Band info Band: Lighting Sun Album: ‘Star of Bethlehem (Refugee)‘ Released: July 31st, 2025 Genre: doom black Location: US Review Lighting Sun is a black-doom band from California. ‘Star of Bethlehem‘ is their second album, following their first album in 2024 called ‘Man With No Name‘, as the title of their songs makes it clear, […]
Category: EPs
Review: Teardrinker – Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring (EP, 2025) | Screamo, post-hardcore
Band info Band: Teardrinker EP: ‘Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring‘ Released: April 14th, 2025 Genre: screamo, post-hardcore, sludge Location: Netherlands Review The Dutch (black) metal scene never disappoints, and today’s upload is no exception! Teardrinker’s debut EP, ‘Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring‘, may be short, but it’s sweet, empowering and hopeful. […]
Review: Detox From Humanity – Massenstaub (EP, 2025) | Post-black metal
Band info Band: Detox From Humanity EP: ‘Massenstaub‘ Genre: black metal, post-black metal Released: May 29th, 2025 Location: Germany Review Detox From Humanity is a post black metal band from Germany. They recently released ‘Maussenstaub‘, their debut EP. Starting with a sample that I definitely understand as anti-psychiatry, their lyrics deal with LGBT rights, pollution, […]
Review: A///Plague – An Exit In Darkness (EP, 2025) | Black metal, crust
https://youtu.be/FRVo2h3dld0 Band info Band: A///Plague Album: ‘An Exit In Darkness‘ Released: November 21st, 2025 Genre: black metal, crust Location: Brazil Review The hyperprolific A///Plague of Brazil is back with a brand new EP titled An Exit in Darkness! This is an EP of a rough, dark, doomy black metal tour de force that keeps all […]
Review: Murmur – Red Hill (EP, 2025) | Atmospheric black/doom
https://youtu.be/H546Z1BSmrs Band info Band: Murmur EP: ‘Red Hill‘ Released November 3rd, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black/doom Location: Spain Review During the Civil War, Madrid – Spain’s capital – became a barricade against the fascist uprising led by Franco. It was defended by local militias, workers, anarchists, communists, and everyday people who refused to let fascism advance. […]
Review: Unmaking – Absolute Immiseration (EP, 2025) | Death metal, sludge
Band info Band: Unmaking Album: ‘Absolute Immiseration‘ Genre: death metal Released: October 29th, 2025 Review ‘Absolute Miseration‘ is the first album of Unmaking, a trio from Glasgow mixing elements of black and death metal, extremely groovy, with some elements of grindcore and sludge. From the first notes, you can feel the struggle and the pain […]
Review: Vedmaahn – Traces from the Ancient Realms, Part I (EP, 2025) | Atmospheric / fantasy BM
https://youtu.be/oxATuBuIwXg Band info Band: Vedmaahn Album: ‘Traces from the Ancient Realms (Part 1)‘ Released: September 19, 2025 Genre: atmospheric/fantasy black metal Location: Russia Review Hello yet again, dear listeners and stubborn haters, coming back to us. This is ABMN, and we got a spicy submission rolling in this fine Wednesday. Or maybe “spicy” is not […]
Review: Defenestrate – Crash Through the Glass (EP, 2025) | Blackened hardcore
https://youtu.be/t0SbM-pQfTQ Band info Band: Defenestrate Album: ‘Crash Through the Glass‘ Released: September 19th, 2025 Genre: blackened hardcore Location: US Review Defenestrate are not a new band in the channel, and they are back after last year’s ‘Sobek‘ with a nice little treat of black-ish hardcore punk, heavy on the d-beat, no ice, about throwing the oppressors […]
Review: Beach Gore – Never Grow Old, Never Die (EP, 2025) | Blackened synth pop
Band info Band: Beach Gore Album: ‘Never Grow Old, Never Die‘ Released: October 18th, 2025 Genre: blackened post-punk, synth-pop Location: Canada Review OK, this is a weird one, and it’s probably gonna piss off a few black metal purists, which is ironic considering their supposed allegiance to a genre obsessed with triggering folk. Beach Gore only […]
Review: 1984 – Anastasis The Arsonist insignia (EP, 2025) | Blackened crust
Band info Band: 1984 Album: ‘Anastasis The Arsonist insignia‘ Genre: crust Released: October 16th, 2025 Location: Indonesia Review Welcome all, dear listeners and haters, checking on us on this fine day. We’ve got some powerful distortion to cheer up any day going downhill with some energy drums and tasty riffs; if this is what you […]