Red & Anarchist Black Metal [and much more!]

Friday, May 13, 2016

Tensión - "Sujeto automático" (2016)

TENSIÓN "Sujeto Automático"

Year: 2016

Genre: Post-Punk
Country: Argentina

Track List:

W.S
Vergüenza (Shame)
Boda (Wedding)
Coreografías absurdas (Absurd choreographies)
Batallones de amargura (Battalions of bitterness)
Los malos días terminarán (Bad days will end)
Insoportable (Unbearable)
Fe (Faith)

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I guess we have never shared post punk here before, but this came from one of our readers. "Tensión" are from Argentina and they have an Anarchist ideology. The lyrics on this album are quite simple but they got a good message on them. I also listen to their first album and in case you want to listen it too you can do it here.

bandcamp

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Razörschrieck - "Death is Loneliness" (2016)

RAZÖRSCHRIECK "Death is Loneliness"

Year: 2016

Genre: Depressive Black Metal
Country: Russia

Track List:

Петля (Halter)
Неприкаянный (Restless)
Глубоко (Deep)
Та Ночь (That night)
Осенние Сумерки (Autumns Twilight)
Ноктюрн (Nocturne)

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bandcamp / facebook

The newest Razörschrieck's album has been published now. Razörschrieck is a project of Hikksvoesatt, ex Омут, that has been before on this blog. For the ones that don't know anything about this band and for anyone who's reading this, I'm attaching a video with a message from Hikksvoesatt, that I hope makes you all think about this scene, that seems that is disappointing a lot of us.

(You can download the album with artwork and lyrics in the link i put above).

Monday, May 9, 2016

V/A - "Russian Anarchist Black Metal" (2016)

V/A "Russian Anarchist Black Metal"

Year: 2016

Genre: Black Metal with various influences (Crust, Grind, Post-Rock, Dark Ambient, etc.)

Country: Russia

Track List:

Iprit - Surrounded By Wolves
Бесконечная Зима - Навь
Lago - Чернеют флаги
Minaret - Шахтерская
Axidance - Aeon III - The old spirit of war
The Homeless Is Dead - Samostrel
Nimrud - Ishkur
kageraw - когда приходит весна...
Искра Жизни - Механизм производства
iзба - 1914
warona - не позволь крови засохнуть
Ancient Oak - Iron troll
Кривда - Решение
Tlaloc - ...
Варзуга - В изоляции там
Дно - Голос прошедшей эпохи

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Since I'm back to posting here for a moment, let me present a cassette compilation made by the members of the RABM VK group. Unlike the Nazis Make Me Vomit! compilation, it was made without my direct help, but I'm still happy to see so many RABM-related projects in the scene that historically was dominated by far-right bands, and that all my work during these years wasn't in vain - even if the days when I was enthusiastic about the R&A movement are long gone.

The compilation features all sorts of RABM-related stuff including raw BM, blackened crust, grind & screamo, post-BM, and some dark ambient as well. This is NOT the rip of the actual cassette because I haven't received my copy yet; all the tracks were found elsewhere on the net. If you want to purchase the cassette, you can try your luck by writing to imhopang (a) riseup (.) net or bh.distro (a) gmail (.) com. The number of copies is very limited!

Friday, May 6, 2016

Shramana - "Mythos: Logos" (2016)

SHRAMANA "Mythos: Logos"

Year: 2016

Genre: Black Metal, Post-Black Metal
Country: United States

Track List:

Halls of Extinction
Black Night, White Sky
Terrible Purpose
Manufactured Essence

bandcamp / facebook

Shramana, an emergent music collective started in 2009 by Reggie Herbert who identifies himself as an anarchist; even though not all members in the band assume that position.
Most of their songs are about climate change and human impacts on the natural world, as well as colonialism an the loss life's meaning in our spectacle society. In their own words: " Our meaning statement for this album is the humans of the world have lost sight of their belonging to the animal kingdom due to the myth of human superiority that has corrupted their ability to reason. This myth is now self-sustaining and has permeated the fabric of their self-identity. Not knowing they belong to the Mother, they now seek to destroy that which birthed them."

Monday, May 2, 2016

Ast - "Fraktale" (2016)

AST "Fraktale"

Year: 2016

Genre: Black Metal
Country: Germany

Track List:

Vollendung
Fraktale
Hypnos
Nachtmahr
M.S
Nekrolog pt.1
Nekrolog pt.2
Dyphemist
Leidenfrost
Sollbruch

bandcamp / facebook

I guess this band needs no introduction, anyway, Ast, is a BM band from Germany that are strictly against Racism, Fascism, Sexism, Homophobia, and so on...

This new material has a very powerful sound and metaphoric lyrics that focus on the reality we all pass through.

There's no such thing as a free download in this moment, but you can listen to the streaming on their bandcamp.

Ñankupel - "Mapu ul'kun" (2016)

ÑANKUPEL "Mapu ul'kun"

Year: 2016

Genre: Metal-Punk

Track List:

Misionero
Ñankupel
Mapu Ül'kün
Kuifi Nwen
Pelea o Muere
Akuy Weichan

soundcloud / facebook

Ñankupel is a Mapuche band that wants to claim the struggle for the Wallmapu's liberation. (Wallmapu is the name given to the Mapuche territory). Their lyrics are very close to an Anarchist point of view, even though we don't know if they assume themselves in this position, but they talk about the liberation of their territory and they suggest the application of the "direct action" to get back what belongs to their people. We received this and I guess it deserves a space in here.

You can download their music directly in their soundcloud if you are interested.

