Review: Lucerne Hammer – Demo (2025) | Black metal

https://youtu.be/W5oDdiKmEJI Band info Band: Lucerne Hammer  Album: Demo Released: March 29th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Canada Review As antifascists, we really don’t like using the word “supremacy” for obvious reasons, but sometimes you can’t avoid it, like when you are preaching polearm supremacy. Yeah, yeah, swords are cool and all, but mostly tied to […]

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: Wolven Daughter x Order of the Wolf (Split album, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Wolven Daughter Location: US Band: Order Of The Wolf Location: Scotland Album: Wolven Daughter x Order of the Wolf  Released: March 21st, 2025 Genre: black metal Review Collaborations are an essential part of our scene, for if we cannot rely on each other in the face of coming evil to crush as […]

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: 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 […]