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: athshe – The Body Will Die (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal

https://youtu.be/NV55-l1BcUs Band info Band: athshe Album: ‘The Body Will Die‘ Released: March 29th, 2025 Genre: ambient/atmospheric black metal Location: US Review We will all die. As many philosophers have put forward, this is perhaps the only certainty we have as humans, and one of the main features of the human condition. What differs is how […]

Review: Locomotion of Escape by Tachanka/Vanessa Funke (Split album, 2025)

Band info Band: Tachanka Location: US Band: Vanessa Funke Location: Germany Album: ‘Locomotion of Escape‘ Released: February 21st, 2025 Review All art in the present day is forced to deal with the fact that capitalism is unravelling the world, both literally and metaphorically, and the music we bring to ABMN is made by those who […]

Review: Halizth – Halizth (Full album, 2025) | Cosmic black metal

Band info Band: Halizth Album: Halizth Released: March 10th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, cosmic black metal Location: France Review Black metal is “anywhere out of the world” to use Dead Can Dance‘s song as a reference. Escape from the confines of the material or the earthen is a common tendency that expresses the transcendental […]

Review: Atlantic – Timeworn (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal

Band info Band: Atlantic Album: ‘Timeworn‘ Released: April 4th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, post-black metal Location: Ireland Review Sing, o Muse, of the plight of the people of Atlantis, sunken below the sea for their hubris, their attempted mistreatment of other nations, their forgetting of their own origins. Sing of how the ground opened […]

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: 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 […]