Tag Megadeth
I guess after nearly a decade and a half the editor has a pretty good handle on my musical tastes and when he gave me this to review I wasn’t really sure I wanted to. I guess it had a… Continue Reading →
Before we crack on with this, here’s an author’s note/disclaimer: I’ve never done a sit down, face to face interview for a website before, so putting it bluntly, I was shitting myself all day. From waking up until the… Continue Reading →
Firstly, this is not as I first suspected, a release from the leather lunged air-raid siren vocal chorded singer for hire Mr Owens, rather a release from the resurrected eighties Texan metal heads. That said, first track on ‘Third Witness’… Continue Reading →
Ultra Violence are (for those who are un-initiated) a young Italian bunch of thrash-revivalists, who started out their career with their debut full length ‘Privilege to Overcome’ on the modern thrash pushing label Punishment 18, and now see their 2nd… Continue Reading →
The weak guitar sound fights its way through white noise for the first minute and a half of “Black 13”, but once it breaks out… the magic begins. I later read that the intro was created by Dan the Automator… Continue Reading →
The Boston, Massachusetts band Revocation have been around for a number of years now. I recall first seeing their name in a copy of Terrorizer – probably around the time they started – and being taken with their decidedly old… Continue Reading →
The house lights dimmed – it went dark. We all waited for the start of the inevitable intro tape – there’s ALWAYS an intro tape, and just who were this ‘Sanctuary’ lot anyway? Looks from the name like a bunch… Continue Reading →
It was less than a year ago that I was singing the praises of Finland’s Lost Society, with their debut album being filled as it was with youthful exuberance, neck snapping speeds, tenacious song writing and most importantly – fun…. Continue Reading →
Roarback! A name you’d best get familiar with. These Danish thrashers are only just out of their teens and have released a total banger of a debut album with ‘Echoes Of Pain’. Ave Noctum caught up with vocalist Dennis Ullehus… Continue Reading →
Madonna’s guitarist. Erstwhile member of Prong. Solo musician. Monte Pittman presents his latest album The Power of Three. If you are expecting Madonna style diva pop (and why the hell would you this is Ave Noctum after all) you will… Continue Reading →
I wasn’t expecting much from this bunch of Ukrainian thrashers (who used to be called Hellion but changed to avoid confusion with other acts) but what a surprise they are and this is their fourth full length. Enlisting a couple… Continue Reading →
Faroese Viking hammer-fanciers Týr have ventured forth again from their frozen islands to slay and conquer, this time brandishing a new and mighty weapon – the magic disc Valkyrja. The new creation – forged by Svartelves at Metal Blade following… Continue Reading →