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 […]
Tag: Punk
Review: Valkos – Laiko klausimas (EP, 2025) | Black, punk
Band info Band: Valkos Album: ‘Laiko klausimas‘ Released: July 1st, 2025 Genre: black, punk, crust Location: Lithuania Review Valkos is a Lithuanian project that combines black metal with punk in a uniquely and unconventionally innovative way. Well, the band definitely goes beyond the general boundaries of black metal and punk, in a way that makes […]
Review: Xaytarak – Pogh Chka (EP, 2025) | Crust
Band info Band: Xaytarak Album: ‘Pogh Chka‘ Released: May 14th, 2025 Genre: crust Location: Armenia Review Ever felt like your music library and list of cool artists are missing names from Armenia? Worry no more, we’ve got you covered today. Released back in May this year, Xaytarak make today’s feature for the songs to wake […]
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: 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 […]
Review: Crawl Below – Democracy Is So Last Season (EP, 2025) | Blackened sludge punk
Band info Band: Crawl Below Album: ‘Democracy Is So Last Season‘ Released: April 30th, 2025 Genre: blackened sludge punk Location: US Review Remember Crawl Below? Well, forget what you knew from the last time we featured them, this release is different, cause apparently the band also loves genre hopping, and you know what, it works. […]
Illvilja – “Mental Kollaps” (Official video, 2025) | Blackened crust
Band info Band: Illvilja Song: “Mental Kollaps” Genre: black metal, crust Location: Sweden Review Today, we’re premiering the video of the song “Mental Kollaps” from Illvilja‘s newest album ‘Döden‘, which will be reviewed later this year! Illvilja is a blackened crust band from Sweden producing deep and invasive music, with amazing riffs and a very […]
Review: Kryk – Крик (Full album, 2024) | Black punk
https://youtu.be/P2QVe2ot6iE Band info Band: Kryk Album: ‘Крик‘ Released: August 1st, 2024 Genre: black metal, punk Location: Germany Review Straight from the thriving Berlin scene, we present to you the fresh black punk band Kryk. Last year, they released their first album called ‘Крик‘, which in Russian means scream. And the vocal scream is most definitely […]
Review: Iron Spire – Iron Spire (Demo, 2025) | Black punk
Band info Band: Iron Spire Demo: ‘Iron Spire‘ Released: March 14th, 2025 Genre: Black metal, punk Location: US Review Iron Spire‘s debut self-titled EP of what they call “armored metal” offers delicious metal punk. It’s not the raw atavistic kind you’d expect from the Xerox cover but more a mix of Bathory, classic heavy metal, and crusty […]
Review: DYBUK – Pożoga (Full album, 2023) | Black punk
https://youtu.be/9NacHUnxaCE Band info Band: DYBUK Album: ‘Pożoga‘ Released: May 30th, 2023 Genre: black punk Location: Poland Review DYBUK is a Polish project that plays black metal with hardcore punk. When it comes to punk, the vocalist has much to scream, as he is the vocalist and guitarist in the well-known street punk band Analogs, which […]