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Xalpen – The Curse Of Kwányep (Black Lodge)

It’s off to South America and Santiago Chile to be exact. Here we find dark practitioners Xalpen raising a blackened storm and invoking “undead magik of the Ancient Shamans, for the glory of the Dark Gods of Chaos!” There’s plenty… Continue Reading →

Rexoria – Imperial Dawn (Black Lodge)

Swedish Melodic Heavy Metal band Rexoria are actually no strangers to the scene. With a consistent line-up since their inception back in 2016 “Imperial Dawn” is their third release on three different record labels. Each album has seen the band… Continue Reading →

Urferd – Resan (Black Lodge)

Urferd are a new project from Sweden brought to life by Daniel Beckman (Twilight Force, Ages). For the multi-instrumentalist, debut album Resan marks the beginning of a new musical path, going beyond the genres he has been active in so… Continue Reading →

Siniestro – Vortexx (Black Lodge)

A lot of bands who promise a mix of Black, Death, Punk etc are generally atonal and dull. So why would I want to review such a band? Well because what if it isn’t like that? What if it really… Continue Reading →

Astrakhan – Slow Ride Towards Death (Black Lodge)

With a style described as dark cinematic progressive rock. Astrakhan from Sweden are regarded as treading a path between Opeth and Pink Floyd. This is their third album release. I’d read that singer Alexander Lycke had a stunning voice, and… Continue Reading →

Eleine – Dancing In Hell (Black Lodge)

It’s all looking rather dark in the Symphonic Metal world of Eleine. Granted this Swedish band have never been renowned for their sunny disposition, but from the opening crashing down-tuned chord on “Dancing In Hell” it’s clear that we are… Continue Reading →

Bombs Of Hades – Phantom Bell (Black Lodge)

If dirty, crusty, death n roll is your thing look no further. These Swedes have been together since 2002 and between them have an incredible number of bands under their collective bullet belts with Guitarist and vocalist Jonas Stallhammer still… Continue Reading →

Scarab – Martyrs Of The Storm (Black Lodge)

I ended up with this as a bit of a surprise if I’m honest. A nice one though as I caught Scarab live at Warhorns Festival in 2016 and really enjoyed their performance. Enough to buy an album. For the… Continue Reading →

Misery Loves Co – Zero (Black Lodge)

Happy? / Sad? Well you can be both now as these Swedish miserabilists are back and they are looking for company. Took them long enough though, 19 years since last album Your Vision Was Never Mine To Share back in… Continue Reading →

Wormwood – Nattarvet (Black Lodge)

Now OK, I’m not the usual go-to-guy for Black Metal bands on Ave Noctum. I think many of my fellow writers would possibly go so far as to state that I’m not really even on the list of go-to-guys-and-gals…and admittedly,… Continue Reading →

Interview – Mysticum

This interview was originally conducted for Iron Fist Magazine which is now out and available in all good newsagents and online. Check out the link at the bottom and grab a copy of the most unadulterated metal mag you will… Continue Reading →

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