https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9Vdvu4Tlo&feature=youtu.be Band info Band: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö EP: ‘Ruttovirta‘ Released: May 29th, 2025 Genre: raw black metal Location: Finland Review Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö is a band from Turku, Finland, and if, by some miracle, you haven’t yet heard them, now is your chance. Especially since the ‘Ruttivirta‘ EP presented today is a foretaste of their upcoming debut […]
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Review: Tumultuous Ruin – Never A Night So Dark (EP, 2025) | Black metal
https://youtu.be/vT46qYun40I Band info Band: Tumultuous Ruin EP: ‘Never a Nigh So Dark’ Released June 27th, 2025. Genre: black metal Location: US Review As much as we at ABMN are consistently trying to keep spirits high among the lines of the antifascists, the truth is that we are as susceptible to the crushing pressure towards despair […]
Review: HIRAETH – Hiraeth (Single, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: HIRAETH Single: ‘Hiraeth‘ Genre: atmospheric black metal Release May 31st, 2025 Location: Wales Review Today, we are honoured to present HIRAETH‘s debut single, “Hiraeth“. Coming from Cymru (Wales), the band explores Welsh history, mythology, and culture, as well as the struggle for Welsh independence over the centuries, and the devastating impact that […]
Review: Am I In Trouble? – Spectrum (Full album, 2025) | Avant-garde
Band info Band: Am I In Trouble? Album: ‘Spectrum‘ Released: January 3rd, 2025 Genre: Avant-garde Location: US Review As everyone who actually listens to it knows, black metal can come in many shapes, forms, colours and tones, going way beyond the stereotypical Norwegian 2nd wave stuff into a variety of subgenres – and today’s album, […]
Review: Feartilizer 1492 – Wape’k Mntu (Demo, 2025) | Death metal, grindcore
Band info Band: Feartilizer 1492 EP: ‘Wape’k Mntu‘ Released 21st of June, 2025 Genre: death metal, grindcore Location: so-called Canada Review ‘Wape’k Mntu‘ means white devil in the Mi’gmaw language. It is also the title of a demo by a deathgrind project from so-called Canada – Feartilizer 1492, which is entirely dedicated to the indigenous […]
Review: Imipolex – Acts of Vulgar Piety (Full album, 2025) | Black/death
Band info Band: Imipolex Album: ‘Acts of Vulgar Piety’ Released: June 1st, 2025 Genre: black metal, death metal Location: US Review Sometimes you need a little chaos in your life. “Sometimes” can also mean “often” too. We don’t chaos-shame around here, the opposite if anything. Well, you little minions of chaos, here’s a not so […]
Review: Eveale – Lament of the Dryads / The Enemy (EP, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Eveale EP: ‘Lament of the Dryads / The Enemy‘ Released: May 30th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Unknown Review For those of us who love melodic black metal and view music as a space for resistance, finding bands that both fit our taste and are ideologically safe -especially when they lean toward […]
Review: Synthema Occvlta – Synthema Occvlta (EP, 2025) | Black/death metal
Band info Band: Synthema Occvlta EP: ‘Synthema Occvlta‘ Released: May 2nd, 2025 Genre: black metal, death metal Location: US Review As the rich, healthy sons of capitalism try to change the human rights narrative from empathy, solidarity and community, to harm, exclusion and colonialist wet dreams, the people are waking up from the individualistic lethargy […]
Review: SameStory – The Great Work (Full album, 2025) | Noise rock
Band info Band: SameStory Album: ‘The Great Work‘ Released April 11th, 2025 Genre: blackened industrial noise rock Location: US Review If you happen to read the tags that we add to our reviews, you might have seen the ones for today’s review: noise rock, industrial metal, goth, synthpunk. You can expect something a bit unusual […]
Review: Low Before The Breeze – A Hole Beneath the Home We Shared (Full album, 2025) | Blacked hardcore
Band info Band: Low Before The Breeze Album: ‘A Hole Beneath the Home We Shared‘ Released: May 30th, 2025 Genre: blackened hardcore Location: US Review Chaotic. Noisy. Much like a typical Monday, ‘A Hole Beneath the Home We Shared‘ ‘s debut album ‘A Hole Beneath the Home We Shared‘ brings us our daily dose of […]