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It always makes an album just a little more intriguing when outlets, reviewers and even record companies fail to agree on the actual musical style of a band. And these descriptions can vary quite a lot. Case in point is… Continue Reading →
Brume (pronounced broom, like witches’ favourite means of transport) are a doom metal/rock quartet from San Francisco, California. In their music, they blend doom, goth, indie rock and a dash of psychedelia. This is my first encounter with them, but… Continue Reading →
I’m not the resident stoner rock/metal expert here at Ave Noctum (we have two gentlemen who could compete for that title), but every now and then, for the sake of change, I do like to listen to meaty guitar riffs… Continue Reading →
Restless Spirit, the Long Island, NY trio find themselves delving into punchier territory on album number three, “Afterimage”. Tragedy and personal loss planted the seeds for Paul Aloisio’s vision for the LP. His own pain and experience has been laid… Continue Reading →
Referring to Swedish power-trio Domkraft as “psychedelic Warlords” is not too wide of the mark. Indeed, on their fourth “Sonic Attack,” it’s evident that this is no gentle trip for aging old hippies to comfortably smoke a blunt to and… Continue Reading →
I’m a bit late reviewing this which means that I naturally went and read what the usual suspects have already written about the release at hand before writing my own review. None of my fellow scribes mention what I thought… Continue Reading →
I have a strange and turbulent relationship with Prog. Well, I say turbulent but it is more of a Push- ME Pull- You llama of an affair. One half of me despises the over blown and indulgence of the genre whilst the less “angry… Continue Reading →
Besvärjelsen hail from Stockholm, Sweden, a country which has a rich musical history and a knack for churning out some high-quality bands across many genres of music. Typically touted as a stoner/doom/occult rock style band, the five piece has their… Continue Reading →