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Heavy. Or as Neil from the Young Ones would say Heaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey ! Doom/Death bands are not known for being prolific when it comes to output so the fact that this is the Florida bands third album in four years may have a… Continue Reading →
When you list the classic Death Metal acts of old you probably think Morbid Angel, Deicide, Obituary, Death etc. Yet there is a sort of sub level to that, Possessed, Immolation, and our subject for today the mighty Massacre! I… Continue Reading →
When it comes to atmospheric black metal, you will not go far wrong with this latest offering from a trio from across the pond. Noltem have been in existence since 2003, apart from a break between 2007 and 2015, and… Continue Reading →
Well Ave Noctum were invited to review this by some weird toad worshipping cult. So, for some reason I ended up with it. Ribbit. Go figure. So, a two track twenty odd minute bit of toad worship huh? No, I… Continue Reading →
Winter is coming, you can feel it creaking and crackling just over the horizon like a pensioner who’s slipped on the ice. Its icy tendrils are starting to slip inside your warm carcass, stroking your cosy innards in a fiery… Continue Reading →
The cover for the album at hand might look like there is some folky black metal hiding beneath it, but that’s not what you will find here. What is it then? Well, those who have been following alternative and underground… Continue Reading →
This album is a “thematic quest for transcendence” is about the “consequence of being”, so plenty to get our teeth into there. Reaping Asmodeia isn’t a band I knew about previously but I have established that they have been in… Continue Reading →
Bleak, minimalist, sparse, cold and vast, just some of the words that come to mind when describing Oakland’s Kowloon Walled City who return with this, their first album in over six years. I must admit, straight out of the gate,… Continue Reading →
Trouble is a band that I have a very long relationship with, well over thirty-five years and counting (I have tickets to their 2022 Glasgow show pinned to a board in my living room, even though I don’t even know… Continue Reading →
If I remember rightly, Alda were meant to be in the UK at the moment, touring with Panopticon and Winterfylleth. That mouthwatering line up was set to be one of the gigs of the year, not least because it would… Continue Reading →
I’ve had this conversation with other Metalheads before, but do you ever get the feeling that nothing surprises you any more? I certainly do, don’t get me wrong I still find bands I really like but I’m always a little… Continue Reading →
Warning, rant coming! I don’t know about you but one thing that has been really galling over the last couple of pandemic clad years is the constant bilious propaganda being bombarded out by those in a privileged position, musicians in… Continue Reading →