Band info Band: Arquivo Morto Album: Carnificina Contemporânea Released: April 1st, 2015 Genre: grindcore, power-violence Location: Brazil Introduction We like our frills and ornaments in music at ABMN, but we ALSO like our music simple and straightforward, it all depends on timing. And today we have Arquivo Morto from Brazil catering to the second option with […]
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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 […]
Review – Delightful Dekadenss – Ala Maji (Full album, 2023) | Occult metal
Band info Band: Delightful Dekadenss Album: ‘Ala Maji‘ Released: May 22nd, 2023 Genre: Occult metal Location: Turkey Review A large share of the black metal community is interested in magic(“k”) and the occult, which is not really a surprise; the promises of self-improvement and transcendence make complete sense for a genre that is very much […]
Review: Le Desespoir – Ville (Full album, 2024) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: Le Desespoir Album: ‘Ville‘ Released: November 4th, 2024 Genre: atmospheric black metal Location: France Review Hello, dear listeners and dearest haters that still stalk our socials, and welcome to another edition of ABMN’s Gloomy Sunday (just made this up, don’t worry there’s no such thing (unless asked for))! Back to the usual […]
Prescription McGovernment’s Apsûrd (Absu)
By now, almost all of us have heard of the most famous example of a transphobic/transmisogynistic incident in the metal scene, when Russ… sorry, “Proscriptor McGovern” (insert spooky sound here), the leader of Absu, fired from the band Melissa Moore (now of Sonja) as soon as she came out to him as a trans woman, […]
Review: Rotten Filthy – “The Path of Mercury” (Single, 2025) | Thrash death
Band info Band: Rotten Filthy Single: “The Path of Mercury” Released: January 20th, 2025 Genre: thrash metal, death metal Location: Brazil Review For today’s feature, we bring you an intriguing four-minute taste of blackened trash coming from the Brasil-based Rotten Filthy. In the tradition of so many classical trash metal groups “The Path of Mercury” […]
Review: DYBUK – Pożoga (Full album, 2023) | Black punk
https://youtu.be/9NacHUnxaCE Band info Band: DYBUK Album: ‘Pożoga‘ Released: May 30th, 2023 Genre: black punk Location: Poland Review DYBUK is a Polish project that plays black metal with hardcore punk. When it comes to punk, the vocalist has much to scream, as he is the vocalist and guitarist in the well-known street punk band Analogs, which […]