Band info Band: Poise EP: ‘Poise‘ Released January 24th, 2025 Genre: d-beat, punk Location: US Review Drifting away for a little break from our most usual styles under the extreme metal umbrella, we are visiting today one of our other dearly favorite sonic frame within heavy music: no less than a taste of old school […]
Category: EPs
Review: Pyrocee Death Cult – ‘The Pyrocene Extinction, Part I’ (EP, 2025) |
Band info Band: Pyrocene Death Cult EP: ‘The Pyrocene Extinction, Part I‘ Released May 31st, 2025 Genre: post black metal, DSBM, blackened doom Location: Tio’tia:ke, Canada Review Pyrocene is a word coined in 2015 to name the geological age since humans invented fire. So you can imagine from the name Pyrocene Death Cult that this […]
Review: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö – Ruttovirta (EP, 2025) | Raw black metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9Vdvu4Tlo&feature=youtu.be Band info Band: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö EP: ‘Ruttovirta‘ Released: May 29th, 2025 Genre: raw black metal Location: Finland Review Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö is a band from Turku, Finland, and if, by some miracle, you haven’t yet heard them, now is your chance. Especially since the ‘Ruttivirta‘ EP presented today is a foretaste of their upcoming debut […]
Review: Tumultuous Ruin – Never A Night So Dark (EP, 2025) | Black metal
https://youtu.be/vT46qYun40I Band info Band: Tumultuous Ruin EP: ‘Never a Nigh So Dark’ Released June 27th, 2025. Genre: black metal Location: US Review As much as we at ABMN are consistently trying to keep spirits high among the lines of the antifascists, the truth is that we are as susceptible to the crushing pressure towards despair […]
Review: Eveale – Lament of the Dryads / The Enemy (EP, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Eveale EP: ‘Lament of the Dryads / The Enemy‘ Released: May 30th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Unknown Review For those of us who love melodic black metal and view music as a space for resistance, finding bands that both fit our taste and are ideologically safe -especially when they lean toward […]
Review: Synthema Occvlta – Synthema Occvlta (EP, 2025) | Black/death metal
Band info Band: Synthema Occvlta EP: ‘Synthema Occvlta‘ Released: May 2nd, 2025 Genre: black metal, death metal Location: US Review As the rich, healthy sons of capitalism try to change the human rights narrative from empathy, solidarity and community, to harm, exclusion and colonialist wet dreams, the people are waking up from the individualistic lethargy […]
Review: Savini – Into the Arms of Evil (EP, 2025) | Black thrash
Band info Band: Savini Album: ‘Into the Arms of Evil‘ Released on March 11th, 2025 Genre: black metal, thrash metal Location: UK Review A common misconception is that horror cinema is brainless and pointless entertainment, but the truth is that either by playing on social anxieties or allegory or stereotyping, horror is often extremely political, […]
Review: SKOJ – More Krvi I: Zora sivog sokola (EP, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: SKOJ Single: ‘More Krvi I: Zora sivog sokola‘ Released: April 11th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Review To say World War II was a rather complicated affair is one of the most obvious things ever. One thing basically everyone agrees, however, is that a large part of the reason […]
Review: Les Guillotines Délirés – Les Guillotines Délirés (EP, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Les Guillotines Délirés Album: Les Guillotines Délirés Releases: April, 4th 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Netherlands Review Do you ever have insomnia? That horrible feeling of just not being able to sleep because you’re anxious, usually, or for whatever reason? Well, then, black metal might help – not usually because it will […]
Review: Las Llagas – Cuanto tiempo nos queda para oler los eucaliptos? (EP, 2025) | Neocrust
Band info Band: Las Llagas Album: ‘Cuanto tiempo nos queda para oler los eucaliptos?‘ Released: March 5th, 2025. Genre: neocrust, blackened hardcore, sludge Location: Uruguay Review This is the first EP from Las Llagas, a crusty blackened hardcore band from Uruguay. In their own words, they initially started wanting to do a post-punk band which […]