I completely forgot I was meant to be reviewing this. I don’t mean to say that I wasn’t listening to it repeatedly, what I’m saying is that it has such an 80’s thrash sound to it that it was easy… Continue Reading →
Blimey – here’s a blast from the past! I remember buying their second LP ‘Interstellar Experience’ (with its dodgy zombie / scarecrow / Wolverine artwork) from Shades in about 1988. Assassin were a bit different to other German bands of… Continue Reading →
‘Big Teutonic 4’ my arse! There’s only THREE mega successful German thrash bands in my book and that’s Kreator, Sodom and these guys – Destruction. How those beer soaked loons, Tankard, found their way on the ‘Big Teutonic 4’ EPs… Continue Reading →
Swedish thrash power-trio Warfect were formed back in 2003 in Uddevalla. With two EPs to their name, they released their debut effort, ‘Depicting The Macabre’ in late 2009 and since then, have gone on to release another EP and second… Continue Reading →
Back in the day, as in the 1980s, when extreme metal was placing its boots firmly into the metal scene bands like Abysmal Lord would have been snapped up by yours truly as something violent and oozing a blackened septic… Continue Reading →
Thrash in 2015. In a world of suicide bombers, social media linked murder and the tragic plight of the world’s refugees, the day-glo nuclear paranoia and high top sneakers of the 80’s seem a world away. Harlott brings it all… Continue Reading →
If it’s possible to combine the unholy loin fruits of Manowar, Bathory and Destroyer666 into one album – and that’s not even a fraction of the influences I could name here – then let it be remembered that Scythian showed… Continue Reading →
Having had a taster of what these guys from Birmingham could do with their previous demo ‘Hate Legions Ride!’ right here on Ave Noctum earlier this year, I was more than happy to see their debut full length appear on… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Finland and playing a brand of thrash metal which offers no compromises, Axegressor unleash their third full length album entitled “Last” which is a 36-minute slice of intense thrash. With a sound reminiscent of the Teutonic four (Kreator,… Continue Reading →
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