Your No. 1 Source For Extreme And Atmospheric Music And Film.

Tag Dark Metal

Mord ‘A’ Stigmata – Like Ants and Snakes (Pagan Records)

If you like a diet of blackened metal, Mord A Stigmata will do nicely. They’ve been doing it for a while too, going back to the mid 00s, since when this Polish band has released six full albums including the… Continue Reading →

Mercury Circle – Killing Moons (Noble Demon)

When I first put on this album, the weather had just turned, gone were the last days of summer, and autumn could be truly felt and seen in the miserable skies and wet days, making this forlorn and bleak album… Continue Reading →

De Arma – Strayed In Shadows (Trollmusic)

The duo behind De Arma that is A Petterson and J Marklund are responsible for so many great bands between them and De Arma is not the only one they have collaborated on either. Armagedda, Bergraven, Saiva, Stilla, Sorgeldom, Whirling… Continue Reading →

Dreams In Fragments – When Echoes Fade (Boersma Records)

This is actually Dreams In Fragments’ second release – their debut appearing back in 2019…which I was completely unaware of, sorry. However, that does mean that I can enjoy this latest Dark Symphonic Metal release by a relatively new Swiss… Continue Reading →

Lake Of Tears – Ominous (AFM)

Label-defying, genre-mashing Metal band Lake Of Tears have been quiet since “Illwill” way back in 2011 – but then 9 albums over a period of almost 30 years isn’t the most hastened of workloads. But in that time over those… Continue Reading →

Stråle – Bourbon Souls (FDA Records)

It might come as a surprise to those who frequent the hallowed pages of Ave Noctum to see yours truly doing a review for a band on F.D.A, a renowned Death Metal label. Not least myself. But as the description… Continue Reading →

Blaze Of Perdition – The Harrowing Of Hearts (Metal Blade)

This posed a question, is it better to hear new material on album first or live? Having caught Polish act Blaze Of Perdition a couple of months ago and noted that their song-craft would probably make more sense if allowed… Continue Reading →

Dark Matter – Nebula To Black Hole (My Kingdom Music)

Well 2020 is getting off to a really strange start. While Dark Matter appears to be a band from Tehran, Iran, the album contains 8 tracks featuring 15 artists from 10 countries along with members Aria Moghaddam on guitar, vocals… Continue Reading →

Bethlehem – Lebe Dich Leer (Prophecy)

1991 The year of Bethlehem’s inception. Since then they have released a plethora of LP’s, splits and EPs. The style within those recordings has whipped between DSBM, Industrial, Black Metal and the outright weird. In 2016 the present incarnation with… Continue Reading →

Tor Marrock – The Concept Of Self (Black Vulture Records)

I think it is fair to say that I have been enjoying the dark, delicious delights of Welsh band Tor Marrock pretty much since inception. They have now delivered three albums and I have caught them at a few shows,… Continue Reading →

SepticFlesh – Codex Omega (Season of Mist)

The problem with reviewing a new SepticFlesh album is expectation and having to pick it apart. As in, I have to be objective and meticulous and point out what could’ve been done to make things better. For example, is the… Continue Reading →

Ecnephias – The Sad Wonder Of The Sun (My Kingdom Music)

‘The Sad Wonder Of The Sun’ is the sixth album by the this Italian quintet from Potenza and the second time I get to review them, first time being their self-titled release 2 years ago. Their dark wave inspired Gothic… Continue Reading →

« Older posts

© 2024 Ave Noctum — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