Band info Band: Echoes of the Moon Album: ‘Extract‘ Genre: black metal, post-black metal Released: February 27th, 2026 Location: US Review Experimental metal fans gather, as today we present the 5th album of Echoes of the Moon, a metal band from Chicago, Illinois. No, you won’t be listening to any Sufjan Stevens-style folk strumming from […]
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Statement in support of The Community of Squatted Prosfygika
The community of Squatted Prosfygika in Athens, one of the biggest squats in Europe with over 400 people living in 8 squatted buildings, is being threatened with destruction again. In summer 2025, the local government secretly initiated a contract for the plan of eviction and “renovation” of four buildings of the community, driving forward the […]
Review: Svart Sun – Armageddon’s Valley (EP, 2026) | Black, death metal
https://youtu.be/_gEfbRxdp4w Band info Band: Svart Sun Album: ‘Armageddon’s Valley‘ Released: December 23rd, 2025 Genre: death metal, black metal Location: France Review Life under capitalism is hell. This sentiment is nothing new, and while artists who explore this metaphor run the serious risk of falling into unintentional self-parody, Svart Sun has brilliantly avoided accusations of cliché […]
Review: Negative Agent – Terminal Days (Full alubm, 2026) | Industrial metal
Band info Band: Negative Agent Album: ‘Terminal Days‘ Genre: Industrial metal Relesed April 4th, 2026 Location: US Review Negative Agent is a one-man project from New York that plays furious industrial metal with a strong political message. The debut album is titled ‘Terminal Days‘ and features 9 tracks, numerous guest appearances, including “Fascist Beatdown” with […]
Review: Our Wits – Let Me Join You (Full album, 2026) | Post-screamo
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 […]
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 […]