https://youtu.be/ucoFBdtKnP4 Band info Band: Aovum Album: ‘Abandon‘ Released: December 12th, 2025 Genre: avant-garde black metal Location: Finland Review Antti Mikonmäki, responsible for, among other things, the Kartano project, which we presented to you a few years ago, returns with a new album from his other project, Aovum. The album is titled ‘Abandon‘, and as always […]
Category: Full albums
Review: Lijkschouwer – All What Did the Blade Reveal (Full album, 2025) | Post-black, sludge
Band info Band: Lijkschouwer Album: ‘All What Did the Blade Reveal‘ Released: September 16th, 2025 Genre: post-black metal, sludge, death metal Location: Netherlands Review Whatever they put in Dutch water not only makes people huge, it also makes them produce some seriously awesome music: Focus, Asphyx, Charlotte Wessels and Arjen Lucassen are just a few […]
Review: Steenkiste & Bischoff – Steenkiste & Bischoff (Full album, 2025) | Krautrock, acoustic
Band info Band: Steenkiste & Bischoff Album: ‘Steenkiste & Bischoff‘ Released: December 1st, 2025 Genre: acoustic, avant-garde, krautrock Location: Germany Review Αnd now for something completely different; some of you might remember a weird band called Sylvester Anfang that appeared twenty years ago and made some noise in the metal scene as well, using obvious […]
Review: Corpse Bird – Forge (Full length, 2025) | Crust, black
Band info Band: Corpse Bird Album: ‘Forge‘ Released November 21st, 2025 Genre: crust, black metal Location: UK Review Welcome yet again, dearest listeners, to another uplifting Review Friday time (just made up)! Ever wanted to know how it sounds to fuse At the Gates with Amebix and a black edge and folk-y kicks by […]
Review: Excommunicant – Reviresco (Full album, 2025) | Black, death, doom
https://youtu.be/Skh_qtqBM1s Band info Band: Excommunicant Album: ‘Reviresco‘ Relesed November 13th, 2025 Genre: death, doom, black Location: Canada Review Today, we bring one of those projects that resist categorisation by moving across multiple musical languages and genres. Excommunicant is a solo band based in Canada, and what you’ll be listening to is its second full-length release. […]
Review: Gruta – Hymnus Atram Ad Mortem (Full album, 2025) | Blackened crust/death
Video link Band info Band: Gruta Album: ‘Hymnus Atram Ad Mortem‘ Released: November 27th, 2025 Genre: blackened crust, death metal Location: Colombia Review If there is one thing to be happy about regarding the contemporary metal scene, it is that there are more and more antifascist metal bands coming from the Global South, defying the […]
Review: Antacid Trip – The Hellish Cycle (Full album, 2025) | Hardcore punk, black metal
Band info Band: Antacid Trip Album: ‘The Hellish Cycle‘ Released: December 1, 2025 Genre: Blackened hardcore punk Location: US Review Hello, dear listeners, to this fine day (as fine as we are allowed to feel in a global hellscape), on this fine day. Time to revisit old cherished sounds and bands with an end-of-the-year gift […]
Reivew: Dolorous Gnaw – Wretched Void (Full album, 2025) | Experimental noise
https://youtu.be/e44rGi3RftM Band info Band: Dolorous Gnaw Album: ‘Wretched Void‘ Genre: experimental noise, ambient Album: ‘Wretched Void’ Released December 11th, 205 Location: Australia Review Dolorous Gnaw returns with an hour-long album entitled ‘Wretched Void‘. As a reminder, this is a side project of Ivory Primarch’s bassist. Both bands previously featured on ABMN. What we are dealing […]
Review: Shrinewitch – Black Sacrist (Full album, 2025) | Raw black/doom, acoustic BM
https://youtu.be/jEroZcWhXRQ Band info Band: Shrinewitch Album: ‘Black Sacrist‘ Released: October 31st, 2025 Genre: raw black/doom, acoustic bm Location: US Review Across many cultures, the end of the year is near, which usually comes with a sense of renewal; a self-analytic look at where we stand, what we wish to improve, or what we hope to […]
Review: DEATHFUCKINGWOUND – VOID MMXXV (Full album, 2025) | death, black, grind
Band info Band: DEATHFUCKINGWOUND Album: ‘Void MMXXV‘ Released: October 7th, 2025 Genre: black, death, grind Location: Finland Review War metal is a complicated genre. Every time we receive a submission that includes the word “war” – unless it is preceded by the noun “class” – our eyebrows go up in suspicion. The genre has long […]