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Make no mistake, Autumnal angst and anguish are definitely setting in. Looking at what is left on the review list in front of me, there is one constant and it sure ain’t happiness. So I first turn to Rome a… Continue Reading →
This German act came across my radar more or less at the same time that I discovered compatriots Imperium Dekadenz in 2010 when both bands released their third albums. There was something very special and epic about both bands that… Continue Reading →
A state of nothingness for 13 years and then two albums delivered within the space of just one. For whatever reason Australian musos Mitchell Keepin and Tim Yatras found the necessary spark to resurrect Austere, I’m sure nobody is complaining…. Continue Reading →
We’re told in no uncertain terms that The Moor’s music is for fans of Gojira, Katatonia, Evergrey, Dark Tranquillity and Soilwork, with the added information that Messrs Stanne and Strid from these latter two bands have collaborated with them. The… Continue Reading →
Sweden meets York on this debut album from Helga. “Wrapped in Mist” passes through the lands of Swedish folk and progressive metal, with post-rock, black metal, pop and some cellos and violins thrown in. A haunting female voice precedes a… Continue Reading →
It was back in 2020 that I reviewed a pair of great E.P.s from Cork, Ireland’s “The Grief”, at which point I gave them a collected 8.5 out of 10. Well, it’s three years later and the lads from the… Continue Reading →
From simply the cover of this new album by David Mako’s The Devil’s Trade project it is clear there are changes afoot. Gone are the stark line drawings and clear titles, instead (appropriately enough considering the label) we get a… Continue Reading →
The very title of this album points to melancholy. The suggestion here was something dark and light, and maybe deep, and hints in style of bands like Swallow the Sun, Katatonia and Novembre. My reaction when I saw mention of… Continue Reading →
If you trawl the Ave Noctum archives then you will come across my review of this bands second album ‘Black Drapes For Tomorrow’ which I absolutely adored and still do as this unique Italian metal band often defies categorisation even… Continue Reading →
Ah, another ‘band I’ve been aware of but not really engaged with’ time. Fear and Trembling (so says Google) and apparently pagan black metal. My experience of Trollzorn bands is that they dont tend to sign yer actual bestial bm… Continue Reading →
The owls have been beaming their strange and disturbing smile at us now for five years and by chance, luck, or providence I have been with them since their debut album Desolation. I have seen this curiously monikered project of… Continue Reading →
Quite clearly US doom-death ghouls Temple Of Void are hellbent on plunging you, the unfortunate listener, into a miasmic cauldron of scathing riffs, hideous atmospherics and a sound as abyssal as anything you’re likely to hear in this genre. The… Continue Reading →