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It’s always hard to do justice in writing to something that should be listened to – I ought to know as I spend my time doing it – so I commend Kosmodome’s stiff attempt to describe their own music: “Kosmodome’s… Continue Reading →
I often ponder the madness of subgenres and micro genres in music. I love to discuss and argue them with my son in law George who also writes for Ave Noctum. A blastbeat paired with a sub drop in a… Continue Reading →
What do we have here? A new Earth Ship record. The first one after six years of silence, the first one to follow six previous releases, six releases which established the band as an outfit to be taken seriously. Why… Continue Reading →
When it comes to art, very little is new. Yes, occasionally a new bit of technology comes along to allow a brief semblance of uniqueness, but then everyone jumps on the bandwagon and what was fresh and sparkling quickly becomes… Continue Reading →
The golden age of Westerns is long gone, but the fans of the genre have not died out yet, and, getting older, they are fondly looking back to a time when things were slower, simpler and clearer cut, both in… Continue Reading →
I admit to dithering with this one as these Norse non-conformists have thrown a bit of a curveball at us and it is an album that needs a little deciphering to get to grips with. One thing I did know… Continue Reading →
‘Giallo’, noun. A genre of Italian cinema of murder mystery fiction that often contains slasher, thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and less frequently, supernatural horror elements with a heyday from the late nineteen sixties to mid nineteen seventies. As starts to… 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 →
Romanticism, deathlike fantasies and world collapse – such are the images presented to us of death metal band Nokturnal from Indonesia. The horror element which is paraded conjures up Tribulation, to whose fans Nokturnal are said to appeal. In truth,… Continue Reading →
Heavy Temple is a band that I’ve been hoping to see live for quite some time now, but have yet to do so. As well as really enjoying their prior releases (see Ave Noctum passim), vocalist High Priestess Nighthawk has… Continue Reading →
Almost There may be a debut album and Livgone a new band, but the people behind this project are anything but newbies, and that shows in numerous aspects of this LP, which turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Drawn… Continue Reading →
Fittingly, given the weird and wonderful musical year I’ve had since I started writing for Ave Noctum, my last review of 2023 is as beautiful, weird and gloriously mad as they come. I try to come to new music with… Continue Reading →