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: 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, […]

Review: Armored Manticore – Armored Manticore (Full album, 2025) | Industrial synth

Band info Band: Armoured Manticore Album: ‘Armored Manticore‘ Genre: industrial synth Released Augsut 21st, 2025 Location: US Review We’re used to a lot of dungeon synth sounding like music we can spend a calm evening with, relaxing, reading, drinking our wine, you get it. Then, there’s some dungeon synth like Armoured Manticore‘s debut, which can […]