Band info Band: Tachanka Location: US Band: Vanessa Funke Location: Germany Album: ‘Locomotion of Escape‘ Released: February 21st, 2025 Review All art in the present day is forced to deal with the fact that capitalism is unravelling the world, both literally and metaphorically, and the music we bring to ABMN is made by those who […]
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Review: Halizth – Halizth (Full album, 2025) | Cosmic black metal
Band info Band: Halizth Album: Halizth Released: March 10th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, cosmic black metal Location: France Review Black metal is “anywhere out of the world” to use Dead Can Dance‘s song as a reference. Escape from the confines of the material or the earthen is a common tendency that expresses the transcendental […]
Review: Lucerne Hammer – Demo (2025) | Black metal
https://youtu.be/W5oDdiKmEJI Band info Band: Lucerne Hammer Album: Demo Released: March 29th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Canada Review As antifascists, we really don’t like using the word “supremacy” for obvious reasons, but sometimes you can’t avoid it, like when you are preaching polearm supremacy. Yeah, yeah, swords are cool and all, but mostly tied to […]
Review: Atlantic – Timeworn (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: Atlantic Album: ‘Timeworn‘ Released: April 4th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, post-black metal Location: Ireland Review Sing, o Muse, of the plight of the people of Atlantis, sunken below the sea for their hubris, their attempted mistreatment of other nations, their forgetting of their own origins. Sing of how the ground opened […]
Illvilja – “Mental Kollaps” (Official video, 2025) | Blackened crust
Band info Band: Illvilja Song: “Mental Kollaps” Genre: black metal, crust Location: Sweden Review Today, we’re premiering the video of the song “Mental Kollaps” from Illvilja‘s newest album ‘Döden‘, which will be reviewed later this year! Illvilja is a blackened crust band from Sweden producing deep and invasive music, with amazing riffs and a very […]
Review: Kryk – Крик (Full album, 2024) | Black punk
https://youtu.be/P2QVe2ot6iE Band info Band: Kryk Album: ‘Крик‘ Released: August 1st, 2024 Genre: black metal, punk Location: Germany Review Straight from the thriving Berlin scene, we present to you the fresh black punk band Kryk. Last year, they released their first album called ‘Крик‘, which in Russian means scream. And the vocal scream is most definitely […]
Review: Offerbarn – Vejen til Lys (Full album, 205) | Black metal
Band info Band: Offerbarn Album: Vejen til Lys Released: March 31st, 2025 Genre: black metal, hardcore Location: Denmark Review It is no accident that Offerbarn‘s debut album was named Vejen til Lys (which translates to “The Road to Light”) and released on March 31st, the Trans Day Of Visibility, as the bands sole member Kat chose […]
Review: Wolven Daughter x Order of the Wolf (Split album, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Wolven Daughter Location: US Band: Order Of The Wolf Location: Scotland Album: Wolven Daughter x Order of the Wolf Released: March 21st, 2025 Genre: black metal Review Collaborations are an essential part of our scene, for if we cannot rely on each other in the face of coming evil to crush as […]
Review: Doomseer – Doomseer (Full album, 2025) | Dungeon synth
Band info Band: Doomseer Album: S/T Released: February 15th, 2025 Genre: (fantasy) dungeon synth, with doom metal features Location: US Review Doomseer is a one-person project from Washington, with music that is dungeon synth falling into a doom metal vibe. The melodies and backgrounds, played with electronics and guitar, are dark, and in some places […]
Review: No Hand Path – Μυστικισμός της Ενηλικίωσης (Full album, 2025) | Progressive black metal
Band info Band: No Hand Path Album: Μυστικισμός της Ενηλικίωσης Released: March 21st, 2025 Genre: black metal, progressive Location: Greece Review It probably might be hard to understand the eagerness by which some of us were expecting No Hand Path‘s sophomore album, but we have to go back 15 years ago, when the band released […]