Band info Band: Salz Album: Allein Released: May 1st, 2026 Genre: Black metal, hardcore punk Location: Germany Review Fans of Blackened hardcore, listen up! Salz, a solo act from Germany have released their first EP, and it’s very good ! It’s very rare to find a release where everythin is unforgettable, but ‘Allein’ is one […]
Category: EPs
Kakorrhaph – ‘Chasing Shadows’ | Black metal, DSBM
Band info Band: Kakorrhaph Album: Chasing Shadows Released: May 17th, 2026 Genre: Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal Location: Victoria, Australia Review Kakorrhaph is a one-person project from so-called Australia that plays depressive and atmospheric black metal. The material was created over the course of six years and is a deeply personal expression of experiences […]
Nirensimt & Scoured – Ceaseless Majesty, Endless Malice | Black metal
Band info Band: Nirensimt, Scoured Album: Ceaseless Majesty, Endless Malice Released: May 29th, 2026 Genre: black, atmospheric black, post-black, blackened doom, death/doom metal Location: US (Chicago, Philadelphia) Review Split albums are always a treat, allowing bands to reach each others audience, forging scene bonds, giving the listeners more than just 2 separate EPs (and cheaper […]
Review: Sunlight Altar – Twilight Altar (EP, 2026) | Dark folk
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 […]
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 […]