Single: Shrinewitch – “The Silver of the Starlight is Hanging in the Trees” (Single, 2025) | Raw doom

https://youtu.be/wVXCKt_GiZA Band info Band: Shrinewitch Song: “The Silver of the Starlight is Hanging in the Trees” Released: August 9th, 2025 Genre: raw doom metal Location: US Review Shrinewitch returns with her latest single, “The Silver of the Starlight is Hanging in the Trees“. A stance against silence carved from exhaustion and persistence, serving as a […]

Premiere: Periodeater – Pacing in the Maw of Time (Full length, 2025) | Black metal

Band info Band: Periodeater Album: ‘Pacing in the Maw of Time‘ Releases September 22nd, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: US Review Hello, dear readers and listeners, for another day of premiering yearly blasting records with ABMN! Today is the turn (and return) of Summoner of Blood‘s Periodeater, releasing their new album ‘Pacing in the Maw of […]

Review: Catharsis – Hope Against Hope (Full album, 2025) | Hardcore

https://youtu.be/zr75-uerY6k Band info Band: Catharsis Album: ‘Hope against Hope‘ Released: August 1st, 2025 Genre: Hardcore Location: US Review Ok, first, let’s be clear, Catharsis is not a black metal or “blackened whatever” band. In fact, their brand of dark and epic hardcore predates the trend of mixing black metal and hardcore. And yet we would still call […]

Single: Cursed Body – “New Spring” (Single, 2025) | Sludge

https://youtu.be/qfq8TwGLChE Band info Band: Cursed Body Song: “New Spring” Released: August 1st, 2025 Genre: Sludge metal Location: US Review Today, we present a new band from Florida, United States, which introduces itself with a track called “New Spring“. Don’t expect anything either sunny or death metal-like, because this quintet, Cursed Body, plays the darkest of […]

Review: VENUS-426 – songs of post-apocalyptic yearnings (Full album, 2025) | Noisecore

Band info Band: VENUS-426 Album: ‘songs of post-apocalyptic yearnings‘ Released: September 2nd, 2025 Genre: Noisecore Location: US Review As the US marks Labour Day, celebrating the socially sold myth of work while so many are exploited, erased, and hunted, we premiere a very fitting upcoming album: ‘songs of post-apocalyptic yearnings‘ by VENUS-426. A 17-track voyage […]

Review: Hypomanic Daydream – The Yearning (Full album, 2025) | Avant-garde

Band info Band: Hypomanic Daydream Album:  ‘The Yearning‘ Released: July 18th, 2025 Genre: experimental, avant-garde Location: US Review After having the chance to share its first single with us here at the Network, along with all the visuals and the video clip, we move from “Dissociative” onto the whole block of work that Hypomanic Daydream put […]

Review: Deep Recess – Gates of Submission (Full album, 2025) | Blackened death

Band info Band: Deep Recess Album: ‘Gates of Submission‘ Released: July 7th, 2025 Genre: blackened death Location: US Review It’s probably rather obvious for everyone who follows ABMN that music is not necessarily meant to “please” exactly; black metal is one of the most abrasive genres of music out there, and we love it not […]

Review: GIDIM – Demo 2025 | Black metal

Band info Band: GIDIM Album: ‘Demo 2025‘ Released: January 1, 2025 Genre: black metal Location: US Review Jesus Christ, how awesome is it when a black metal band already starts going straight to your throat? At ABMN, we adore our atmos, progs, and posts, but when we have the level of direct aggression GIDIM gives […]

Review: Light The Pyres / Warcloud (Split album, 2025) | Blackened crust, hardcore

Band info Album: ‘Light The Pyres / Warclouds‘ Released June 20th, 2025 Location: US Band: Light The Pyres Genre: blackened crust, hardcore Band: Warclouds Genre: hardcore punk, blackened crust Review Today, we present to you a split of two projects, the first is the raw d-beat hardcore punk Warclouds, and the second is the blackened […]

Video: Hypomanic Daydream – “Dissociative” (Official video, 2025) | Avant-garde, experimental

Band info Band: Hypomanic Daydream Song: “Dissociative” extracted from ‘The Yearning‘ Released: July 16th, 2025 Genre: experimental, avant-garde Location: US Review We’ve something particularly special today, as we’re welcoming a long-time friend back to the Network, and she’s bringing with her tons of new and exciting work. Releasing in a couple of days, ‘The Yearning‘ […]