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I wasn’t so much as rather taken with Sturmtiger’s blistering take on blackened death metal on Atomic Hammer, as pulverised as it rolled over me unconcerned with what I thought. So, flattened but still enthusiastic I was really pleased when… Continue Reading →
Further enforcing the notion that the UK currently has one of the strongest black metal scenes in the world are Swansea-based trio Ghast. This band has failed to get the media attention they deserve with debut ‘May the Curse Bind’… Continue Reading →
My introduction to The King is Blind was their ‘Bleeding the Ascension’ demo which the band very kindly gave away free on their bandcamp page a few months ago, and I was sucked in by their threatening rumble from the… Continue Reading →
There is no denying that Steve Bastado aka Steve (Speed Machine) Redman has led one hell of an interesting life. He probably has the scars to prove it and he definitely has the tattoos. He was in both the Magic… 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 →
Ave Noctum’s Mark Eve recently caught up with Destroyer, bass player for UKBM war machine, Eastern Front for a quick chat about the stonking new record – ‘Descent Into Genocide’ AN: What have people’s responses to the new album been… Continue Reading →
Recently released and recently blown many pairs of speakers, ‘Of Things Seen & Unseen’ is a real game changer for London based doom outfit Serpent Venom. I feel especially motivated by the genuine urgency of this release having been a… Continue Reading →
The sun is beaming down on my shiny dome and I am wishing I was cruising to the beach instead of on my lunch break. This is not helped by Grifter who provide the perfect soundtrack to a late summer… Continue Reading →
With a name like Steak, you’d have to imagine this band would be pretty tasty right? The four piece stoner outfit hailing from London have already released two EP’s with fantastic comic artwork and they keep the theme up on… Continue Reading →
Witch Charmer first came to my attention with their self-released 2013 ‘Euphoric Curse’ EP, being one of a positive slew of new bands willing to nail colours to the mast of the good ship retro revival. 2014 sees them upping… Continue Reading →
With just two tracks making up this album, and the only vocals being the apocalyptic sample of mankind’s destruction that opens the proceedings, Space Witch have really set a challenge for their listeners in this eponymous debut album. I’m not… Continue Reading →
It’s been almost four years since debut album ‘Blood On Snow’ was unleashed and we have been looking forward to new material from this English troop formed in Ipswich for some time. One of the reasons it has taken a… Continue Reading →