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 […]
Category: EPs
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 […]
Review: Poise – Poise (EP, 2025) | D-beat, punk
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 […]
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 […]