Band info Band: Zalaam EP: ‘To Resist the Enemies of the Sun‘ Releases: TBC Genre: Black metal Location: Palestine Review Right, let’s get the obvious part out of the way. Yes, Zalaam are Palestinian. And after everything that has happened, if that alone isn’t enough to make you pay attention, we’re not sure that banging […]
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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 […]
Review: Uganga – Ganeshu (Full album, 2025) | Crossover
Band info Band: Uganga Album: ‘Ganeshu‘ Released: May 9th, 2025 Genre: crossover, hardcore Location: Brazil Review One thing every leftist metal (and punk too, really) fan goes through is the inevitable reckoning with old favourites who have turned sketch. We’ve all been there – many founding parents of our genres are now racist MAGA asshats, […]
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: 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: 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 […]
Review: Excommunicant – Reviresco (Full album, 2025) | Black, death, doom
https://youtu.be/Skh_qtqBM1s Band info Band: Excommunicant Album: ‘Reviresco‘ Relesed November 13th, 2025 Genre: death, doom, black Location: Canada Review Today, we bring one of those projects that resist categorisation by moving across multiple musical languages and genres. Excommunicant is a solo band based in Canada, and what you’ll be listening to is its second full-length release. […]
Review: Lighting Sun – Star of Bethlehem (EP, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Lighting Sun Album: ‘Star of Bethlehem (Refugee)‘ Released: July 31st, 2025 Genre: doom black Location: US Review Lighting Sun is a black-doom band from California. ‘Star of Bethlehem‘ is their second album, following their first album in 2024 called ‘Man With No Name‘, as the title of their songs makes it clear, […]
Review: Gruta – Hymnus Atram Ad Mortem (Full album, 2025) | Blackened crust/death
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 […]
Review: Teardrinker – Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring (EP, 2025) | Screamo, post-hardcore
Band info Band: Teardrinker EP: ‘Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring‘ Released: April 14th, 2025 Genre: screamo, post-hardcore, sludge Location: Netherlands Review The Dutch (black) metal scene never disappoints, and today’s upload is no exception! Teardrinker’s debut EP, ‘Killing the Flowers Will Not Delay Spring‘, may be short, but it’s sweet, empowering and hopeful. […]