Review: Negative Agent – Terminal Days (Full alubm, 2026) | Industrial metal

https://youtu.be/nWVRQiAI9KE Band info Band: Negative Agent Album: ‘Terminal Days‘ Genre: Industrial metal Relesed April 4th, 2026 Location: US Review Negative Agent is a one-man project from New York that plays furious industrial metal with a strong political message. The debut album is titled “Terminal Days” and features 9 tracks, numerous guest appearances, and a cover […]

Review: Our Wits – Let Me Join You (Full album, 2026) | Post-screamo

https://youtu.be/yzV-T67T328 Band info Band: Our Wits Album: ‘Let Me Join You‘ Released: February 27th, 2026 Genre: post-hardcore, shoegaze, post-rock… Location: US Review Described by the band as an “exploration of grief and bereavement”, today’s upload is going to be an emotional hard-hitting one. Let Me Join You by Our Wits is full of grief, sadness […]

Review: Datura – Southeastern Sadism (EP, 2025) | Hardcore, death/black

https://youtu.be/SgqVx95mfvY Band info Band: Datura EP: ‘Southeastern Sadism‘ Released: December 7th, 2025 Genre: Hardcore, death, black metal Location: US Review Tennessee’s Datura are a newer band but they sound much older, their sound wrapped around a main core of crushing dark hardcore, starting from classic influences like Earth Crisis and Strife before moving on to […]

Review: Dungavenhooter – Promo 2026 (Demo, 2026) | Death metal, grindcore

Band info Band: Dungavenhooter Demo: ‘Promo 2026‘ Genre: death metal, grindcore Released: January 16, 2026 Location: US Review This nifty little release might be a promo with just 4 songs, but it packs the punch of many a longer album. A fresh project comprised by alumni of several more well known bands (that we won’t […]

Review: ‘We Love Hating Each Other’ by Asthildr/There is No Light Here (Split, 2026) | Black metal

Band info Bands: Asthildr & There Is No Light Here Album: ‘We Love Hating Each Other‘ Genres: DSBM, black metal, atmospheric black metal Released: January 30th, 2026 Location: US Review Welcome listeners, for today we ride yet again. We are bringing one of the specials from the ever growing US scene, a split between one […]

Review: Damhnait – Keeper of the Dead (Full album, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Damhnait Album: ‘Keeper of the Dead‘ Released: December 26th, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: US Review “Plant myself in undead soil Make matter of all this toil” These are the opening lines of the song  “You Entered the Dwelling Place of Dead Tenderness Alive”. Rarely have we heard such laconic yet deeply meaningful […]

Review: Lighting Sun – Star of Bethlehem (EP, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Lighting Sun Album: ‘Star of Bethlehem (Refugee)‘ Released: July 31st, 2025 Genre: doom black Location: US Review Lighting Sun is a black-doom band from California. ‘Star of Bethlehem‘ is their second album, following their first album in 2024 called ‘Man With No Name‘, as the title of their songs makes it clear, […]

Review: Antacid Trip – The Hellish Cycle (Full album, 2025) | Hardcore punk, black metal

Band info Band: Antacid Trip Album: ‘The Hellish Cycle‘ Released: December 1, 2025 Genre: Blackened hardcore punk Location: US Review Hello, dear listeners, to this fine day (as fine as we are allowed to feel in a global hellscape), on this fine day. Time to revisit old cherished sounds and bands with an end-of-the-year gift […]

Review: Shrinewitch – Black Sacrist (Full album, 2025) | Raw black/doom, acoustic BM

https://youtu.be/jEroZcWhXRQ Band info Band: Shrinewitch Album: ‘Black Sacrist‘ Released: October 31st, 2025 Genre: raw black/doom, acoustic bm Location: US Review Across many cultures, the end of the year is near, which usually comes with a sense of renewal; a self-analytic look at where we stand, what we wish to improve, or what we hope to […]

Review: Downe Vaine Lights – Downe Vaine Lights (Demo, 2025) | Lofi black metal

Band info Band: Downe Vaine Lights Demo: s/t Released: October 21st, 2025 Genre: lofi black metal Location: US Review Today, we present the demo of a new solo project from the United States, created by Downe Vaine Lights. This self-titled release offers two tracks of lo-fi black metal, built around a contrast that actually works: […]