Review: Rakzo – ‘Pueblo… Conciencia’ (EP, 2025) | Raw black metal

Band info Band: Rakzo Album: ‘Pueblo… Conciencia‘ Released: June 20th, 2025 Genre: raw/lofi black metal Location: Patagonia, Chile Review Usually, when people think of raw black metal, they think of it having so much distortion stuff is barely audible, right? Well, today Rakzo from Chilean Patagonia comes to show something that many of us already know: […]

Review: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö – Ruttovirta (EP, 2025) | Raw black metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9Vdvu4Tlo&feature=youtu.be Band info Band: Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö EP: ‘Ruttovirta‘ Released: May 29th, 2025 Genre: raw black metal Location: Finland Review Karhunvartijan Tyhjiö is a band from Turku, Finland, and if, by some miracle, you haven’t yet heard them, now is your chance. Especially since the ‘Ruttivirta‘ EP presented today is a foretaste of their upcoming debut […]

Review: Tumultuous Ruin – Never A Night So Dark (EP, 2025) | Black metal

https://youtu.be/vT46qYun40I Band info Band: Tumultuous Ruin EP: ‘Never a Nigh So Dark’ Released June 27th, 2025. Genre: black metal Location: US Review As much as we at ABMN are consistently trying to keep spirits high among the lines of the antifascists, the truth is that we are as susceptible to the crushing pressure towards despair […]

Review: Nekrokratie – Ein Blutig Frühling (Full album, 2025) | Raw black metal

Band info Band: Nekrokratie Album: ‘Ein Blutig Frühling‘ Released: April 16th, 2025 Genre: raw black metal Location: Germany Review “Necropolitics” is a concept introduced by Cameroonian historian and political theorist Achille Mbembe, which, in brief, describes how regimes utilise social, political, and military power to determine who lives and who dies. He uses the genocides […]

Review: Wolven Daughter x Order of the Wolf (Split album, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Wolven Daughter Location: US Band: Order Of The Wolf Location: Scotland Album: Wolven Daughter x Order of the Wolf  Released: March 21st, 2025 Genre: black metal Review Collaborations are an essential part of our scene, for if we cannot rely on each other in the face of coming evil to crush as […]

Review: Genital Shame / Lust Hag (Split album, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Bands: Genital Shame & Lust Hag Album: Split Released: March 7th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: US Review We’ve said it in the past, and we’ll say that again. Some of the more interesting black metal that comes out these days is created by trans people. And it’s not an argument deriving from […]

Review: Les Guillotines Délirés – Les Guillotines Délirés (EP, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Les Guillotines Délirés Album: Les Guillotines Délirés Releases: April, 4th 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Netherlands Review Do you ever have insomnia? That horrible feeling of just not being able to sleep because you’re anxious, usually, or for whatever reason? Well, then, black metal might help – not usually because it will […]

Review: SKOJ – Zora Sivog Sokola (Double-single, 2024) | Black metal

https://youtu.be/KvWIxDMsp-o Band info Band: SKOJ  Single: ‘Zora Sivog Sokola‘ Released: January 9th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Review Very often the projects we promote in some subversive way oppose the traditional black metal narrative appropriated by nationalists. For example, the history of World War II. How many bands playing the so-called “war […]

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: Cazvra – Elsewhere (EP, 2024) | Dark ambient

Band info Band: Cazvra Album: ‘Elsewhere‘ Released: October 30th, 2024 Genre: dark ambient Location: US Review Cazvra is a 100 per cent D.I.Y. solo bedroom project. Although the music and accompanying story is completely non-political, the person behind this multi-instrumental and eclectic music project is an anti-authoritarian anti-capitalist who comes from anarchist and queer punk […]