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A new name? Yes! A new band? Most certainly not! This collective of three ladies and one gent from Brighton were originally conceived in 2008 under the name Birdeatsbaby. We have been singing their praises for quite some time and… Continue Reading →
Eighth album. Eight. Seventeen, eighteen years. First album for four though; a statistic that is oh so prevalent. The plague years. Some descended into denial and conspiracies during the laying of that strata, some stood face to face with the… Continue Reading →
Time sure does fly and I can hardly believe it has apparently been a decade since we last covered a release by electro mayhem mutants Junkie Kut. That was EP Rebirth and I ended that review saying a new album… Continue Reading →
Solitary are a four piece thrash band from Preston, an unassuming part of Lancashire which sits on the banks of the Ribble river and in terms of music, it is most famous for giving us the UK thrash titans Xentrix…. Continue Reading →
This is the debut album release from London based Epic Heavy Metal band who started with the very solid foundation of ‘Sacrifice Doth Call’ EP. With lyrics of valour and fighting through time and extension to basic Greek mythology. With… Continue Reading →
Well I’m a bit confounded about all this and the information provided on this band inviting us to their ‘Days Of Darkness’. Yes, language wise everything is in German but we are told they were founded in London. Fair enough… Continue Reading →
I first got dragged into the world of UK band Forlorn Hope via the live arena (always a good sign) and their thoroughly enjoyable live performances. Sadly being ‘between live drummers’ those are currently curtailed but following on from their… Continue Reading →
It’s always nice exploring new music in the process of writing reviews for a site like Ave Noctum, but in my experience, it’s even more fun when said new music comes from a band you’ve been meaning to check out… Continue Reading →
Blackpool is a seaside resort town in the Northwest of Lancashire renowned for its annual lighting arrangements known locally as ‘Blackpool Illuminations’ or ‘The Blackpool Lights’, and it also is home to an amusement park and the famous ‘Blackpool Tower’…. Continue Reading →
Barbarian Hermit is a band I’m pretty familiar with, my last purchase of their material being the 2021 reissue of the EP ‘One’, although at a 45 minute plus run time across the seven tracks I’m not sure why it’s… Continue Reading →
A new black metal project by multi-instrumentalist Tom O’Dell of UK power metallers Battle Born, this kind of piqued my interest by the traditional means of a kind of title reminiscent of many old black metal albums somehow. Neat cover,… Continue Reading →
Forty-plus years in music can see entire genres and scenes be born, reach fruition, gain mainstream success and then retreat back into obscurity or, rarely, disappear entirely. It’s also a period of time in which you’d expect a legendary band… Continue Reading →