Review: Xwîn – Xw​î​n Bi Xw​î​nê Tê Ş​û​ş​tin (Full album, 2024) | Black metal

Black metal often claims to be a scene of rebels and angry outcasts, until you realise that a good majority of it is just middle-class Westerners using their art to complain that their ancestors converted to Christianity and deprived them of the opportunity to roleplay as vicious pagan warriors (never mind that 99% of their […]

Review: Hipoxia – Fragmented Revelations (Full album, compilation, 2024) | Doom, drone

If there would ever be a more fitting cover for this compilation it would be just slightly lighter than this pitch-black square that we are presented with for Fragmented Revelations by Hipoxia. Gathering all those songs from Hipoxia that would usually be hard to find on a physical medium, be it from being only released in […]

Review: Unholy Altar – Veil of Death! Shroud of Nite (Full album, Premiere, 2024) | Raw black metal

As weather gets warmer around those of us in the northern hemisphere and colder for those in the southern hemisphere we go searching for music to match these moods. Specifically, music that brings coldness to our ears and hearts whether it be through escaping the heat and treachery of the sun or matching the cold […]

Review: Shades Of Extinction – Demo II (Full demo, 2024) | Raw black metal

A few months after their first demo that we already reviewed, Shades of Extinction is back with a second demo, soberly called Demo II. In the meanwhile, they did participate in a compilation to raise funds for 269 Libération Animale. In the world of antifascist black metal, there is not much raw BM, but Shades […]

Review: ‘Austerity – Despondency – Longing’ by Botgörelsen / Wrekan / Astral Lore (Full split, 2024) | BM

ABMN has always cherished split and collaborative albums for the many reasons expressed before: collective work, and uniting different genres, cultures, and points of view… And it’s one lazy click into discovering /re-visiting more than one band! Today’s upload brings three different bands within the same raw and straightforward black metal, offering slightly different sonorities. […]

Review: TerraMorta – Intifada (Full album, 2024) | Grindcore

Intifada is a grindcore album with a black metal twist. Released a few weeks ago by the newly created band Terra Morta, this album is a very short but intense album, as you could expect from a grindcore band. Mixing crust punk, grindcore and some black metal rhythms, this album will match your needs of […]

Review: Human Abyss – Death Obsessed (Full album, 2024) | Blackened death

Today we have a lot to cut through with the most recent addition to the channel: Berlin-based Human Abyss, and its newest album Death Obsessed. Although this quintet only goes back to 2020, it is almost entirely formed by experienced musicians who have played in bands like Spawn (death metal) or currently active No On […]

Review: Demon Sluice – Demo MMXXIV (Full demo, 2024) | Black metal, death metal

Today it feels like we have a treat for those of you who enjoy the more death metal-influenced side of black metal that we tend to get. And by treat and death metal we mean, this shit is so fucking on the nose for bestial black metal that it’s shocking that it isn’t a tag […]

Review: Purgatorial – “Doomed To Repeat” (Single PREMIERE, 2024) | Blackened death metal

Again we are premiering a new song by Purgatorial, just what the doctor ordered to keep us on the hook until we wait for an album to come, you fucking tease! We jest, of course, take your time, as long as the album keeps the quality of this song you’ll have no complaints from us, […]