Living in 2024 we seem to be blurring rigid lines between various sub-genres of metal. Sure one could argue that it’s always been there and an ever-ongoing thing but people in the past have been careful in how they blur the lines and in today’s atmosphere it’s easier for a smaller band/ artist to gain […]
Category: Full albums
Review: Reva – Urban Madrigals (Full album Premiere, 2024) | DSBM, post-black
Releasing tomorrow, we’re excited to premiere Reva‘s second album, Urban Madrigals. Somewhat reminiscent of Bonjour Tristesse‘s Your Ultimate Urban Nightmare with its cover, Reva explores the “impact of modern society and its relentless pace on our lives“, delving into the duality of the social isolation we all feel and constant connectivity via the Internet. Combining […]
Review: Venus 426 – Causeways Into the Night (Full album, 2024) | Noise
We wander again to a different frame of sound from the usual today presenting the premiere for VENUS – 426’s last effort named Causeways into the Night. Packed into a 12-track body of work, the queer antifascist harsh noise powerhouse shows an immense evolution and develops into a concrete and more conceptual and thick atmosphere […]
Castle Of Love – Review: Caves beneath the castle ruins (Full album, 2023) | Dungeon synth
Join us today on a little field trip into the ruins of a forgotten civilisation, deep underground and endlessly mysterious! Castle of Love‘s Caves beneath the castle ruins describes the fantastic journey through an ancient realm of forgotten history yet to be newly discovered. And while of course lacking vocals, the atmosphere of each of these […]
Review: Παγανή Κυριακή – Παγανή Κυριακή (Full album, 2024) | Blackened dungeon disco
Today is Easter Sunday for the Orthodox and Oriental Christian world who follow the Julian calendar, unlike those western Gregorian heretics, and as it’s arguably the most pagan of all Christian holy days (shhhh, don’t tell them) it’s only fitting we feature a fresh band called Παγανή Κυριακή (pronounced Pagani Kyriaki and meaning Pagan Sunday […]
Review: Rejecter – A Method for Withdrawing (Full album, 2024) | Black metal
Today we are pleased to present a new EP by the Rejecter, which was one of the first projects we published. It’s a great opportunity to trace Rejecter‘s musical path and to reflect on its example of paying attention to genre frameworks. Black metal, however, consists of several distinctive musical elements, but it also exists […]
Review: Fatal Torture – Savage Depths of Hell (Full album, 2023) | Thrash metal, death metal
Pssst over here, do you guys wanna buy some speed cos today we got just enough to keep you wanting more! Coming in from Ireland we have Fatal Torture and their EP, Savage Depths of Hell. This is some blistering speeding death metal fiery fury that it’s over just as soon as it begins. To be […]
Review: Lust Hag – Lust Hag (Full album premiere, 2024) | Black metal
We are in the midst of some sort of renaissance in the black metal sphere, we get caught up with those that continue the old ways or even the iconoclasts that reject them in favour of doing something different and reject the status quo/ trve kvlt. So while we are here we get the small […]
Review: Eyes Of Simurgh – Legendas Ruraus (Full album, 2024) | Sludge, stoner
Although ABMN has already been around for three years where we have received tons of submissions, and done a lot of research to find RABM/antifascist-related bands within black metal and outside of it, we keep discovering more and more bands that aren’t new and have already been around for a while. Some have been speaking […]
Review: Masochrist – Grimecode: DCLXVI (Full album, 2023) | Melodic death grind
Masochrist is what you expect from melodic death grind: the music you need to get up and go to work, the music that keeps your heart beating, the music that will scare your parents, your colleagues, or any right-minded person. With 18 songs for almost 17 minutes, this album keeps a very high standard of […]