Band info Band: Antacid Trip Album: ‘The Hellish Cycle‘ Released: December 1, 2025 Genre: Blackened hardcore punk Location: US Review Hello, dear listeners, to this fine day (as fine as we are allowed to feel in a global hellscape), on this fine day. Time to revisit old cherished sounds and bands with an end-of-the-year gift […]
Tag: Antifascist black metal
Review: Detox From Humanity – Massenstaub (EP, 2025) | Post-black metal
Band info Band: Detox From Humanity EP: ‘Massenstaub‘ Genre: black metal, post-black metal Released: May 29th, 2025 Location: Germany Review Detox From Humanity is a post black metal band from Germany. They recently released ‘Maussenstaub‘, their debut EP. Starting with a sample that I definitely understand as anti-psychiatry, their lyrics deal with LGBT rights, pollution, […]
Review: Unmother – “My Armor” (Single Premiere, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Unmother Single: “My Armor” Releases: January 5th, 2026 Genre: black metal, post- black metal Location: UK Review We’re very happy to welcome back Unmother, the very promising post-black metal band from the UK, whose debut album we featured in 2021, during our first year as a network. Some years have passed since […]
ABMN is growing! More genres, more voices! Come build it with us!
ABMN has existed for over four years as a radical left music platform focused on black metal as the root of RABM, and as a response to the genre’s long-standing relationship with reactionary ideologies. Over time, the network has naturally embraced other genres through artists who share the same commitments, and for a while now, […]
Review: Shrinewitch – Black Sacrist (Full album, 2025) | Raw black/doom, acoustic BM
https://youtu.be/jEroZcWhXRQ Band info Band: Shrinewitch Album: ‘Black Sacrist‘ Released: October 31st, 2025 Genre: raw black/doom, acoustic bm Location: US Review Across many cultures, the end of the year is near, which usually comes with a sense of renewal; a self-analytic look at where we stand, what we wish to improve, or what we hope to […]
Review: A///Plague – An Exit In Darkness (EP, 2025) | Black metal, crust
https://youtu.be/FRVo2h3dld0 Band info Band: A///Plague Album: ‘An Exit In Darkness‘ Released: November 21st, 2025 Genre: black metal, crust Location: Brazil Review The hyperprolific A///Plague of Brazil is back with a brand new EP titled An Exit in Darkness! This is an EP of a rough, dark, doomy black metal tour de force that keeps all […]
Review: DEATHFUCKINGWOUND – VOID MMXXV (Full album, 2025) | death, black, grind
Band info Band: DEATHFUCKINGWOUND Album: ‘Void MMXXV‘ Released: October 7th, 2025 Genre: black, death, grind Location: Finland Review War metal is a complicated genre. Every time we receive a submission that includes the word “war” – unless it is preceded by the noun “class” – our eyebrows go up in suspicion. The genre has long […]
Review: Downe Vaine Lights – Downe Vaine Lights (Demo, 2025) | Lofi black metal
Band info Band: Downe Vaine Lights Demo: s/t Released: October 21st, 2025 Genre: lofi black metal Location: US Review Today, we present the demo of a new solo project from the United States, created by Downe Vaine Lights. This self-titled release offers two tracks of lo-fi black metal, built around a contrast that actually works: […]
Review: Vedmaahn – Traces from the Ancient Realms, Part I (EP, 2025) | Atmospheric / fantasy BM
https://youtu.be/oxATuBuIwXg Band info Band: Vedmaahn Album: ‘Traces from the Ancient Realms (Part 1)‘ Released: September 19, 2025 Genre: atmospheric/fantasy black metal Location: Russia Review Hello yet again, dear listeners and stubborn haters, coming back to us. This is ABMN, and we got a spicy submission rolling in this fine Wednesday. Or maybe “spicy” is not […]
Review: Defenestrate – Crash Through the Glass (EP, 2025) | Blackened hardcore
https://youtu.be/t0SbM-pQfTQ Band info Band: Defenestrate Album: ‘Crash Through the Glass‘ Released: September 19th, 2025 Genre: blackened hardcore Location: US Review Defenestrate are not a new band in the channel, and they are back after last year’s ‘Sobek‘ with a nice little treat of black-ish hardcore punk, heavy on the d-beat, no ice, about throwing the oppressors […]