Well, we have finally done it, we here at ABMN have gone off the deep end in bringing you “extreme” or really are stretching the meaning of extreme. We have Leed’s Greet and their first album Harmonium I. This is a dark folk project not too dissimilar to that of one of Chelsea Wolfe’s older […]
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Review: 1648 – ‘Regicide of the Incorruptible Crown’ (EP, 2024) | Raw black metal
1648 is a one-person project from Liverpool and the year in which the Second Civil War broke out, ruled by the English elite Brittain. The war was, of course, part of a broader process of friction at the levels of government, between the monarchists and the power of Parliament. Add the issue of Catholicism and […]
Review: The Dirty Looks – “Second Guessing” demo & two live extracts| Proto-punk
Manchester has recently welcomed a new proto-punk project devised by five femmes: The Dirty Looks. In May they released their most recent demo, and we have been meaning to introduce you all to them ever since. The day has come, and we thought to bring not only Second Guessing, the above-mentioned one-single demo, but […]
Review: Purgatorial – “Doomed To Repeat” (Single PREMIERE, 2024) | Blackened death metal
Again we are premiering a new song by Purgatorial, just what the doctor ordered to keep us on the hook until we wait for an album to come, you fucking tease! We jest, of course, take your time, as long as the album keeps the quality of this song you’ll have no complaints from us, […]
Review: Ba’al – Soft Eyes (Full EP, 2024) | Post-black metal
Ba’al did it again. After their album Ellipsism in 2020, they are back with an EP called Soft Eyes, with a total of 3 songs for 27 minutes and 3 seconds of complex yet stunning post-black metal. The diversity of tonalities, and the variety in the composition, from very intense phases in “Ornamental Doll” to only […]
Review: Lowen – Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran (Single, 2024) | Progressive
Time and time again Fortune shows itself to be a fickle and harsh mistress, but also a very sarcastic one. When we contacted the incredible Lowen a few weeks ago for permission to upload their amazing new single, “Najang Bah Divhayeh Mazandaran“, we never expected that the day of the upload would be precisely the […]
Purgatorial – Harvesting Nightmares (Single, 2023) | Blackened death metal
Today, Purgatorial presented their song “Harvesting Nightmares“. Described by the band as “an unsettling track about not knowing when your time to pass will come“, the song keeps a crushing atmosphere throughout that lives up to its title. The wonderfully existential lyrics add to the piece as we are reminded of our mortality, and the […]