Tag Thin Lizzy
Lancashire’s Traditional Hard Rock / Metal heroes return with this, their 4th album. I’ve now reviewed each of their releases, and I’ve been a huge fan of their knack of writing classic, timeless tunes that have a way of worming… Continue Reading →
This is the US trio’s third album, along the way I have seen this band grow in stature considerably. During the pandemic, they released a multitude of 7-inch singles that were compiled into a CD release. Thus, ‘Outsider’ represents 8… Continue Reading →
As 2022 turned to 2023, doubtless there were any number of resolutions made to turn over a new leaf, start new ways, and try new things. Now that it is several weeks into the new year, many of those resolutions… Continue Reading →
Right I’m not going to bullshit you and pretend that I am completely au fait with the current UK punk scene. In fact even back in time I lived in one of those truly shitty English small towns where tribes… Continue Reading →
The covers album…they’re strange things. For me they spark an interest, not just for the way a band covers a song but the actual song selection. Obvious classic tracks or a deeper cut? Stay true to the original or put… Continue Reading →
It’s back to bygone dusty trails of West Virginia, the country roads of which John Denver once put into musical verse when he yearned a return. We wanted one too as it has been seven years since Nechochwen (and amazingly… Continue Reading →
For no less than 32 years now Kirk Windstein has been leading Crowbar into battle, armed with a sonic arsenal of weaponised riffs that can crush concrete into dust. As such, when their impending twelfth album ‘Zero and Below’ arrived… Continue Reading →
If you’ve ever had the dubious pleasure of bumping into me, whilst my age is apparent, what is not immediately obvious is that my education was quite posh, well, as posh as you could manage living in Manchester in the… Continue Reading →
Longevity is not something that Rock music was originally founded on, with established musical forms, and the establishment itself turning up their collective noses and dismissing what was new. As that sound continued beyond all initial estimations of demise, well,… Continue Reading →
As long-time readers will know, Ave Noctum likes not just to provide state-of-the-art reviews of all things short, nasty and brutish (and that is just the reviewers), but also to ensure that our mission of education is met. Therefore, for… Continue Reading →
Speed Prog. There is a two-word review for you. A concise and to the point critique of these Motor City rockers. The whip cracking Editor Commander Woods demands more bang for his non-existent buck so I will endeavour to extrapolate further. White Magician are… Continue Reading →
You’ve got to hand it to Wytch Hazel, they’re pretty bloody prolific. This is this their third full length album since 2016, and therefore you might be wondering if the retro-rock/metal UK outfit might be exhausting their well of ideas…. Continue Reading →