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 […]
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Review: blaklande – Artemisetum (EP, 2026) | Dub black metal
Band info Band: blaklande Album: ‘Artemisetum‘ Released: January 2nd, 2026 Genre: dub black metal Location: Germany Review There are sometimes some genre combinations that leave you both surprised but also interested. We didn’t know what to expect when we first read about Black Dub Metal, while it is exactly what you would imagine. A mix […]
Review: Kréen – Aurora (EP, 2025) | Black metal, doom
Band info Band: Kréen EP: ‘Aurora‘ Released: December 27th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black/doom Location: Chile Review Αs we mentioned in previous uploads as well, we’re very happy to see so many new antifascist metal bands lately coming from the global south and challenging both narratives that metal is a European business and an apolitical culture. […]
Review: Unmother – State Dependent Memory (Full album, 2026) | Black metal
Band info Band: Unmother Album: ‘State Dependent Memory‘ Released: February 20th, 2026 Genre: black metal, post- black metal Location: UK Review And finally (with a bit of delay!) we are presenting today the album of the London-based post-black metal band Unmother, after the single “My Armor” that we premiered a few weeks ago. It’s not […]
Review: Zalaam – To Resist the Enemies of the Sun (EP, 2026) | Black metal
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 is Palestinian. And after everything that has happened, if that alone isn’t enough to make you pay attention, we’re not sure that […]
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: 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 […]