https://youtu.be/c19A2sisfOQ Band info Band: Sword Breaker Album: ‘Bloody Spikes‘ Released: April 24th, 2025 Genre: black punk Location: Netherlands Review Our beloved blackened punks are back, and this time not only are they breaking swords but they are also singing the praises of bloody polearms, making us love them even more, big pointy stick gang unite! […]
Tag: Antifascist black metal
Review: Xaytarak – Pogh Chka (EP, 2025) | Crust
Band info Band: Xaytarak Album: ‘Pogh Chka‘ Released: May 14th, 2025 Genre: crust Location: Armenia Review Ever felt like your music library and list of cool artists are missing names from Armenia? Worry no more, we’ve got you covered today. Released back in May this year, Xaytarak make today’s feature for the songs to wake […]
Review: Torkage / Clones Of Sirius – ‘Follow The Wings Aflame’ (Split, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Split album: ‘Follow The Wings Aflame‘ Genre: black metal Released: June 23, 2025 Band: Torkage Band: Clones Of Sirius Location: UK Review Clones Of Sirius has returned to our channel, bringing their blackened death goodness, now with a split with fellow Brits Torkage! CoS has been featured at ABMN with two previous releases, […]
Video: Hypomanic Daydream – “Dissociative” (Official video, 2025) | Avant-garde, experimental
Band info Band: Hypomanic Daydream Song: “Dissociative” extracted from ‘The Yearning‘ Released: July 16th, 2025 Genre: experimental, avant-garde Location: US Review We’ve something particularly special today, as we’re welcoming a long-time friend back to the Network, and she’s bringing with her tons of new and exciting work. Releasing in a couple of days, ‘The Yearning‘ […]
Review: Poise – Poise (EP, 2025) | D-beat, punk
Band info Band: Poise EP: ‘Poise‘ Released January 24th, 2025 Genre: d-beat, punk Location: US Review Drifting away for a little break from our most usual styles under the extreme metal umbrella, we are visiting today one of our other dearly favorite sonic frame within heavy music: no less than a taste of old school […]
Review: Pyrocee Death Cult – ‘The Pyrocene Extinction, Part I’ (EP, 2025) |
Band info Band: Pyrocene Death Cult EP: ‘The Pyrocene Extinction, Part I‘ Released May 31st, 2025 Genre: post black metal, DSBM, blackened doom Location: Tio’tia:ke, Canada Review Pyrocene is a word coined in 2015 to name the geological age since humans invented fire. So you can imagine from the name Pyrocene Death Cult that this […]
Review: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö – Ruttovirta (EP, 2025) | Raw black metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9Vdvu4Tlo&feature=youtu.be Band info Band: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö EP: ‘Ruttovirta‘ Released: May 29th, 2025 Genre: raw black metal Location: Finland Review Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö is a band from Turku, Finland, and if, by some miracle, you haven’t yet heard them, now is your chance. Especially since the ‘Ruttivirta‘ EP presented today is a foretaste of their upcoming debut […]
Review: Tumultuous Ruin – Never A Night So Dark (EP, 2025) | Black metal
https://youtu.be/vT46qYun40I Band info Band: Tumultuous Ruin EP: ‘Never a Nigh So Dark’ Released June 27th, 2025. Genre: black metal Location: US Review As much as we at ABMN are consistently trying to keep spirits high among the lines of the antifascists, the truth is that we are as susceptible to the crushing pressure towards despair […]
Review: HIRAETH – Hiraeth (Single, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: HIRAETH Single: ‘Hiraeth‘ Genre: atmospheric black metal Release May 31st, 2025 Location: Wales Review Today, we are honoured to present HIRAETH‘s debut single, “Hiraeth“. Coming from Cymru (Wales), the band explores Welsh history, mythology, and culture, as well as the struggle for Welsh independence over the centuries, and the devastating impact that […]
Review: Am I In Trouble? – Spectrum (Full album, 2025) | Avant-garde
Band info Band: Am I In Trouble? Album: ‘Spectrum‘ Released: January 3rd, 2025 Genre: Avant-garde Location: US Review As everyone who actually listens to it knows, black metal can come in many shapes, forms, colours and tones, going way beyond the stereotypical Norwegian 2nd wave stuff into a variety of subgenres – and today’s album, […]