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: 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: Siberian – Deadly Sins (Full album, 2024) | Black metal

Band info Band: Siberian Album: ‘Deadly Sins‘ Released: January 14th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Italy Review There’s a very specific type of black metal that is not precisely atmoblack, yet manages to create an immersive soundscape; it’s not raw black metal, but it manages to go straight to the throat in its speed and […]

Review: The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir – Demo I – “Folklore” (Demo, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: The Blood Mountain Black Meal Choir Album: ‘Demo I – “Folklore”‘. Released: January 8, 2025. Genre: black metal Location: US Review The Blood Mountain Black Meal Choir is a one-man band from Appalachia which presents us their first demo, with 5 exceptional tracks. As the band states, “[Appalachia] has a long and […]

Review: Ecologist – Glaciares: Premonici​ó​n de los fragmentos del deshielo inminente (2024) | ABM

Band info Band: Ecologist Album: ‘Glaciares: Premonici​ó​n de los fragmentos del deshielo inminente’ Released: November 29th, 2024 Genre: atmospheric black metal Location: Chile Review Hello, hello. We hope you didn’t want to get warm and cosy by the fire with what we offer this festive day, even though we will talk about particular warming that […]

Review: Masse D’Armes – Masse D’Armes (EP, 2024) | Black metal, dungeon synth

Band info Band: Masse D’Armes Album: ‘Masse D’Armes‘ Released: November 8th, 2024 Genre: Black metal, dungeon synth Location: Canada Review Masse D’Armes is a new project emerging from Quebec, and it is a pleasure to present their debut mini album today. The music contained in this release is atmospheric black metal/dungeon synth with medieval themes. […]

Review: Pâenil Era – Idle Cage (Full album, 2024) | Atmospheric/post-black metal

Band info Band: Pâenil Era Album: Idle Cage Released: Released September 19, 2024 Genre: atmospheric, post-black metal Location: Romania Review Pâenil Era is a new post-black metal one-man band from Romania that introduced itself last year with its very impressive debut album ‘Deviere‘, showing an already advanced mix of atmospheric black metal with post-metal and […]

Review: Dawn Treader – Bloom & Decay (Full album, 2024) | Blackgaze

Band info Band: Dawn Treader  Album: Bloom & Decay Released: released August 23rd, 2024 Genre: blackgaze Location: UK Review Like a soothing mist, it comes from the alleys of London today to paint an image in our minds of what is probably one of the closing and more interesting releases of the year so far […]

Review: Auriferous Flame – The Insurrectionists And The Caretakers (Full length, 2024) | Black Metal

Band info Band: Auriferous Flame  Album: The Insurrectionists And The Caretakers Released: November 8th, 2024 Genre: Atmospheric black/thrash metal Location: Greece Review Barely a year after releasing the sophomore album, ‘Ardor For Black Mastery’, Ayloss is back with a new Auriferous Flame album, ‘The Insurrectionists and the Caretakers’. ‘The Insurrectionists’ carry over, sound and visual […]

Review: Mourn The Stars – Saudade… (Full album, 2024) | Melodic black metal

In Portuguese, saudade represents an emotional feeling mixing melancholy, nostalgia and hope. It’s the feeling of a strong longing for something or someone that is loved but also absent. By this title, the US-based band Mourn The Stars gives a taste of their first album Saudade…. If you’ve been following for some time now, you […]