Band info Band: Maridia EP: ‘The Overlook Sessions‘ Released: January 30th, 2026 Genre: glim post-hardcore Location: Sweden Review Välkommen alla en annan dag, or welcome everyone for another day bringing you some thoughts and music that could break you apart into small pieces just to violently put you all together immediately like an earthquake. And […]
Tag: Hardcore
Review: Dungavenhooter – Promo 2026 (Demo, 2026) | Death metal, grindcore
Band info Band: Dungavenhooter Demo: ‘Promo 2026‘ Genre: death metal, grindcore Released: January 16, 2026 Location: US Review This nifty little release might be a promo with just 4 songs, but it packs the punch of many a longer album. A fresh project comprised by alumni of several more well known bands (that we won’t […]
Review: Culto del Ratto – Provincia distorta (Full album, 2025) | Techno punk
Band info Band: Culto del Ratto Album: ‘Provincia distorta‘ Released: January 1st, 2025 Genre: techno, raw punk Location: Italy Review Culto del Ratto is an Italian project playing experimental technopunk. The music can be described as raw, even minimalist, but above all brutal. This brutality manifests itself both in the compositions themselves, where ears unfamiliar […]
Review: Uganga – Ganeshu (Full album, 2025) | Crossover
Band info Band: Uganga Album: ‘Ganeshu‘ Released: May 9th, 2025 Genre: crossover, hardcore Location: Brazil Review One thing every leftist metal (and punk too, really) fan goes through is the inevitable reckoning with old favourites who have turned sketch. We’ve all been there – many founding parents of our genres are now racist MAGA asshats, […]
Review: Defenestrate – Crash Through the Glass (EP, 2025) | Blackened hardcore
https://youtu.be/t0SbM-pQfTQ Band info Band: Defenestrate Album: ‘Crash Through the Glass‘ Released: September 19th, 2025 Genre: blackened hardcore Location: US Review Defenestrate are not a new band in the channel, and they are back after last year’s ‘Sobek‘ with a nice little treat of black-ish hardcore punk, heavy on the d-beat, no ice, about throwing the oppressors […]
Review: Catharsis – Hope Against Hope (Full album, 2025) | Hardcore
https://youtu.be/zr75-uerY6k Band info Band: Catharsis Album: ‘Hope against Hope‘ Released: August 1st, 2025 Genre: Hardcore Location: US Review Ok, first, let’s be clear, Catharsis is not a black metal or “blackened whatever” band. In fact, their brand of dark and epic hardcore predates the trend of mixing black metal and hardcore. And yet we would still call […]
Review: GIDIM – Demo 2025 | Black metal
Band info Band: GIDIM Album: ‘Demo 2025‘ Released: January 1, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: US Review Jesus Christ, how awesome is it when a black metal band already starts going straight to your throat? At ABMN, we adore our atmos, progs, and posts, but when we have the level of direct aggression GIDIM gives […]
Review: Light The Pyres / Warcloud (Split album, 2025) | Blackened crust, hardcore
Band info Album: ‘Light The Pyres / Warclouds‘ Released June 20th, 2025 Location: US Band: Light The Pyres Genre: blackened crust, hardcore Band: Warclouds Genre: hardcore punk, blackened crust Review Today, we present to you a split of two projects, the first is the raw d-beat hardcore punk Warclouds, and the second is the blackened […]
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 […]
Review: Poise – Poise (EP, 2025) | D-beat, punk
Band info Band: Poise EP: ‘Poise‘ Released January 24th, 2025 Genre: d-beat, punk Location: US Review Drifting away for a little break from our most usual styles under the extreme metal umbrella, we are visiting today one of our other dearly favorite sonic frame within heavy music: no less than a taste of old school […]