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So, Cirith Ungol fans. New album. Off you go, pre-order it. You know you want to and it will not disappoint. Right, have they gone? Good. You see as a long term fan of this genuinely unique band there is… Continue Reading →
I imagine that like many folks who visit Ave Noctum, I would not describe myself as much of a Country music fan. The main reason is that the majority of music given that title that the public gets exposed to… Continue Reading →
There doesn’t seem to be any definitive answer regarding what happened to Jex Thoth who have been mysteriously silent now for a decade. Vanishing Kids who have been active for six albums have two ex-members of the band in their… Continue Reading →
I’m always more than happy to get Ruined by Krieg. First encounter at the beginning of the century with the likes of ‘Black Church’ EP and ‘Destruction Ritual’ were certainly harrowing and I have followed studio output since then as… Continue Reading →
I’m sitting here at the end of the garden on a misty, damp, grey looking morning pontificating on starting this review and wondering why I put my hand up for it. I know exactly why and it’s not a hard… Continue Reading →
Wolves in the Throne Room are a band I’ve had a long fascination with owing to them being the first atmospheric black metal act to pass my ears and were among the first left wing bands from the ever-expanding black… Continue Reading →
Restless Spirit, the Long Island, NY trio find themselves delving into punchier territory on album number three, “Afterimage”. Tragedy and personal loss planted the seeds for Paul Aloisio’s vision for the LP. His own pain and experience has been laid… Continue Reading →
The last time I got to write about Prong here was in 2017 when the band released ‘Zero Days’, an album which was packed from start to finish with fantastic tracks and for me, was the best album the band… Continue Reading →
There probably couldn’t have been a more appropriate album to review for Ave Noctum than this which is my 666th album review for the site. This is the second time I’ve reviewed a Ruin Lust album with the first being… Continue Reading →
Having been around since 2006, Harms Way seem to have bypassed me in much the same way as life seems to do these days, just in the outer reaches of my peripheral vision, things happen, birds swoop, cars drive by,… Continue Reading →
Are there any death metal bands or metal bands in general that have consistently released one brutal album after the other without any compromise? I can name a few but not many that have been in existence for the same… Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since my part of the world saw any considerable amount of snow. About 10 years, I think. And if I remember correctly, it’s more than 20 years that my street was snowed in overnight and that… Continue Reading →