Review: Legendarium – For Eternal Glory (Full length, 2024) | Power metal, death metal

Band info Band: Legendarium Album: ‘For Eternal Glory‘ Released: November 8th, 2024 Genre: power metal, death metal Location: Netherlands Review We return tonight again with the fourth full-length album of Legendarium, a band with two members from the Netherlands and Italy and its original mix of epic power metal and melodic death metal. Yes, you […]

Review: Stochastic Reaper – The Wheel (Full album, 2024) | Black metal, experimental

Band info Band: Stochastic Reaper Album: ‘The Wheel‘ Released: December 6th, 2024 Genre: black metal, experimental Location: Czechia Review For the second time on ABMN, we are pleased to present the Stochastic Reaper project to you. This time, it is a full album entitled ‘The Wheel‘ Let’s start by deciphering the name. The word “stochastic” itself is […]

Review: Carving Void – “Fragments Under The Black Sun” (Single, 2024) | Death metal

Band info Band: Carving Void Single: “Fragments Under The Black Sun” Released December 6th, 2024 Genre: death metal Location: Germany Review Good first Friday of the year, dear listeners! Have you made any New Year’s resolutions already? Yeah, we haven’t either, don’t worry. BUT, coming from Dresden / Leipzig, Carving Void does have and left […]

Antifascist Solidarity Compilation | Metal Sem Facho, 2024

Antifascist Black Metal Network today presents the Antifascist Solidarity Compilation, composed of Brazilian antifascist bands and put together by the collective Metal Sem Facho. It aims to raise money for MLB and CSP-Conlutas, organisations involved in the relief effort during the disastrous floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2024. Releasing officially on the […]

Review: Clones Of Sirius – ‘Grandeur’ (EP, 2024) | Black metal, death metal

Band info Band: Clones Of Sirius  Album: Grandeur Released: October 22nd, 2024. Genre: black metal, death metal. Location: United Kingdom   Review After their very exciting EP debut last year, Clones of Sirius is back again with another EP, Grandeur. This time around, though, Clones of Sirius really lean hard into blackened death over blackened thrash compared […]

Review: Mater Infecta – Di estetica, epifanie e tormenti (EP, 2024) | Black/death

It is with our greatest pleasure to present to you, dear listener (or hate-stalker), what is without a doubt another incredibly mindblowing release this year has to offer. Mater Infecta, the three-piece band coming from Italy, will most probably hook their sharp claws on you if you’re down for a proper black/death blend, with so […]

Review: Genital Shame – As Good as a Kiss (EP, 2024) | Avant-garde, experimental

We’re very happy to feature Genital Shame, Erin Dawson‘s one transwoman powerhouse for the second time in ABMN, after the full-length album Chronic Illness Wish at the beginning of 2024 which caught up our attention and introduced her experimental and very unique take on black metal to a wider audience. Erin obviously doesn’t like resting on her laurels […]

Review: Gun Girl – Vengeant Siege of Unholy Divinity (Full album, 2024) | Bestial black metal

Y’all we are struggling on how to open this up. Why are we stating that? Well mostly because musical genius, Eleanor Harper, has created something so raw, so bombastic, so fucking pissed the fuck off, that it’s rather hard to figure out how to open up about her latest project, Gun Girl. How does one […]

Review: Wretched Blessing – “Anathematic” (Official video, 2024) | Black/death/hardcore

A few weeks ago we introduced you all to a debuting project bringing a high-quality mix of extreme and punk-related genres, the US-based duo Wretched Blessing and its first EP. Well, we have them back today with an official video for the sludge-driven song – extracted from this very release – “Anathematic”! Devised, created and […]