Tag Rammstein
Everything about this one looked a little on the strange side but we like it when that happens and we have something to decipher. The artwork hints at some sort of post-apocalyptic future, the band name is frankly odd although… Continue Reading →
Singing along happily to “The Day You’re Gonna Die” and generally protesting about anything and everything may not sound like the recipe to a memorable work, but Sic Zone come at this album from an interesting angle. It would be… Continue Reading →
I expected nothing less than twelve monstrously dark electronic metal tracks from this band, who could broadly be seen as a French equivalent of Wumpscut. Maybe they are, maybe they’re not that but they do have a cult status and… Continue Reading →
Saltatio Mortis are rather well described in an excellent review of their recent live album by Gizmo elsewhere on Ave Noctum so really it would save a lot of time and effort if you could all read that review first… Continue Reading →
I’ve reached the time of life where Bosch is a brand of washing machine from Germany, not the name of an electronic metal band from the same country. The title “Apparat”, which means “appliance” doesn’t help to allay my preconception…. Continue Reading →
Alcohol can be a terrible thing. It seemed like such a good idea at the time. It was like it was sat there, lonely, on the shelf at Ave Noctum HQ, cold, shivering and unclaimed – The new Gothminister album…. Continue Reading →
Any band with a name like this is either aiming to be taken light heartedly or just plain doesn’t give a shit what people feel about them. I can’t imagine ever wearing a shirt with Dick Tator on the front,… Continue Reading →
Here’s album number 4 from the Wolfskult gang from Germany and their brand of heavy folk-pagan metal. In fact “Guten Tag” seems like a continuation of “Wolfskult” (2011). At least the setting seems to be the same: a bunch of… Continue Reading →
Nachtblut, as you might imagine from the name, are of Germanic origin. Translated into English, “Nightblood” doesn’t quite sound the same. Like a number of other bands, notably Rammstein, they make best use of the expressiveness and harshness of the… Continue Reading →
The concept of this album is intriguing. All indications were that this was not going to be some straight laced piece of music. I was right. Features a cover picture of manic monkeys, “Bananas” is on the face and hard-hitting… Continue Reading →