https://youtu.be/yzV-T67T328 Band info Band: Our Wits Album: ‘Let Me Join You‘ Released: February 27th, 2026 Genre: post-hardcore, shoegaze, post-rock… Location: US Review Described by the band as an “exploration of grief and bereavement”, today’s upload is going to be an emotional hard-hitting one. Let Me Join You by Our Wits is full of grief, sadness […]
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Review: Datura – Southeastern Sadism (EP, 2025) | Hardcore, death/black
https://youtu.be/SgqVx95mfvY Band info Band: Datura EP: ‘Southeastern Sadism‘ Released: December 7th, 2025 Genre: Hardcore, death, black metal Location: US Review Tennessee’s Datura are a newer band but they sound much older, their sound wrapped around a main core of crushing dark hardcore, starting from classic influences like Earth Crisis and Strife before moving on to […]
Review: Donjon des Quiétudes – Le Val Paisible (Full album, 2026) | Dungeon synth
Band info Band: Donjon des Quiétudes Album: ‘Le Val Paisible‘ Released: February 1st, 2026 Genre: dungeon synth Location: France Review Ιt’s quite an alluring concept for artists to explore a very different, even opposite side of themselves sometimes. It was even an occurrence in the black metal scene, where dungeon synth proto-experiments often took on […]
Review: The Mountain King – Pike Dreams (Full album, 2026) | Doom
Band info Band: The Mountain King Album: ‘Pike Dreams‘ Release: March 6th, 2026 Genre: doom, dungeon synth Location: Germany Review WARNING: This reviewer is not a fan of dungeon synth! Okay, so The Mountain King. They tag themselves as dungeon synth on Bandcamp, but what really piqued this reviewer’s interest was the fact that they […]
Review: LOVE•LOVE•LOVE – First Love (EP, 2024) | Hardcore, sludge
Band info Band: LOVE•LOVE•LOVE Album: ‘First Love‘ Release: November 1st, 2024 Genre: post-hardcore, sludge Location: Germany Review It jumps at you right out the gate with LOVE•LOVE•LOVE‘s First Love EP. The very first few seconds of this sludge/noise rock / post-hardcore quartet from Lübeck, Germany, leave no space to ambiguity: Intense, brutal and very well […]
Review: Narkom – Pena de Cauce Oculto (EP, 2026) | Noise rock, sludge-core
Band info Band: Narkom Album: ‘Pena de Cauce Oculto‘ Released: January 2nd, 2026 Genre: Noise rock, sludge-core Location: Spain Review Short, strong and bitter, Pena de Cauce Oculto by Narkom may be less than 15 minutes long, but it still packs the punch of an espresso mixed with battery acid. An anti-capitalist body horror re-interpretation of […]
Solidarity to all antifa comrades everywhere!
From Trump’s declaration of the antifa movement as terrorist last September to the recent arrests in France in light of the death of a neo-nazi activist, it is abundantly clear that antifascist activism and movements related to it are being targeted and state repression against them as well as social hostility not only by the […]
Review: Maridia – The Overlook Sessions (EP, 2026) | Post-hardcore
Band info Band: Maridia EP: ‘The Overlook Sessions‘ Released: January 30th, 2026 Genre: glim post-hardcore Location: Sweden Review Välkommen alla en annan dag, or welcome everyone for another day, bringing you some thoughts and music that could break you apart into small pieces just to violently put you all together immediately like an earthquake. And […]
Review: Dungavenhooter – Promo 2026 (Demo, 2026) | Death metal, grindcore
Band info Band: Dungavenhooter Demo: ‘Promo 2026‘ Genre: death metal, grindcore Released: January 16, 2026 Location: US Review This nifty little release might be a promo with just 4 songs, but it packs the punch of many a longer album. A fresh project comprised by alumni of several more well known bands (that we won’t […]
Review: Tre Pistoni – Lasciando i pensieri umani (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: Tre Pistoni Album: ‘Lasciando i pensieri umani‘ Re-released January 16th, 2026 Genre: atmospheric black metal Location: Italy Review If you have to use one phrase to describe Tre Pistoni’s debut album then it should be “weaponized nostalgia”. Cause that’s what their raw atmospheric black metal makes you feel, sadness, anger, reminiscence, sometimes […]