Tag Tool
Klone are a constantly evolving six piece from Poitiers, France who made their debut 12 years ago. In that time, the band has drifted away from its metal roots to a more progressive, ethereal sounding vintage rock band with some… Continue Reading →
Iris Divine are a trio who hail from Northern Virginia. This might surprise many of you who listen to them because there is so much going on at times, it is a wonder how just three men could perform what… Continue Reading →
When the charismatic and often enigmatic and insane Peter Dolving left The Haunted, many wondered what his next musical venture would be. After a series of spoken word pieces, Dolving decided to move back into rock and metal again, this… Continue Reading →
Thanks to UK Metallers Xerath’s consistent live work it appears that I am one of the few Ave Noctum scribes to be unfamiliar with the band. So why, therefore does it fall upon me to review their imaginatively titled… Continue Reading →
Auckland instrumental three-piece Kerretta have been slinging their unique brand of dark experimental rock since 2006 and the newest release Pirohia continues the work which the band are known for – creating a vast sonic landscape with moments of beauty… Continue Reading →
This half-hour dip into the doom-soaked, post-metal world of Anglo-Irish upstarts Raum Kingdom provides us with a brief glimpse of their combined passions for the music of Tool and Cult Of Luna. Much of the EP here is reliant on… Continue Reading →
Finnish bands often do melody very well, and this debut album from Star Insight, who have been around since 2005, is no exception. As this driving force of an album got going, I quickly realised that “Messera” is an amalgam… Continue Reading →
Postcore, postrock, postman, postcrete. What is all this post stuff? It is one genre prefix (should that be post fix?) that I don’t get. Post Core is how Memories of A Deadman are described . Not to be confused with Theory… Continue Reading →
To be honest, I really wasn’t expecting much from this album. I listened to a couple songs they had uploaded to YouTube while waiting for the CD to arrive. Thankfully I’ve been pleasantly surprised, as it is so much better… Continue Reading →
Never Awake are a progressive metal band from Portland, Oregon who have been slinging their complicated and highly technical musical styling’s in the north west of America since 2011. They’ve already got one EP out (self titled) and they have… Continue Reading →
Hailing from Athens, the birthplace of philosophy comes Mother of Millions, a 5-piece progressive metal act who certainly provoke a lot of thought when you listen to them. Formed in 2008 and including members from one of Greece’s finest progressive… Continue Reading →
This third full-length album, following “The Wisdom Machine” and “Siamese God”, from the Greek quintet Need displays a complex grasp of 70s and contemporary prog metal. It comes spring-loaded with flighty melodic threads à la Dream Theater and Fates Warning…. Continue Reading →