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 […]

Review: Charisma Rat – ISAR (Full EP, 2024) | Black metal

https://youtu.be/1dD64MmkzN0 Band info Band: Charisma Rat Album: ISAR  Released: October 16th, 2024 Genre: raw black metal Location: US Review Charisma Rat is a Baltimore-based project from the so-called United States. It has a very impressive discography for a project formed in 2017 (or at least from this year, which is the first episode). These are […]

Review: Tylo – Of Rot and Rebirth (Full album, 2024) | Doom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxdITiLUYTs Band info Band: Tylo Album: Of Rot and Rebirth Released: October 27th, 2024 Genre: doom, black metal Location: USA Review Tylo, the personal project of Tylo Gardner (also the bassist of Seattle atmospheric/prog black metal band Izthmi) has always been standing at a crossroads between two usually quite different in presentation and aesthetics genres; […]

Review: Mourn The Stars – Saudade… (Full album, 2024) | Melodic black metal

In Portuguese, saudade represents an emotional feeling mixing melancholy, nostalgia and hope. It’s the feeling of a strong longing for something or someone that is loved but also absent. By this title, the US-based band Mourn The Stars gives a taste of their first album Saudade…. If you’ve been following for some time now, you […]

Review: Genital Shame – As Good as a Kiss (EP, 2024) | Avant-garde, experimental

We’re very happy to feature Genital Shame, Erin Dawson‘s one transwoman powerhouse for the second time in ABMN, after the full-length album Chronic Illness Wish at the beginning of 2024 which caught up our attention and introduced her experimental and very unique take on black metal to a wider audience. Erin obviously doesn’t like resting on her laurels […]

Review: Gun Girl – Vengeant Siege of Unholy Divinity (Full album, 2024) | Bestial black metal

Y’all we are struggling on how to open this up. Why are we stating that? Well mostly because musical genius, Eleanor Harper, has created something so raw, so bombastic, so fucking pissed the fuck off, that it’s rather hard to figure out how to open up about her latest project, Gun Girl. How does one […]

Review: Hagstone – Demo ’24 (2024) | Hard rock

In recent years we’ve seen a resurgence of classic heavy metal, so why not reach further and go back to the days of hard rock? This was the assumption made by the Richmond, Virginia-based Hagstone members. Anyway, the musical DNA of this newly formed group is very diverse, from the classics of hard rock precisely, […]

Review: Telltales and Rituals by Chained Arcana & Knights of Rain (split, 2024) | Black metal

Right now, rain is a terrifying idea for the inhabitants of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost Brazilian state, has been ravaged by storms and floods that have lasted for weeks and literally destroyed a large part of it, leaving hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands homeless, in the worst catastrophe in the history […]