Review: Sudra by Iravu & Mumuksu (Full split album, 2024) | Black metal, doom metal

It is no mistake that here in ABMN we hold Malaysia’s Iravu in very high esteem, both as an artist and as a comrade, so of course we were excited to premiere their new release, and that excitement was doubled when those of us also into the doom side of things heard that this was […]

Wandering Oak – Resilience (Full album, 2024) | Progressive, folk

Sometimes as a fan of metal, we may find ourselves in an indecisive mood about the kind of metal we want to listen to. Should we throw on some folk metal? Maybe some classic heavy metal? Nah, maybe some black metal? The indecisiveness can be incredibly frustrating. Well, if you’re in that kind of mood, […]

Review: Morvigor – De spiegel (Full EP, 2024) | Black Metal

For all of its colonial crimes and its important role in imperialist politics nowadays, it’s a fact that the Netherlands have been for a long time one of the places where the arts have been the most developed in capitalism. This might be most obvious in the visual arts, with such unavoidables as Rembrandt, Hieronymous […]