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Insurrection – Exiled To Earth (Tunnelgeur)

Apparently this label is “responsible for underground alternative releases” although they appear to be few and far between. Judging by the presentation of this EP which turned up with a release date of the 22nd December, Tunnelgeur Records put a… Continue Reading →

Majesties – Vast Reaches Unclaimed (20 Buck Spin)

It seems a bit daft stating that you can sometimes actually hear nostalgia but anyone who cut teeth on the emerging melodic death metal scene of Sweden in the mid 90’s will definitely do so on giving Majesties debut album… Continue Reading →

Albums Of The Year 2022

2022 has not been quite the full-on disaster movie of the last few years, aliens have not landed and the dead have not come back to inherit the earth. Whilst one has the feeling of impending doom and these are… Continue Reading →

Arch Enemy – Deceivers (Century Media)

It is hard to believe that it has been 26 years since the melodic death overlords, Arch Enemy, burst onto the scene with the truly legendary ‘Black Earth’ and from that day on they have simply gone from strength to… Continue Reading →

The Damnnation – Way Of Perdition (Soulseller Records)

After listening to this debut album a couple times, I found the vocals very reminiscent of Arch Enemy’s ‘Khaos Legions’. It’s at this point I decided to read the band bio. Formed 3 years ago in São Paulo, Brazil, and… Continue Reading →

Nightrage – Abyss Rising (Despotz Records)

Sometimes it is nice to simply press play on an album and get exactly what you expected, no gimmicks, no trends, just a good old energetic thrashing from start to finish. Nightrage led through thick and thin by Marios Iliopoulos… Continue Reading →

Bryan Eckermann – Plague Bringers (Bonespill Records)

Bryan Eckermann wasn’t a name that was known to me until this came along. Billed as melodeath / black metal, “Plague Bringers” is listed as being for fans of, amongst others, Arch Enemy, Old Mans Child, Hypocrisy, Death, King Diamond,… Continue Reading →

Night Flight Orchestra – Aeromantic II (Nuclear Blast)

“Of all the excellent releases on this list, why have 3 of you picked this?” These are the words (or as close to them as possible anyway) our dear editor/overlord here at Ave Noctum said to me when I requested… Continue Reading →

Age Of Woe – Envenom (Lifeforce Records)

This is a third album by this death metal outfit comprising members that hail from Sweden, Germany and Finland, for a release teeming with creativity. After a quiet intro section on opener ‘Inferno’ the album utilises a fine fade-in technique… Continue Reading →

Iron Flesh – Summoning The Putrid (Great Dane)

“Old skull death metal” from France anyone? The EC Comics inspired artwork is enough to draw anyone into OSDM into the realms of Putrid Flesh and an inverted cross on a tombstone inside the cover with HM 2 written on… Continue Reading →

Dark Tranquillity – Moment (Century Media)

I wait with bated breath every time Dark Tranquillity announce a new album in fear that it will be crap or even worse, boring. As an unabashed fangirl, I know I will love whatever they write, but I desperately want… Continue Reading →

Thirteenth Sign – The Ashes of a Treacherous Silence (S/R)

The first thing I read about this album is that the band defined Queensryche’s 1988 album “Operation: Mindcrime” as the thematic inspiration for it. The second was that Thirteenth Sign are a melodic death / thrash band, with possible appeal… Continue Reading →

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