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 […]
Category: Full albums
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 […]
Review: Darben – Karg (Full album, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Darben Album: ‘Karg‘ Genre: black metal Released: October 1st, 2025 Location: Switzerland Review Today, we present the work of three friends from Switzerland who, driven by their passion for black metal and their shared anti-capitalist and antifascist views, gradually found themselves spending more and more time in the studio. As Darben themselves […]
Review: Terzij de Horde – Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone (Full album, 2025) | Black metal, hardcore
Video link Band info Band: Terzij de Horde Album: ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone‘ Released October 10th, 2025 Genre: black metal, hardcore Location: Netherlands Review We have operated the Antifascist Black Metal Network for just a little over four years now, since around the middle of 2021, as an effort to help popularise and […]
Review: ΞΟΡΚΙ – ΧΕΙΡΑΨΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΣΑΤΑΝΑ (Full album, 2025) | Synth punk
Band info Band: ξόρκι (Ksorki) Song: ‘Χειραψία Με Το Σατανά‘ Released November 15th, 2025 Genre: synth punk/wave Location: Greece Review We last visited our friendly basement gremlins ξόρκι about 4 months ago to hear the torrid tale of the “Satanic Panic“, a song from their upcoming album. And, finally, the album is no longer upcoming, […]
Review: Spectral Decay – Left Hand Wrath (Full album, 2025) | Black metal, crust
Band info Band: Spectral Decay Album: ‘Left Hand Wrath‘ Released: October 31st Genre: black metal/crust Location: US Review This is not the first time we have covered Spectral Decay, the antifascist act from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They play a well-constructed blend of black metal and crust, with a notable influence from thrash. This blend of […]
Review: MASSA NERA – The Emptiness of All Things (Full album, 2025) | Screamo
https://youtu.be/zhaLR_VbLnI Band info Band: Massa Nera Album: ‘The Emptiness of All Things‘ Genre: screamo, hardcore punk Released: October 31st, 2025 Location: US Review Today, ABMN presents a little treat for all who enjoy post-metal from the likes of Ashenspire, Laster and co. This may particularly connect the lyrical hyperrealism of the former with this strange, […]