Band info Band: Donjon des Quiétudes Album: ‘Le Val Paisible‘ Released: February 1st, 2026 Genre: dungeon synth Location: France Review Ιt’s quite an alluring concept for artists to explore a very different, even opposite side of themselves sometimes. It was even an occurrence in the black metal scene, where dungeon synth proto-experiments often took on […]
Category: Full albums
Review: The Mountain King – Pike Dreams (Full album, 2026) | Doom
Band info Band: The Mountain King Album: ‘Pike Dreams‘ Release: March 6th, 2026 Genre: doom, dungeon synth Location: Germany Review WARNING: This reviewer is not a fan of dungeon synth! Okay, so The Mountain King. They tag themselves as dungeon synth on Bandcamp, but what really piqued this reviewer’s interest was the fact that they […]
Review: Tre Pistoni – Lasciando i pensieri umani (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: Tre Pistoni Album: ‘Lasciando i pensieri umani‘ Re-released January 16th, 2026 Genre: atmospheric black metal Location: Italy Review If you have to use one phrase to describe Tre Pistoni’s debut album then it should be “weaponized nostalgia”. Cause that’s what their raw atmospheric black metal makes you feel, sadness, anger, reminiscence, sometimes […]
Review: Culto del Ratto – Provincia distorta (Full album, 2025) | Techno punk
Band info Band: Culto del Ratto Album: ‘Provincia distorta‘ Released: January 1st, 2025 Genre: techno, raw punk Location: Italy Review Culto del Ratto is an Italian project playing experimental technopunk. The music can be described as raw, even minimalist, but above all brutal. This brutality manifests itself both in the compositions themselves, where ears unfamiliar […]
Review: Damhnait – Keeper of the Dead (Full album, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Damhnait Album: ‘Keeper of the Dead‘ Released: December 26th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: US Review “Plant myself in undead soil Make matter of all this toil” These are the opening lines of the song “You Entered the Dwelling Place of Dead Tenderness Alive”. Rarely have we heard such laconic yet deeply meaningful […]
Review: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö – The Shameful Light (Full album, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö Album: ‘The Shameful Light‘ Released: December 4th, 2025 Genre: raw black metal Location: Finland Review Hello, hello. This is ABMN in what we are already calling a Shameful Light Friday honoring today’s submission. Starring for a third time the Finns KARHUNVARTIJAN TYHJIÖ, which this time bring us which is […]
Review: Aovum – Abandon (Full album, 2025) | Avant-garde
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 […]
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 […]