad use of vocals was one of 2012’s musical highlights for me. Masterminded and… Continue Reading →
It would appear that Russian ambient black practitioners of very dark arts Karna are no more. This is a shame as they released some excellent albums such as the excellent Raven (2006). It is not the last of them you… Continue Reading →
It figures that on their website Alkerdeel have posted an album preview to a visual scene from Belgian horror film Calvaire (reviewed elsewhere on this site). This Belgian lot have made a point of noting that this release is in… Continue Reading →