https://youtu.be/ZoPE9vV8_XY Band info Name: Sunlight Altar Album: ‘Twilight Altar‘ Genre: dark ambient Released: February 16th, 2026 Location: Netherlands Review Imagine an OST to one’s transcendence to some deep spiritual plane. A caring spectral hand lifts you and guides you through some primordial deep space soundscape. Guitarist Jayant Makhan and Joost Vervoort from Terzij der Horde […]
Category: EPs
Review: Misère – Bēacn (EP, 2026) | Black metal
Band info Band: Misère Album: ‘Bēacn’ Genre: black metal Releases: 29th of May, 2026 Location: Germany Review Misère may be a recent addition in the growing wave that os antifascist metal but they sure as hell don’t sound like it, in fact they sound like they’ve been around fir a while with their really tight […]
Review: Hexenbezem – The Final Empire (EP, 2026) | Raw black punk
https://youtu.be/4-P0PYdd1UA Band info Band: Hexenbezem Album: ‘The Final Empire‘ Released: February 27th, 2026 Genre: black metal Location: Netherlands Review We think that most people agree that the world is a very tumultuous place at the moment. The consequence of this is that in a lot of countries around the world, there is a growing divide […]
Review: Eudaemon – Spiritual Anguish (Full album, 2025) | Black metal
https://youtu.be/QInWagjbI9k Band info Band: Eudaemon Album: ‘Spiritual Anguish‘ Released: May 23rd, 2025 Genre: black metal, post-black metal, screamo Location: US Review In a time when queer people are increasingly subjected to constant violence, persecution, erasure, and used as political weapons, expression cannot always take the form of direct confrontation. Sometimes, it is shaped as exposure, […]
Review: Svart Sun – Armageddon’s Valley (EP, 2026) | Black, death metal
https://youtu.be/_gEfbRxdp4w Band info Band: Svart Sun Album: ‘Armageddon’s Valley‘ Released: December 23rd, 2025 Genre: death metal, black metal Location: France Review Life under capitalism is hell. This sentiment is nothing new, and while artists who explore this metaphor run the serious risk of falling into unintentional self-parody, Svart Sun has brilliantly avoided accusations of cliché […]
Review: Datura – Southeastern Sadism (EP, 2025) | Hardcore, death/black
https://youtu.be/SgqVx95mfvY Band info Band: Datura EP: ‘Southeastern Sadism‘ Released: December 7th, 2025 Genre: Hardcore, death, black metal Location: US Review Tennessee’s Datura are a newer band but they sound much older, their sound wrapped around a main core of crushing dark hardcore, starting from classic influences like Earth Crisis and Strife before moving on to […]
Review: LOVE•LOVE•LOVE – First Love (EP, 2024) | Hardcore, sludge
Band info Band: LOVE•LOVE•LOVE Album: ‘First Love‘ Release: November 1st, 2024 Genre: post-hardcore, sludge Location: Germany Review It jumps at you right out the gate with LOVE•LOVE•LOVE‘s First Love EP. The very first few seconds of this sludge/noise rock / post-hardcore quartet from Lübeck, Germany, leave no space to ambiguity: Intense, brutal and very well […]
Review: Maridia – The Overlook Sessions (EP, 2026) | Post-hardcore
Band info Band: Maridia EP: ‘The Overlook Sessions‘ Released: January 30th, 2026 Genre: glim post-hardcore Location: Sweden Review Välkommen alla en annan dag, or welcome everyone for another day, bringing you some thoughts and music that could break you apart into small pieces just to violently put you all together immediately like an earthquake. And […]
Review: blaklande – Artemisetum (EP, 2026) | Dub black metal
Band info Band: blaklande Album: ‘Artemisetum‘ Released: January 2nd, 2026 Genre: dub black metal Location: Germany Review There are sometimes some genre combinations that leave you both surprised but also interested. We didn’t know what to expect when we first read about Black Dub Metal, while it is exactly what you would imagine. A mix […]
Review: Zalaam – To Resist the Enemies of the Sun (EP, 2026) | Black metal
Band info Band: Zalaam EP: ‘To Resist the Enemies of the Sun‘ Releases: TBC Genre: Black metal Location: Palestine Review Right, let’s get the obvious part out of the way. Yes, Zalaam are is Palestinian. And after everything that has happened, if that alone isn’t enough to make you pay attention, we’re not sure that […]