https://youtu.be/nUfhOUYeSWQ https://youtu.be/i_PMJYb30Q8 Band info Band: Strunkiin Album: ‘A Past That Never Was‘ & ‘Kingdom of Frost‘ Released: January 28th, 2026 Genre: Symphonic black metal Location: Finland Review Diptychs in art are the union of individual pieces conjoined in aesthetic dialectics. ‘A Past That Never Was’ and ‘Kingdom of Frost’ by Strunkiin – the duo from […]
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Review: Sedmi Sekretar – Bleiburg (EP, 2026) | Raw black metal
https://youtu.be/qVX2iaE3etY Band info Band: Sedmi Sekretar Album: ‘Bleiburg‘ Released: April 11th, 2026 Genre: raw black metal Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Review Sedmi Sekretar simply do not fuck around. Named after the Seven Secretaries of the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia who were leading figures in the organization between 1924 and 1931 and were all […]
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 […]
Solidarity to all antifa comrades everywhere!
From Trump’s declaration of the antifa movement as terrorist last September to the recent arrests in France in light of the death of a neo-nazi activist, it is abundantly clear that antifascist activism and movements related to it are being targeted and state repression against them as well as social hostility not only by the […]
Review: Kréen – Aurora (EP, 2025) | Black metal, doom
Band info Band: Kréen EP: ‘Aurora‘ Released: December 27th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black/doom Location: Chile Review Αs we mentioned in previous uploads as well, we’re very happy to see so many new antifascist metal bands lately coming from the global south and challenging both narratives that metal is a European business and an apolitical culture. […]
Review: Unmother – State Dependent Memory (Full album, 2026) | Black metal
Band info Band: Unmother Album: ‘State Dependent Memory‘ Released: February 20th, 2026 Genre: black metal, post- black metal Location: UK Review And finally (with a bit of delay!) we are presenting today the album of the London-based post-black metal band Unmother, after the single “My Armor” that we premiered a few weeks ago. It’s not […]
Review: Uganga – Ganeshu (Full album, 2025) | Crossover
Band info Band: Uganga Album: ‘Ganeshu‘ Released: May 9th, 2025 Genre: crossover, hardcore Location: Brazil Review One thing every leftist metal (and punk too, really) fan goes through is the inevitable reckoning with old favourites who have turned sketch. We’ve all been there – many founding parents of our genres are now racist MAGA asshats, […]
ABMN is growing! More genres, more voices! Come build it with us!
ABMN has existed for over four years as a radical left music platform focused on black metal as the root of RABM, and as a response to the genre’s long-standing relationship with reactionary ideologies. Over time, the network has naturally embraced other genres through artists who share the same commitments, and for a while now, […]
Review: Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World – Man of Stated Age / Bad Winter (Dual single, 2025) | Psych doom
https://youtu.be/QuiI0VsJGLM Band info Band: Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World Tracks: “Man of Stated Age” & “Bad Winter” Genre: doom, atmospheric sludge, post-metal, heavy psych Released: October 25th, 2025 Location: Netherlands Review Anyone up for some sludgy, atmospheric songwriting? Someone up for that sick bass? Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World delivers just […]
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 […]