Band info Band: Delightful Dekadenss Album: ‘Ala Maji‘ Released: May 22nd, 2023 Genre: Occult metal Location: Turkey Review A large share of the black metal community is interested in magic(“k”) and the occult, which is not really a surprise; the promises of self-improvement and transcendence make complete sense for a genre that is very much […]
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Review: Le Desespoir – Ville (Full album, 2024) | Atmospheric black metal
Band info Band: Le Desespoir Album: ‘Ville‘ Released: November 4th, 2024 Genre: atmospheric black metal Location: France Review Hello, dear listeners and dearest haters that still stalk our socials, and welcome to another edition of ABMN’s Gloomy Sunday (just made this up, don’t worry there’s no such thing (unless asked for))! Back to the usual […]
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 […]
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: Yovel – The Great Silence (Full album, 2024) | Black metal
Band info Band: Yovel Album: ‘The Great Silence‘ Released: December 13th, 2024 Genre: black metal Location: Greece Review January is almost over, and it couldn’t be any better than a Friday on which we have the perfect mood booster. Many might know already about Yovel, the anonymous outspoken Greek project from Attica. Back in December, […]
Review: Noir Donjon – Ruines (Full album, Premiere, 2025) | Dungeon synth
Band info Band: Noir Donjon Album: ‘Ruines‘ Releases: January 19th, 2025 Genre: dungeon synth, ambient Location: France Review Hey folks, how’s it going? It’s our delight to celebrate today the return of a cherished artist to our realm, as exactly one year ago the French dungeon synth ensemble Noir Donjon left us in a mystical […]
Review: Dicephal Mortus – IICM (Full album, 2024) | Industrial black metal
Band info Band: Dicephal Mortus Album: ‘IICM‘ Released: December 13th, 2024 Genre: industrial black metal Location: Germany Review It’s no accident black metal and industrial music met early in the genre’s evolution, you could say it was fated as early black metal musicians were clearly influenced both musically and aesthetically by the early rivet squad. […]
Review: The Coven of Lismoni – The Coven of Lismoni (Single, 2024) | Atmospheric, black metal
Band info Band: The Coven of Lismoni Album: ‘The Coven of Lismoni‘ Released: December 5th, 2024 Genre: atmospheric, black metal Location: Canada Review The Coven of Lismoni from Montreal is a band undoubtedly rooted in black metal but it also reaches across the gap to reach other genres in feel and sound. Immersed in gothic […]
Review: Festral Yong – Haunted Suites (EP, 2024) | Raw blackened dungeon synth
https://youtu.be/BTMRRdwijNc Band info Band: Festral Yong Album: ‘Haunted Suits‘ Released: November 12th, 2024 Genre: raw blackened dungeon synth Location: Toronto, Canada. Review What do you get when mixing black metal’s oldest punk roots with 80’s drum machine samples? It results in today’s oddball feature on the antifascist black metal network! This Qlaglaga-associated project brings us […]
Review: Cesoia – Cesoia (Full album) | Folk-grind, dungeon synth
https://youtu.be/cOFC2233HPY Band info Band: Cesoia Album: Cesoia Released: November 13th, 2024 Genre: folk-grind, dungeon synth Location: Italy Review Cesoia is a blackened grind-folk project from Italy that proposes an extremely interesting but also extremely short album for its first production. You get the shortness and brutality of grindcore, a few folkish moments in the intro, […]