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: Sword Breaker – Bloody Pikes (Full album, 2025) | Blackened punk

https://youtu.be/c19A2sisfOQ Band info Band: Sword Breaker  Album: ‘Bloody Spikes‘ Released: April 24th, 2025 Genre: black punk Location: Netherlands Review Our beloved blackened punks are back, and this time not only are they breaking swords but they are also singing the praises of bloody polearms, making us love them even more, big pointy stick gang unite! […]

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 […]