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 […]

Review: CtrlAltSuppr – ‘Ctrl Alt Suppr’ (EP, 2024) | Black metal

Video link Band info Band: CtrlAltSuppr Album: ‘Ctrl Alt Suppr‘ Released: November, 24th, 2024 Genre: black metal Location: France Review Spoilers suck, right? The experience of being surprised at first context with a piece of art you didn’t know is so important, that at times it really does take away the entire fun of the […]

Review: DŹONSLOVS – Asgrauw (Demo, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal

Band info Band: DŹONSLOVS Album: Asgrauw  Released: January 5th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, DSBM Location:  UK Review DŹONSLOVS is an antifascist black metal band from London that produces atmospheric, minimalistic, and depressive post-black metal. In January 2025, they released their second album, Asgrauw, which features five tracks in German, dealing with themes of resistance, […]

Review – Delightful Dekadenss – Ala Maji (Full album, 2023) | Occult metal

Band info Band: Delightful Dekadenss Album: ‘Ala Maji‘ Released: May 22nd, 2023 Genre: Occult metal Location: Turkey Review A large share of the black metal community is interested in magic(“k”) and the occult, which is not really a surprise; the promises of self-improvement and transcendence make complete sense for a genre that is very much […]

Review: Le Desespoir – Ville (Full album, 2024) | Atmospheric black metal

Band info Band: Le Desespoir Album: ‘Ville‘ Released: November 4th, 2024 Genre: atmospheric black metal Location: France Review Hello, dear listeners and dearest haters that still stalk our socials, and welcome to another edition of ABMN’s Gloomy Sunday (just made this up, don’t worry there’s no such thing (unless asked for))! Back to the usual […]

Review: Rotten Filthy – “The Path of Mercury” (Single, 2025) | Thrash death

Band info Band: Rotten Filthy Single: “The Path of Mercury” Released: January 20th, 2025 Genre: thrash metal, death metal Location: Brazil Review For today’s feature, we bring you an intriguing four-minute taste of blackened trash coming from the Brasil-based Rotten Filthy. In the tradition of so many classical trash metal groups “The Path of Mercury” […]