Review: Ashenheart – ‘Tales From Eternal Dusk’ (Full EP, 2025) | Black metal, death metal

Band info Band: Ashenheart Album: ‘Tales From Eternal Dusk‘ Releases: April 18th, 2025 Genre: black metal, death metal Location: UK, US Review Ashenheart is a new band featuring musicians from the UK and the USA. It was founded last year. Spearheaded by Amanda Kauffman, who writes the music and performs most of the instruments, they’ve already […]

Review: Iron Spire – Iron Spire (Demo, 2025) | Black punk

Band info Band: Iron Spire Demo: ‘Iron Spire‘ Released: March 14th, 2025 Genre: Black metal, punk Location: US Review Iron Spire‘s debut self-titled EP of what they call “armored metal” offers delicious metal punk. It’s not the raw atavistic kind you’d expect from the Xerox cover but more a mix of Bathory, classic heavy metal, and crusty […]

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: Les Guillotines Délirés – Les Guillotines Délirés (EP, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Les Guillotines Délirés Album: Les Guillotines Délirés Releases: April, 4th 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Netherlands Review Do you ever have insomnia? That horrible feeling of just not being able to sleep because you’re anxious, usually, or for whatever reason? Well, then, black metal might help – not usually because it will […]

Review: Verstige – Urban Thoughts (Demo, 2025) | Ambient

https://youtu.be/blLXo5vVrGU Band info Band: Verstige  Album: ‘Urban Thoughts‘ Released: 1st of March, 2025 Genre: Ambient Location: Switzerland Review Dense atmospheric synth textures floating around silent screams venturing into the black void of dark midnight suburbia. This might be one possible description of this ambient synth EP delivered to us by an artist working under the […]

Ulltisol – Mirror Aura (Official video, 2025) | Entheogenic black metal

Video link Band info Band: Ulltisol Song: “Mirror Aura” Released: May 20th, 2025 Genre: entheogenic rock, metal, folk Location: Canada Review The champions of antifascist entheogenic black metal are back, thankfully, with a new release called ‘Wiedersehen‘ and a new video called “Mirror Aura” that we are featuring today. And as expected, it’s weird, atmospheric […]

Review: Bruja Ácida – Bruja Ácida (Full album, 2025) | Doom, heavy

https://youtu.be/joFQpfyCluQ Band info Band: Bruja Ácida Album: ‘Bruja Ácida‘ Released: February 22nd, 2025 Genre: doom, heavy, psych Location: Brazil Review The Brazilian project Bruja Ácida we have already had the opportunity to present to you with the ‘Nakba‘ EP. So let us quickly remind you – the release was entirely dedicated to the genocide in Palestine, […]

Review: Black Spine – Akeda (Full album, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Black Spine Album: Akeda Released: February 26th, 2025 Genre: black metal, depressive black metal Location: Sweden Review Hallå and välkommen to a new Friday of gloom and doom to finish off the working week! You might want to know why we are greeting you with half-baked Swedish, and it is because we are […]

Review: Las Llagas – Cuanto tiempo nos queda para oler los eucaliptos? (EP, 2025) | Neocrust

Band info Band: Las Llagas Album: ‘Cuanto tiempo nos queda para oler los eucaliptos?‘ Released: March 5th, 2025. Genre: neocrust, blackened hardcore, sludge Location: Uruguay Review This is the first EP from Las Llagas, a crusty blackened hardcore band from Uruguay. In their own words, they initially started wanting to do a post-punk band which […]

Arquivo Morto – Carnificina Contemporânea (EP, 2015) | Grindcore/powerviolence

Band info Band: Arquivo Morto Album: Carnificina Contemporânea Released: April 1st, 2015 Genre: grindcore, power-violence Location: Brazil Introduction At ABMN, we like our frills and ornaments in music, but we also like our music to be simple and straightforward. It all depends on timing. And today, we have Arquivo Morto from Brazil catering to the second […]