Review: Nekrokratie – Ein Blutig Frühling (Full album, 2025) | Raw black metal

Band info Band: Nekrokratie Album: ‘Ein Blutig Frühling‘ Released: April 16th, 2025 Genre: raw black metal Location: Germany Review “Necropolitics” is a concept introduced by Cameroonian historian and political theorist Achille Mbembe, which, in brief, describes how regimes utilise social, political, and military power to determine who lives and who dies. He uses the genocides […]

Review: athshe – The Body Will Die (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal

https://youtu.be/NV55-l1BcUs Band info Band: athshe Album: ‘The Body Will Die‘ Released: March 29th, 2025 Genre: ambient/atmospheric black metal Location: US Review We will all die. As many philosophers have put forward, this is perhaps the only certainty we have as humans, and one of the main features of the human condition. What differs is how […]

Review: Halizth – Halizth (Full album, 2025) | Cosmic black metal

Band info Band: Halizth Album: Halizth Released: March 10th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, cosmic black metal Location: France Review Black metal is “anywhere out of the world” to use Dead Can Dance‘s song as a reference. Escape from the confines of the material or the earthen is a common tendency that expresses the transcendental […]

Review: Atlantic – Timeworn (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal

Band info Band: Atlantic Album: ‘Timeworn‘ Released: April 4th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, post-black metal Location: Ireland Review Sing, o Muse, of the plight of the people of Atlantis, sunken below the sea for their hubris, their attempted mistreatment of other nations, their forgetting of their own origins. Sing of how the ground opened […]

Review: Kryk – Крик (Full album, 2024) | Black punk

https://youtu.be/P2QVe2ot6iE Band info Band: Kryk Album: ‘Крик‘ Released: August 1st, 2024 Genre: black metal, punk Location: Germany Review Straight from the thriving Berlin scene, we present to you the fresh black punk band Kryk. Last year, they released their first album called ‘Крик‘, which in Russian means scream. And the vocal scream is most definitely […]

Review: Offerbarn – Vejen til Lys (Full album, 205) | Black metal

Band info Band: Offerbarn Album: Vejen til Lys Released: March 31st, 2025 Genre: black metal, hardcore Location: Denmark Review It is no accident that Offerbarn‘s debut album was named Vejen til Lys (which translates to “The Road to Light”) and released on March 31st, the Trans Day Of Visibility, as the bands sole member Kat chose […]

Review: Doomseer – Doomseer (Full album, 2025) | Dungeon synth

Band info Band: Doomseer Album: S/T Released: February 15th, 2025 Genre: (fantasy) dungeon synth, with doom metal features Location: US Review Doomseer is a one-person project from Washington, with music that is dungeon synth falling into a doom metal vibe. The melodies and backgrounds, played with electronics and guitar, are dark, and in some places […]

Review: No Hand Path – Μυστικισμός της Ενηλικίωσης (Full album, 2025) | Progressive black metal

Band info Band: No Hand Path Album: Μυστικισμός της Ενηλικίωσης Released: March 21st, 2025 Genre: black metal, progressive Location: Greece Review It probably might be hard to understand the eagerness by which some of us were expecting No Hand Path‘s sophomore album, but we have to go back 15 years ago, when the band released […]

Review: It Is Dead – Liberate, Upon the Altar of Freedom (Full album, 2025) | Black crust, war

Band info Band: It Is Dead Album: Liberate, Upon the Altar of Freedom Releases: April 11th, 2025 Genre: Black crust, sludge, war metal Location: US Review Once again, we are pleased to present to you It Is Dead. This is a band from the so-called USA midwest, and today we premiere their new album “Liberate, […]

Review: Lunar Cult – The Blade Was Forged to Fit Your Hand (Full album, 2025) | Dungeon synth

Band info Band: Lunar Cult Album: ‘The Blade Was Forged to Fit Your Hand‘ Released: April 4th, 2025 Genre: dungeon synth Location: UK Review For the second time, we welcome Lunar Cult, a dungeon synth project from the UK with a perfectly clear antifascist stance that has already released six albums, the latest of which we […]