https://youtu.be/blLXo5vVrGU Band info Band: Verstige Album: ‘Urban Thoughts‘ Released: 1st of March, 2025 Genre: Ambient Location: Switzerland Review Dense atmospheric synth textures floating around silent screams venturing into the black void of dark midnight suburbia. This might be one possible description of this ambient synth EP delivered to us by an artist working under the […]
Ulltisol – Mirror Aura (Official video, 2025) | Entheogenic black metal
Video link Band info Band: Ulltisol Song: “Mirror Aura” Released: May 20th, 2025 Genre: entheogenic rock, metal, folk Location: Canada Review The champions of antifascist entheogenic black metal are back, thankfully, with a new release called ‘Wiedersehen‘ and a new video called “Mirror Aura” that we are featuring today. And as expected, it’s weird, atmospheric […]
Review: Bruja Ácida – Bruja Ácida (Full album, 2025) | Doom, heavy
https://youtu.be/joFQpfyCluQ Band info Band: Bruja Ácida Album: ‘Bruja Ácida‘ Released: February 22nd, 2025 Genre: doom, heavy, psych Location: Brazil Review The Brazilian project Bruja Ácida we have already had the opportunity to present to you with the ‘Nakba‘ EP. So let us quickly remind you – the release was entirely dedicated to the genocide in Palestine, […]
Review: Black Spine – Akeda (Full album, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Black Spine Album: Akeda Released: February 26th, 2025 Genre: black metal, depressive black metal Location: Sweden Review Hallå and välkommen to a new Friday of gloom and doom to finish off the working week! You might want to know why we are greeting you with half-baked Swedish, and it is because we are […]
Review: Las Llagas – Cuanto tiempo nos queda para oler los eucaliptos? (EP, 2025) | Neocrust
Band info Band: Las Llagas Album: ‘Cuanto tiempo nos queda para oler los eucaliptos?‘ Released: March 5th, 2025. Genre: neocrust, blackened hardcore, sludge Location: Uruguay Review This is the first EP from Las Llagas, a crusty blackened hardcore band from Uruguay. In their own words, they initially started wanting to do a post-punk band which […]
Arquivo Morto – Carnificina Contemporânea (EP, 2015) | Grindcore/powerviolence
Band info Band: Arquivo Morto Album: Carnificina Contemporânea Released: April 1st, 2015 Genre: grindcore, power-violence Location: Brazil Introduction At ABMN, we like our frills and ornaments in music, but we also like our music to be simple and straightforward. It all depends on timing. And today, we have Arquivo Morto from Brazil catering to the second […]
Review: CtrlAltSuppr – ‘Ctrl Alt Suppr’ (EP, 2024) | Black metal
Video link Band info Band: CtrlAltSuppr Album: ‘Ctrl Alt Suppr‘ Released: November, 24th, 2024 Genre: black metal Location: France Review Spoilers suck, right? The experience of being surprised at first context with a piece of art you didn’t know is so important, that at times it really does take away the entire fun of the […]
Review: DŹONSLOVS – Asgrauw (Demo, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: DŹONSLOVS Album: Asgrauw Released: January 5th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, DSBM Location: UK Review DŹONSLOVS is an antifascist black metal band from London that produces atmospheric, minimalistic, and depressive post-black metal. In January 2025, they released their second album, Asgrauw, which features five tracks in German, dealing with themes of resistance, […]
Review: Anomander – Cracks in Arcadia (EP. 2025) | Post-metal
Band info Band: Anomander Album: ‘Cracks in Arcadia‘ Released: February 20th, 2025 Genre: post-metal Location: Malaysia Review Ok, let’s get this out of the way first. We are biased. Of course, pure objectivity is largely a myth anyway, but we may be a bit more excited than usual as Anomander consists of some of our […]
Review: Maridia – “Tumulus” (New single, 2025) | Post-hardcore
Video link Band info Band: Maridia Single: “Tumulus” Released: February 21st, 2025 Genre: post-harcore Location: Sweden Review Coming back with renovated energy and the strength of a hurricane, we are seriously glad and happy to present back to y’all dear listeners to Maridia, the ‘grim post-hardcore’ (blackened post-metallic hardcore with plenty of out-of-the-frame features if […]