Review: Masse D’Armes – Masse D’Armes (EP, 2024) | Black metal, dungeon synth

Band info Band: Masse D’Armes Album: ‘Masse D’Armes‘ Released: November 8th, 2024 Genre: Black metal, dungeon synth Location: Canada Review Masse D’Armes is a new project emerging from Quebec, and it is a pleasure to present their debut mini album today. The music contained in this release is atmospheric black metal/dungeon synth with medieval themes. […]

Review: Othismos – ‘Sottrazione’ (Full album, 2024) | Black-crust, post-hardcore

Band info Band: Othismos Album: ‘Sottrazione’ Released: December 16th, 2024 Genre: black-crust, post-hardcore Location: Italy Review Today’s band was introduced to ABMN a few weeks ago with a new single: “Cops Are Not People“. It immediately got our attention, obviously! Then, we found out this Italian trio has been around since 2012 and is back […]

Review: Cesoia – Cesoia (Full album) | Folk-grind, dungeon synth

https://youtu.be/cOFC2233HPY Band info Band: Cesoia Album: Cesoia Released: November 13th, 2024 Genre: folk-grind, dungeon synth Location: Italy Review Cesoia is a blackened grind-folk project from Italy that proposes an extremely interesting but also extremely short album for its first production. You get the shortness and brutality of grindcore, a few folkish moments in the intro, […]

Review: Gvla – Invidia (Full album, 2024) | Black metal

Band info Band: Gvla Album: ‘Invidia‘ Released: November 14th, 2024 Genre: black metal Location: Germany Review Today we’re absolutely excited to bring you no bullshit, no frills black metal. Not that there’s anything wrong with any other type of black metal but sometimes you just want to cut to the chase right? Gvla brings us […]

Review: Cazvra – Elsewhere (EP, 2024) | Dark ambient

Band info Band: Cazvra Album: ‘Elsewhere‘ Released: October 30th, 2024 Genre: dark ambient Location: US Review Cazvra is a 100 per cent D.I.Y. solo bedroom project. Although the music and accompanying story is completely non-political, the person behind this multi-instrumental and eclectic music project is an anti-authoritarian anti-capitalist who comes from anarchist and queer punk […]

Review: Darkat Yuuyamihn – ‘eu sou a vitima e o carrasco’ (Full album, 2024) | Post-black metal

Band info Band: Darkat Yuuyamihn Album: eu sou a vitima e o carrasco Released: December 23rd, 2024 Genre: post-black metal Location: Brazil Review You know the age-old saying “come to Brazil”? Well, today we bring Brazil to your ears! We are happy to have Darkat Yuuyamihn and their brand new album ‘Eu sou a vitima e […]

Review: Poisse – À L’Aff​û​t (Full album, 2024) | Black punk

https://youtu.be/HPPEkSR7Kqc Band info Band: Poisse Album: ‘À L’Aff​û​t‘ Released: September 18th, 2024 Genre: black metal, punk Location: France Review We don’t mention often enough how much the RABM/antifascist scene has grown in just a few years. And the many bands that are being born, either—brand new, raised from ashes, side projects of settled bands, or […]

Not provocateurs nor comedians, Impaled Nazarene are plain textbook fascists

It is quite shocking that there are still some black metal bands who haven’t been greatly confronted about their nazi tendencies even 30 years after, but that seems to be the case with Impaled Nazarene, one of the bands with the vilest lyrical content ever in metal music, full of homophobia, racism, misogyny, glorification of […]

Antifascist Solidarity Compilation | Metal Sem Facho, 2024

Antifascist Black Metal Network today presents the Antifascist Solidarity Compilation, composed of Brazilian antifascist bands and put together by the collective Metal Sem Facho. It aims to raise money for MLB and CSP-Conlutas, organisations involved in the relief effort during the disastrous floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2024. Releasing officially on the […]

Review: Galibot – Euch’Mau Noir (Full album, 2024) | Black metal

Band info Band: Galibot Album: ‘Euch’Mau Noir‘ Released: December 4th, 2024 Genre: black metal Location: France Review Many of us who like metal are urban workers in the service sectors – lawyers, clerks, health workers, drivers, teachers, and IT – but there are also many industrial workers among the fans and musicians. And among the […]