Review: Spectral Decay – Left Hand Wrath (Full album, 2025) | Black metal, crust

Band info Band: Spectral Decay Album: ‘Left Hand Wrath‘ Released: October 31st Genre: black metal/crust Location: US Review This is not the first time we have covered Spectral Decay, the antifascist act from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They play a well-constructed blend of black metal and crust, with a notable influence from thrash. This blend of […]

Review: 1984 – Anastasis The Arsonist insignia (EP, 2025) | Blackened crust

Band info Band: 1984 Album: ‘Anastasis The Arsonist insignia‘ Genre: crust Released: October 16th, 2025 Location: Indonesia Review Welcome all, dear listeners and haters, checking on us on this fine day. We’ve got some powerful distortion to cheer up any day going downhill with some energy drums and tasty riffs; if this is what you […]

Review: Chaosdögs – Chaosdögs (Full album, 2025) | Black punk

https://youtu.be/Enkpzpj4wXQ Band info Band: Chaosdögs Album: ‘Chaosdögs‘ Released: May 25th, 2025 Genre: black metal, punk Location: Turkey Review Black crust lovers and eco-anarchists, today you’re in luck! From the depths of Istanbul’s underground rises Chaosdögs, a four-piece outfit devoted to tearing down false gods and the machinery of control. And, this is their second, and […]

Review: Brodkant – Rise of Hellcimex (EP, 2025) | Black punk

Band info Band name: Brodkant Album title: ‘Rise of Hellcimex‘ Released: July 21st, 2025 Genre: Black/Crust Punk. Country: Brazil. Review Brodkant is a primarily crust-punk band with a subtle influence of black metal, most notably in the drums. ‘Rise of Hellcimex‘ is their first EP, featuring a cover of Dishammer. No time to linger in […]

Illvilja – “Mental Kollaps” (Official video, 2025) | Blackened crust

Band info Band: Illvilja Song: “Mental Kollaps” Genre: black metal, crust Location: Sweden Review Today, we’re premiering the video of the song “Mental Kollaps” from Illvilja‘s newest album ‘Döden‘, which will be reviewed later this year! Illvilja is a blackened crust band from Sweden producing deep and invasive music, with amazing riffs and a very […]

Review: Othismos – ‘Sottrazione’ (Full album, 2024) | Black-crust, post-hardcore

Band info Band: Othismos Album: ‘Sottrazione’ Released: December 16th, 2024 Genre: black-crust, post-hardcore Location: Italy Review Today’s band was introduced to ABMN a few weeks ago with a new single: “Cops Are Not People“. It immediately got our attention, obviously! Then, we found out this Italian trio has been around since 2012 and is back […]

Review: Light The Pyres – Death Of The Megafauna (EP, 2024) | Black metal, crust

Band info Band: Light The Pyres Album: Death Of The Megafauna Released: August 2nd, 2024. Genre: black metal, crust. Location: USA Review Hello there our beloved listeners, would you be able to spare us 10 minutes today? If so, you’re still in time to jump for some groovy and muddy sonic aggression by the hand […]

Review: yell. – Ostatnia Godzina (Full album, 2024) | Dark punk

Black metal is often the music of nature where the artists come from. In the case of yell, it’s eastern Poland, whose forests are getting smaller every year. In the album Last Hour from this year, the theme of forests will recur quite often, but it will not be an idyllic fairy tale, but full of […]