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 […]

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: 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: 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 […]

Review: Rakzo – ‘Pueblo… Conciencia’ (EP, 2025) | Raw black metal

Band info Band: Rakzo Album: ‘Pueblo… Conciencia‘ Released: June 20th, 2025 Genre: raw/lofi black metal Location: Patagonia, Chile Review Usually, when people think of raw black metal, they think of it having so much distortion stuff is barely audible, right? Well, today Rakzo from Chilean Patagonia comes to show something that many of us already know: […]

Review: Valkos – Laiko klausimas (EP, 2025) | Black, punk

Band info Band: Valkos Album: ‘Laiko klausimas‘ Released: July 1st, 2025 Genre: black, punk, crust Location: Lithuania Review Valkos is a Lithuanian project that combines black metal with punk in a uniquely and unconventionally innovative way. Well, the band definitely goes beyond the general boundaries of black metal and punk, in a way that makes […]

Review: Xaytarak – Pogh Chka (EP, 2025) | Crust

Band info Band: Xaytarak Album: ‘Pogh Chka‘ Released: May 14th, 2025 Genre: crust Location: Armenia Review Ever felt like your music library and list of cool artists are missing names from Armenia? Worry no more, we’ve got you covered today. Released back in May this year, Xaytarak make today’s feature for the songs to wake […]