Review: Greet – I Know How To Die (Full album, 2025) | Dark folk

https://youtu.be/eSklfGoaneo Band info Band: Greet Album: ‘I Know How To Die‘ Released: October 17th, 2025 Genre: dark folk Location: UK Review If you’re looking for the perfect album for a wet and windy Friday, this is it: Greet‘s debut full-length album, ‘I Know How To Die’. Much like their previous releases, this is yet another […]

Review: Opus Est Sanare – ‘Live and Unadorned’ (Live EP, 2025) | Instrumental

https://youtu.be/wINHZy0i5N4 Band info Band: Opus Est Sanare Album: ‘Live and Unadorned‘ Genre: chamber music, instrumental Released August 1st, 2025 Location: US Review Metal, and extreme metal even more, for many, is first and foremost violence in musical form. And even though this isn’t the whole story, it is obviously not a wrong conclusion, given the […]

mumuksu – breaking GOD (Full album, 2025) | Doom, black metal

Band info Band: mumuksu Album: ‘breaking GOD‘ Released: August 8th, 2025 Genre: experimental doom/drone Location: Malaysia Review Few subjects have been explored in metal as much as religion; some bands are inspired by it, while others (most, in fact) are adversarial to it. mumuksu falls firmly into the second camp, and thankfully, when many use […]

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: VENUS-426 – songs of post-apocalyptic yearnings (Full album, 2025) | Noisecore

Band info Band: VENUS-426 Album: ‘songs of post-apocalyptic yearnings‘ Released: September 2nd, 2025 Genre: Noisecore Location: US Review As the US marks Labour Day, celebrating the socially sold myth of work while so many are exploited, erased, and hunted, we premiere a very fitting upcoming album: ‘songs of post-apocalyptic yearnings‘ by VENUS-426. A 17-track voyage […]

Review: Hypomanic Daydream – The Yearning (Full album, 2025) | Avant-garde

Band info Band: Hypomanic Daydream Album:  ‘The Yearning‘ Released: July 18th, 2025 Genre: experimental, avant-garde Location: US Review After having the chance to share its first single with us here at the Network, along with all the visuals and the video clip, we move from “Dissociative” onto the whole block of work that Hypomanic Daydream put […]

Review: Fumus / Zerg – ‘Mad Medicine’ (Split album, 2025) | Hardcore punk

https://youtu.be/8H2ZrtnIcfo Band info Album: ‘Mad Medicine‘ Released April 10th, 2025 Band: Fumus Band: Zerg Location: Indonesia Genre: hardcore punk Review Not sure about mad, but some raw metallic punk is always good medicine. And while technically Fumus and Zerg (RUSH! Sorry, couldn’t resist) are not black metal bands, they definitely exude the same essence that […]

Video: Hypomanic Daydream – “Dissociative” (Official video, 2025) | Avant-garde, experimental

Band info Band: Hypomanic Daydream Song: “Dissociative” extracted from ‘The Yearning‘ Released: July 16th, 2025 Genre: experimental, avant-garde Location: US Review We’ve something particularly special today, as we’re welcoming a long-time friend back to the Network, and she’s bringing with her tons of new and exciting work. Releasing in a couple of days, ‘The Yearning‘ […]

Review: So.Wa.Des – Gnathosonics (EP, 2025) | Experimental black noise

  Band info Band: So.Wa.Des Album: ‘Gnathosonics‘ Released April 12th, 2025 Genre: experimental black metal, noise Location: Greece Review So.Wa.Des is a project from Greece that fuses black metal with sludge, drone, noise and electronics. The result is genuinely great, and while the band already has several EPs on their account, today we present the […]

Review: Dolorous Gnaw – Gnashing (Full album, 2025) | Ambient

Band info Band: Dolorous Gnaw Album: Gnashing Released: March 7th, 2025 Genre: ambient Location: Australia Review It’s always nice to put an album on and then be actually immersed in the music one way or another. What we mean is that when putting music some people use it to help focus for whatever or others […]