Band info Band: Aurora Ortus Album: ‘Against Ourselves’ Genre: post-black/doom Released: 22nd of October, 2025 Location: Brazil Artwork: oil painting by Eduardo Untura Review The Brazilian duo Aurora Ortus returns today with the premiere of their brand-new full-length: ‘Against Ourselves’! As we heard on their previous release ‘Ostrara‘, they blend post-black metal with atmospheric passages […]
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Review: The World Sleeps Beneath – You Were Never For Me When I Needed You The Most (EP, 2025) | Meloblack
https://youtu.be/CXFH32sm1Nc Band info Band: The World Sleeps Beneath Album: ‘You Were Never For Me When I Needed You The Most‘ Genre: atmospheric black metal Released: July 25th, 2025 Location: Canada Review From the remnants of a traumatic past experience comes The World Sleeps Beneath, an antifascist queer solo project from Canada that channels grief into […]
Review: Electromancy – Visions Of Utopia (Full album, 2025) | Technical black metal
Band info Band: Electromancy Album: ‘Visions Of Utopia‘ Genre: black metal, death metal, technical Released: September 8th, 2025 Location: US Review Τhree years ago, we uploaded one of the most unique albums both musically and conceptually that we’ve ever had in ABMN. Electromancy‘s debut was centred around an intersection of many topics, from the creative […]
Review: Opus Est Sanare – ‘Live and Unadorned’ (Live EP, 2025) | Instrumental
https://youtu.be/wINHZy0i5N4 Band info Band: Opus Est Sanare Album: ‘Live and Unadorned‘ Genre: chamber music, instrumental Released August 1st, 2025 Location: US Review Metal, and extreme metal even more, for many, is first and foremost violence in musical form. And even though this isn’t the whole story, it is obviously not a wrong conclusion, given the […]
Review: Chaosdögs – Chaosdögs (Full album, 2025) | Black punk
https://youtu.be/Enkpzpj4wXQ Band info Band: Chaosdögs Album: ‘Chaosdögs‘ Released: May 25th, 2025 Genre: black metal, punk Location: Turkey Review Black crust lovers and eco-anarchists, today you’re in luck! From the depths of Istanbul’s underground rises Chaosdögs, a four-piece outfit devoted to tearing down false gods and the machinery of control. And, this is their second, and […]
Review: Narrat – Levana (EP, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Narrat Album: ‘Levana‘ Releases October 9th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Germany Review Today, we present the premiere EP from Narrat. It is called ‘Levana‘and it consists of four solid tracks featuring excellent black metal. As you’ll hear, these songs are very extensive and complex, yet their sound can be extremely melodic, […]
Review: Intraether – Vestiges (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: Intraether Album: ‘Vestiges‘ Releases: October 9th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal Location: Spain Review We are thrilled today to announce and share what we believe is one of the most interesting and dedicatedly crafted projects, which, from the start, already shows a point of detail that invokes the thread of personal […]
October 7th
What has only been two years for the world, it has been the reality of many Palestinians for their whole lives; the Israeli occupation and ethnic cleansing, i.e genocide. While the rest of the world has finally caught up to the many horrific tragedies that happen on a daily basis for Palestinians, the world over […]
Metal Threat festival
It has been some time since we last spoke out against the politics of a metal festival, not that the situation has been any better lately. Sketchy metal festivals that feature a lot of crypto-fascist bands, “ex” nazi bands that call themselves “patriotic” now and the like are always in abundance. But there are a […]
Review: Eternal Starvation – Life In A Coffin (EP, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Eternal Starvation Album: ‘Life in a Coffin‘ Released: August 22nd, 2025 Genre: atmospheric, raw black metal Location: Germany Review Today’s release is courtesy of Eternal Starvation and their new album, ‘Life in a Coffin‘; coming in at a little over 20 minutes, this album is short but sweet, meaning nothing overstays […]