Band info Band: Imagine A Boot Album: Fearless Werewolf Killers Released: October 27th, 2024. Genre: raw black metal. Location: Netherlands. Review Imagine A Boot‘s new material is raw and -as the author mentions- iconoclastic raw black metal created out of fury at the rise of fascism. But before we get to anti-fascism a few words […]
Category: EPs
Review: Dvster – Hexenwerk (EP, 2024) | Black punk, dungeon synth
Band info Band: Dvster Album: Hexenwerk Released: August 21st, 2024. Genre: back punk, dungeon synth. Location: Germany. Review Today we present you a charming little discovery from this wonderful cabinet of oddities that is independent black metal. Germany-based project Dvster may be one of the most surprising variations of this long-known musical direction. This […]
Review: Clones Of Sirius – ‘Grandeur’ (EP, 2024) | Black metal, death metal
Band info Band: Clones Of Sirius Album: Grandeur Released: October 22nd, 2024. Genre: black metal, death metal. Location: United Kingdom Review After their very exciting EP debut last year, Clones of Sirius is back again with another EP, Grandeur. This time around, though, Clones of Sirius really lean hard into blackened death over blackened thrash compared […]
Review: The Shade of Crow – Capítulo II: Oceano (EP, 2024) | Black metal
Band info Band: Shade Of Crow Album: Capítulo II: Oceano Released: September 20th, 2024 Genre: black metal Location: Brazil Review Has anyone else noticed how many different variations of black metal exist? You got your black/- hybrids, your blackened’s, your various adjectives like “raw” or “depressive” or “bestial” or add-ons like post- or -gaze. Isn’t […]
Review: Netansatan – ‘Hell Manifest’ (EP, 2024) | Black metal
Band info Band: Netan Satan Album: Hell Manifest Released: October 15th, 2024. Genre: RABM. Location: Netherlands Review Hi! Today we have another round of “fuck off genocide apologists, this page supports the Palestinian people” directly from one of our favourite scenes, that of the Netherlands, in the form of the not very subtly named NETANSATAN, […]
Review: Urlik – MMXXIV (EP, 2024) | Hardcore, crust
Band info Band: Urlik Album: MMXXIV Genre: hardcore, crust, black metal, math metal. Release date: September 25th, 2024. Country: Euskal Herria (Basque Country, Spain). Review Urlik is a two-man project from the Basque Country, combining black metal with hardcore, but also math rock or grindcore. The lyrics are shouted in the Euskera language […]
Review: Mater Infecta – Di estetica, epifanie e tormenti (EP, 2024) | Black/death
It is with our greatest pleasure to present to you, dear listener (or hate-stalker), what is without a doubt another incredibly mindblowing release this year has to offer. Mater Infecta, the three-piece band coming from Italy, will most probably hook their sharp claws on you if you’re down for a proper black/death blend, with so […]
Review; Mordran – One-and-Ninety Years of Darkness (EP, 2024) | Black metal
At this point, Sweden’s Mordran is probably already quite well-known for anyone who follows our channel, this being something like the 5th time they have been featured (it helps that they’re very productive). Their new EP, One-and-Ninety Years of Darkness, continues to explore atmosphere and ambience through black metal, this time with some added dungeon […]
Review: Genital Shame – As Good as a Kiss (EP, 2024) | Avant-garde, experimental
We’re very happy to feature Genital Shame, Erin Dawson‘s one transwoman powerhouse for the second time in ABMN, after the full-length album Chronic Illness Wish at the beginning of 2024 which caught up our attention and introduced her experimental and very unique take on black metal to a wider audience. Erin obviously doesn’t like resting on her laurels […]
Review: Obsidian Blade – Zerfal (Full EP, 2024) | Blackened sludge
Obsidian Blade comes from Augsburg, Germany, and they seem to be one of those bands that have the rare gift of genre-bending without really a lot of effort. It just goes right for the jugular with an old-school frozen black metal riff and then somehow it morphs into some raw 90s doom/death complete with stenchy […]