Video link Band info Band: Gruta Album: ‘Hymnus Atram Ad Mortem‘ Released: November 27th, 2025 Genre: blackened crust, death metal Location: Colombia Review If there is one thing to be happy about regarding the contemporary metal scene, it is that there are more and more antifascist metal bands coming from the Global South, defying the […]
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Review: Teardrinker – Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring (EP, 2025) | Screamo, post-hardcore
Band info Band: Teardrinker EP: ‘Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring‘ Released: April 14th, 2025 Genre: screamo, post-hardcore, sludge Location: Netherlands Review The Dutch (black) metal scene never disappoints, and today’s upload is no exception! Teardrinker’s debut EP, ‘Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring‘, may be short, but it’s sweet, empowering and hopeful. […]
Hands off Venezuela!
As if to top 2025 as an awful year, 2026 has thrown at us as early as January 3rd what some of us already feared: the Trump administration has used the US military to directly intervene in a Latin American country for the first time in decades, with USian commandos kidnapping Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro […]
Review: Guerrilla Warnoise – Oppressor Exterminator (Demo, 2025) | War metal
https://youtu.be/18sN5ZYI84I Band info Band: Guerrilla Warnoise Album: ‘Oppressor Exterminator‘ Genre: war metal Released May 9th, 2025 Location: Greece Review Sometimes, antifascist black metal is about deconstructing tropes and introducing new elements and aesthetics, and other times it’s about harnessing the strongest and most blunt force imaginable and aiming it as a weapon. In case you […]
Review: Antacid Trip – The Hellish Cycle (Full album, 2025) | Hardcore punk, black metal
Band info Band: Antacid Trip Album: ‘The Hellish Cycle‘ Released: December 1, 2025 Genre: Blackened hardcore punk Location: US Review Hello, dear listeners, to this fine day (as fine as we are allowed to feel in a global hellscape), on this fine day. Time to revisit old cherished sounds and bands with an end-of-the-year gift […]
Review: Detox From Humanity – Massenstaub (EP, 2025) | Post-black metal
Band info Band: Detox From Humanity EP: ‘Massenstaub‘ Genre: black metal, post-black metal Released: May 29th, 2025 Location: Germany Review Detox From Humanity is a post black metal band from Germany. They recently released ‘Maussenstaub‘, their debut EP. Starting with a sample that I definitely understand as anti-psychiatry, their lyrics deal with LGBT rights, pollution, […]
Review: Unmother – “My Armor” (Single Premiere, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Unmother Single: “My Armor” Releases: January 5th, 2026 Genre: black metal, post- black metal Location: UK Review We’re very happy to welcome back Unmother, the very promising post-black metal band from the UK, whose debut album we featured in 2021, during our first year as a network. Some years have passed since […]
Reivew: Dolorous Gnaw – Wretched Void (Full album, 2025) | Experimental noise
https://youtu.be/e44rGi3RftM Band info Band: Dolorous Gnaw Album: ‘Wretched Void‘ Genre: experimental noise, ambient Album: ‘Wretched Void’ Released December 11th, 205 Location: Australia Review Dolorous Gnaw returns with an hour-long album entitled ‘Wretched Void‘. As a reminder, this is a side project of Ivory Primarch’s bassist. Both bands previously featured on ABMN. What we are dealing […]
ABMN is growing! More genres, more voices! Come build it with us!
ABMN has existed for over four years as a radical left music platform focused on black metal as the root of RABM, and as a response to the genre’s long-standing relationship with reactionary ideologies. Over time, the network has naturally embraced other genres through artists who share the same commitments, and for a while now, […]
Review: Shrinewitch – Black Sacrist (Full album, 2025) | Raw black/doom, acoustic BM
https://youtu.be/jEroZcWhXRQ Band info Band: Shrinewitch Album: ‘Black Sacrist‘ Released: October 31st, 2025 Genre: raw black/doom, acoustic bm Location: US Review Across many cultures, the end of the year is near, which usually comes with a sense of renewal; a self-analytic look at where we stand, what we wish to improve, or what we hope to […]