Review: Unmother – State Dependent Memory (Full album, 2026) | Black metal

Band info Band: Unmother Album: ‘State Dependent Memory‘ Released: February 20th, 2026 Genre: black metal, post- black metal Location: UK Review And finally (with a bit of delay!) we are presenting today the album of the London-based post-black metal band Unmother, after the single “My Armor” that we premiered a few weeks ago. It’s not […]

Review: Detox From Humanity – Massenstaub (EP, 2025) | Post-black metal

Band info Band: Detox From Humanity EP: ‘Massenstaub‘ Genre: black metal, post-black metal Released: May 29th, 2025 Location: Germany Review Detox From Humanity is a post black metal band from Germany. They recently released ‘Maussenstaub‘, their debut EP. Starting with a sample that I definitely understand as anti-psychiatry, their lyrics deal with LGBT rights, pollution, […]

Review: Unmother – “My Armor” (Single Premiere, 2025) | Post-black metal

Band info Band: Unmother Single: “My Armor” Releases: January 5th, 2026 Genre: black metal, post- black metal Location: UK Review We’re very happy to welcome back Unmother, the very promising post-black metal band from the UK, whose debut album we featured in 2021, during our first year as a network. Some years have passed since […]

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, […]