Band info Band: Kakorrhaph Album: Chasing Shadows Released: May 17th, 2026 Genre: Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal Location: Victoria, Australia Review Kakorrhaph is a one-person project from so-called Australia that plays depressive and atmospheric black metal. The material was created over the course of six years and is a deeply personal expression of experiences […]
Tag: Depressive black metal
Review: Oculi Melancholiarum – Antheraea (Full album, 2026) | Blackgaze
Band info Name: Oculi Melancholiarum Album: ‘Antheraea‘ Genre: blackgaze, depressive black metal, post-black metal Released: January 12th, 2026 Location: Mexico Review We’re a little under halfway through the year (a terrifying thought, we know) with unlimited new releases to come, yet already Oculi Melancholiarum‘s newest release, Antheraea, is sure to be a highlight of the […]
Review: ‘We Love Hating Each Other’ by Asthildr/There is No Light Here (Split, 2026) | Black metal
Band info Bands: Asthildr & There Is No Light Here Album: ‘We Love Hating Each Other‘ Genres: DSBM, black metal, atmospheric black metal Released: January 30th, 2026 Location: US Review Welcome listeners, for today we ride yet again. We are bringing one of the specials from the ever growing US scene, a split between one […]
gāſt – gāſt (Demo, 2025) | DSBM, funeral doom
Band info Band: gāſt Demo: ‘gāſt‘ Genre: DSBM, doom, post-black Released: August 24th, 2025 Location: US Review Hailing from New York, today’s band is gāſt, or Gāst, pronounced with a regular short “s” sound instead of a long one from the main from, but both interchangeably valid, which could be roughly from different roots as […]
Review: Piss Trophäe – Kaputt (Full album, 2025) | DSBM
Band info Band: Piss Trophäe Album: ‘Kaputt‘ Releases: August 23rd, 2025 Genre: DSBM Location: Germany Review Piss Trophäe (Piss Trophy). A name as nasty as the sound of this project. Here we have black metal searching for its origins in the second wave. Bitter, evil lyrics dwell in their profanity and directness. This may be […]
Review: Black Spine – Akeda (Full album, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: Black Spine Album: Akeda Released: February 26th, 2025 Genre: black metal, depressive black metal Location: Sweden Review Hallå and välkommen to a new Friday of gloom and doom to finish off the working week! You might want to know why we are greeting you with half-baked Swedish, and it is because we are […]
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: The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir – Demo I – “Folklore” (Demo, 2025) | Black metal
Band info Band: The Blood Mountain Black Meal Choir Album: ‘Demo I – “Folklore”‘. Released: January 8, 2025. Genre: black metal Location: US Review The Blood Mountain Black Meal Choir is a one-man band from Appalachia which presents us their first demo, with 5 exceptional tracks. As the band states, “[Appalachia] has a long and […]
Review: Förfallet – VE (Full album, 2024) | Post-black, DSBM
From Stockholm, we bring today a bit of sharp and cold tunes to alleviate this still-starting week. Förfallet (“-the- decay”), a post-black ensemble that presented their self-titled, self-released debut back in 2020, offers us some company with their latest work to date, named Ve, that will soon see a vinyl release and given the craftmanship […]