Review: Eternal Starvation – Life In A Coffin (EP, 2025) | Black metal

  Band info Band: Eternal Starvation Album: ‘Life in a Coffin‘ Released: August 22nd, 2025 Genre: atmospheric, raw black metal Location: Germany Review Today’s release is courtesy of Eternal Starvation and their new album, ‘Life in a Coffin‘; coming in at a little over 20 minutes, this album is short but sweet, meaning nothing overstays […]

“Buried in their Confines” by Knights of Rain feat Tumultuous Ruin (Single, 2025) | Black metal

https://youtu.be/ASgJz1_TziA Band info Single: “Buried in their Confines” Genre: black metal, atmospheric black metal Band: Knights Of Rain Location: Germany Band: Tumultuous Ruin Location: US Review Once again, we are witnesses to the marvels that musical collaborations can achieve. In this case, you are surely more than familiar with the acts highlighted: Knights Of Rain, […]

Review: Mycorrhizal – ‘The Way Out is Through’ (Full album, 2025) | Electronica, BM

Band info Band: Mycorrhizal Album: ‘The Way Out is Through’ Releases September 19th, 2025 Genre: experimental, black metal, electronica Location: US Review Have we made the “Mycorrhizal put the ‘fun’ in fungi” joke yet? We have? Yeah, well, it’s a good joke because it is true. Christine Elaine‘s one-woman musical vehicle never fails to be interesting, […]

Review: Amimia – ‘Eigengrau’ (Full album, 2025) | ATBMN, blackgaze

Band info Band: Amimia Album: ‘Eigengrau‘ Released: April 11th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, blackgaze Location: Germany Review Blackgaze is one of the most interesting transgressions that black metal has gone through; how many fans from its first era, thirty years ago, would have guessed that it would be combined with one of the most […]

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 […]