Tag Ulver
Here at Ave Noctum we have the pleasure to swim in very creative waters. Quite a few of the artist’s we feature see and manage the visuals and music as a whole but not many quite like The Osiris… Continue Reading →
This is a throne I have sat on before as previous album ‘Yearning’ and EP ‘Ferd’ found their way to me and caught my attention a few years ago. Aurvandil are a duo from Normandy France and take their name… Continue Reading →
Oh hell. There are some times your role sucks and this is one of mine. The problem comes when you get an album to review from a respected record company, with the PR sheet waxing lyrical and philosophical and great… Continue Reading →
This is a partnership that works better on paper than it does in practice – given the fruitful marriage of Sunn O)))’s collaboration with Boris, the idea of them working alongside Ulver, a band that matches Sunn O))) in innovation… Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of their debut album ‘Till Stilla Falla’ (which I reviewed here slightly less than a year ago) come’s Stilla’s second album of eclectic black metal greatness. Hailing from Sweden and with members of Armagedda, Deranged and… Continue Reading →
Ekove Efrits along with Silent Path are projects conceived by Iranian ‘Count De Efrit,’ or Saman N. I am not entirely sure if he operates from within Iran and if he does I am sure a certain amount of ambiguity… Continue Reading →
Ulver’s 1996 album ‘Kveldsanger’ has a lot to answer for if you ask me. By the mid-nineties, the concept of black metal bands adding delicate acoustic interludes or introductions to their albums was nothing new, artists quickly cottoning onto the… Continue Reading →
One thing that was rather a big surprise was to find out that Solefald were not only going to play their first dates since 1998 but also they were going to kick off the ‘Fire Walks With Me’ Tour alongside… Continue Reading →
Darkenhöld, although relative newcomers to the scene are no slouches when it comes to releasing material, already having 3 split albums and now two full length releases under their belts since their inception in 2008, bringing us to present day… Continue Reading →
And so, the much-awaited final instalment in Blut Aus Nord’s ambitious ‘777’ triptych has finally arrived and hotly anticipated it has been chez-Allain. I’d felt for some time now that the band had been treading water a little since 2004’s… Continue Reading →
Everly, Jackson, Gibb, Allman, Gallagher, Cavalera; I could go on but you should have joined the dots by now. Adding to that list of Bros in bands we now have the Von Hertzen’s who we are informed are the ‘wild… Continue Reading →