https://youtu.be/t0SbM-pQfTQ Band info Band: Defenestrate Album: ‘Crash Through the Glass‘ Released: September 19th, 2025 Genre: blackened hardcore Location: US Review Defenestrate are not a new band in the channel, and they are back after last year’s ‘Sobek‘ with a nice little treat of black-ish hardcore punk, heavy on the d-beat, no ice, about throwing the oppressors […]
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Video: Sodade – “Vale” feat Guilherme Andrade (Official video, 2025)
Band info Band: Sodade Song: “Vale” Genre: post-metal, post-black metal Location: Brazil Review Sodade is a beautiful and powerful word, a creole variant of the Portuguese word saudade, which was made famous by the legendary Cesaria Evora. It means a deep longing for something very loved that is missing. It is therefore no surprise to […]
Review: Poisonous Reflection – Demo III (2025) | Noise, black metal
Band info Band: Poisonous Reflection Album: ‘Demo III‘ Released October 24th, 2025 Genre: Noise, black metal, punk Location: UK Review Poisonous Reflection returns to the network after a two-year hiatus with ‘Demo III‘, their newest work. This demo features four tracks that mix genres as they did, including black metal, noise, and punk. The release is […]
Review: Beach Gore – Never Grow Old, Never Die (EP, 2025) | Blackened synth pop
Band info Band: Beach Gore Album: ‘Never Grow Old, Never Die‘ Released: October 18th, 2025 Genre: blackened post-punk, synth-pop Location: Canada Review OK, this is a weird one, and it’s probably gonna piss off a few black metal purists, which is ironic considering their supposed allegiance to a genre obsessed with triggering folk. Beach Gore only […]
Review: Darben – Karg (Full album, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Darben Album: ‘Karg‘ Genre: black metal Released: October 1st, 2025 Location: Switzerland Review Today, we present the work of three friends from Switzerland who, driven by their passion for black metal and their shared anti-capitalist and antifascist views, gradually found themselves spending more and more time in the studio. As Darben themselves […]
Review: Bajo La Sombra de La Intolerancia Anti Fascista (3 ways split, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: A//Plague Location: Brazil Band: Arbeiter Und Soldat Location: Argentina Band: Neverchrist Location: Brazil Genres: black metal Review How does one defeat fascism? That question is certainly something all of you have pondered, given the rise of far-right movements worldwide and their policies of shifting the burdens of collapse onto our shoulders. Well, […]
Review: Terzij de Horde – Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone (Full album, 2025) | Black metal, hardcore
Video link Band info Band: Terzij de Horde Album: ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone‘ Released October 10th, 2025 Genre: black metal, hardcore Location: Netherlands Review We have operated the Antifascist Black Metal Network for just a little over four years now, since around the middle of 2021, as an effort to help popularise and […]
Review: ΞΟΡΚΙ – ΧΕΙΡΑΨΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΣΑΤΑΝΑ (Full album, 2025) | Synth punk
Band info Band: ξόρκι (Ksorki) Song: ‘Χειραψία Με Το Σατανά‘ Released November 15th, 2025 Genre: synth punk/wave Location: Greece Review We last visited our friendly basement gremlins ξόρκι about 4 months ago to hear the torrid tale of the “Satanic Panic“, a song from their upcoming album. And, finally, the album is no longer upcoming, […]
Review: Spectral Decay – Left Hand Wrath (Full album, 2025) | Black metal, crust
Band info Band: Spectral Decay Album: ‘Left Hand Wrath‘ Released: October 31st Genre: black metal/crust Location: US Review This is not the first time we have covered Spectral Decay, the antifascist act from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They play a well-constructed blend of black metal and crust, with a notable influence from thrash. This blend of […]
Review: Greet – I Know How To Die (Full album, 2025) | Dark folk
https://youtu.be/eSklfGoaneo Band info Band: Greet Album: ‘I Know How To Die‘ Released: October 17th, 2025 Genre: dark folk Location: UK Review If you’re looking for the perfect album for a wet and windy Friday, this is it: Greet‘s debut full-length album, ‘I Know How To Die’. Much like their previous releases, this is yet another […]