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: Aurora Ortus – Against Ourselves (Full album, 2025) | Post-black/doom

Band info Band: Aurora Ortus Album: ‘Against Ourselves’ Genre: post-black/doom Released: 22nd of October, 2025 Location: Brazil Artwork: oil painting by Eduardo Untura Review The Brazilian duo Aurora Ortus returns today with the premiere of their brand-new full-length: ‘Against Ourselves’! As we heard on their previous release ‘Ostrara‘, they blend post-black metal with atmospheric passages […]

“Buried in their Confines” by Knights of Rain feat Tumultuous Ruin (Single, 2025) | Black metal

https://youtu.be/ASgJz1_TziA Band info Single: “Buried in their Confines” Genre: black metal, atmospheric black metal Band: Knights Of Rain Location: Germany Band: Tumultuous Ruin Location: US Review Once again, we are witnesses to the marvels that musical collaborations can achieve. In this case, you are surely more than familiar with the acts highlighted: Knights Of Rain, […]

Review: Pyrocee Death Cult – ‘The Pyrocene Extinction, Part I’ (EP, 2025) |

Band info Band: Pyrocene Death Cult EP: ‘The Pyrocene Extinction, Part I‘ Released May 31st, 2025 Genre: post black metal, DSBM, blackened doom Location: Tio’tia:ke, Canada Review Pyrocene is a word coined in 2015 to name the geological age since humans invented fire. So you can imagine from the name Pyrocene Death Cult that this […]

Review: Am I In Trouble? – Spectrum (Full album, 2025) | Avant-garde

Band info Band: Am I In Trouble? Album: ‘Spectrum‘ Released: January 3rd, 2025 Genre: Avant-garde Location: US Review As everyone who actually listens to it knows, black metal can come in many shapes, forms, colours and tones, going way beyond the stereotypical Norwegian 2nd wave stuff into a variety of subgenres – and today’s album, […]

Review: Atlantic – Timeworn (Full album, 2025) | Atmospheric black metal

Band info Band: Atlantic Album: ‘Timeworn‘ Released: April 4th, 2025 Genre: atmospheric black metal, post-black metal Location: Ireland Review Sing, o Muse, of the plight of the people of Atlantis, sunken below the sea for their hubris, their attempted mistreatment of other nations, their forgetting of their own origins. Sing of how the ground opened […]

Review: Siberian – Deadly Sins (Full album, 2024) | Black metal

Band info Band: Siberian Album: ‘Deadly Sins‘ Released: January 14th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Italy Review There’s a very specific type of black metal that is not precisely atmoblack, yet manages to create an immersive soundscape; it’s not raw black metal, but it manages to go straight to the throat in its speed and […]

Review: Black Market Fossil – Pathways To The Occult (EP, 2024) | Black metal, doom

Band info Band: Black Market Fossil  Album: ‘Pathways To The Occult‘ Released: October 31st, 2024. Genre: black metal, doom Location: Canada Review Black Market Fossil of Canada has brought us a very unique twist to the blackened doom genre. Combining the rawness of black metal with the classic sounds of late 80s/ early 90s doom. […]

Mirthless – “Scorn” (Single, 2024) | Blackgaze

https://youtu.be/gTT4Jqya2jo Band info Band: Mirthless Single: “Scorn” Released: December 21st, 2024. Genre: blackgaze Location: Malaysia Review Another voice of antifascism from a place where every voice will count! Mirthless, a 5 piece blackgaze band from Malaysia, have just put out their debut single “Scorn“. We have had a few uploads from this part of the world […]