About the blog

After many years of activity, this blog is now put on hold since the majority of contributors have a lot of other important stuff going on in their lives. New music submissions should go to /r/RABM/ (note that the mods of /r/RABM/ don't have anything to do with this blog).

Most of the uploads here are band sanctioned. Anyway, if you for some reason don't want to see your music here, contact us using rabm (AT) gmx (DOT) com, and we'll consider taking it down.

Bottom note: there's probably a lot of broken English on this blog, since English isn't the first language for many of the contributors.

FAQ

Q.: Which kinds of music are featured on this blog?

A.: - (primarily) RABM or Red & Anarchist Black Metal: all kinds of black metal-related music charged with radical leftist (anarchist, libertarian socialist, eco-anarchist, etc.) political views. Some of the bands featured here may be not openly political, but all of them are RABM-friendly;

- blackened crust/hardcore/punk (only if it's openly RABM-friendly, or if it's just very good music; we have no intention to collect here all the blackened punk in existence);

- other kinds of political (anarchist, socialist, etc.) metal - death, thrash, post-metal, etc.;

- dark ambient, neofolk, industrial, dark electro, etc. - but only if it has some RABM-friendly ideology;

- regular punk/hardcore/crust, post-rock, conscious hip-hop, etc. - but only as a rare exception (so if you want to send us a demo in one of these genres, you're probably in the wrong place).

Q.: What are some RABM/blackened crust bands to start listening from?

A.: Here's an old compilation which I (B.K.) made in late 2009. Doesn't include a lot of good RABM bands that I didn't know of back then, but still recommended if you're new to RABM:

Check out this list as well, or this one.

Q.: How can I support a particular RABM band with my money?

A.: Most bands nowadays have a bandcamp page, where you can but their stuff online (usually for an arbitrary price). It's the most convinient way to support the band. If your favourite band don't have a bandcamp or bigcartel page, try to find out in which distro you can find their albums/merch. Of course, go to concerts if you have such opportunity.

Q.: How can I offer my financial support to this blog, or the RABM movement in general?

A.: Unfortunately right we don't have an opportunity to accept donations, but we hope we'll be able to set it up soon.

Q.: What is the connection between black metal and hardcore/punk/crust?

A.: It's a well-established fact that the connection between black metal and punk scenes existed since the early days of BM (think Venom, early Bathory, early Mayhem and early Sodom on one side, and Amebix, Discharge and Axegrinder on another). Recently this mix of BM and hardcore punk got a new life in the form of blackened crust (thanks to Black Kronstadt / Iskra in first place). And don't forget about Cascadian black metal bands with their radical environmentalist ideology, often to the extent of radical eco-anarchism or "pro-nature/anti-humanity" ideas.

Q.: What's your main ideology?

A.: This blog is generally written from a position of anarchism without adjectives; however, the RABM scene is very diverse ideologically. Let us end on this, as this blog isn't quite a right place for purely political debates; if you want to learn or argue about anarchism/other ideologies, there's a lot of specialized FAQs/blogs/forums for you.

Q.: Isn't black metal supposed to be apolitical?

A.: Supposed by whom? I personally don't think so, but if you think that political awareness should have no place in "true" black metal, you can feel free to call the bands featured on here "blackened punk" or whatever you want. It should be noted, though, that a lot of these bands doesn't openly talk about politics in their lyrics, exactly because they think it wouldn't be suitable for black metal. - B.K.

Q.: Isn't RABM just an "answer" to NSBM?

A.: While RABM is definitely against NSBM and any other kind of far-right crap in metal scene, it's most emphatically a self-sufficient movement and not any kind of "answer to NSBM". Similarly, while RABM is 100% pro liberation from any kinds of religious tyranny, it isn't a movement against any particular religion (Christianity, Islam, or any other).

Q.: What's your opinion on Satanism?

A.: The so-called "Hollywood Satanism", which is often found in black metal, is, in our opinion, nothing more than inverted Christianity, so we aren't big on it. Many of us are simply atheists, pagans of all kinds, gnostics, etc. We also don't share the notion that only genuine theistic Satanists / Devil-worshippers can play "real" black metal (this would exclude such bands as Venom, Bathory, Immortal, Summoning, and many many others). Additionally, the very term "Satanism" is quite vague, and can't be narrowed down to LaVeyan Satanism (which is heavily disliked by many black metallers), or whatever else. LaVey had some good points, but in general his philosophy can be described just as "Ayn Rand with some occult tinge".

Q.: What about misanthropy and nihilism?

A.: To put it in short: we don't hate everyone and everything (and we don't think there's anyone who truly does). We just hate these traits of humanity which make true anarchist society most likely infeasible in the foreseeable future.

Q.: Collectivism or individualism?

A.: There actually is no "hard" contradiction between these two terms. Individualism is simply an outlook emphasizes the moral worth of the individual and its right not to be oppressed by the state or some social group. It doesn't contradict at all with standing up for your rights along with a group of like-minded individuals. It also worth noting that the early black metal scene didn't promote individualism that much (see "black metal circles").

Q.: Who coined the term "RABM"?

A.: Hard to say, but there's an apparent similarity to RASH ("Red & Anarchist Skinheads"). Here's the very first mention of "RABM" we could find (August 2005). The term was popularized by our last.fm group (and later - by this blog) since 2009.

Q.: Do you know the ideology of the band X? It isn't obvious if they're NSBM or not...

A.: Sorry, we don't know, do your own research. It's often hard to say anything certain about a band's views, if the members themselves aren't open about it. We also don't advice using various "lists of nazi bands" etc. as a reference, as most of them are full of bullshit. Similarly, forum posts or blog comments (especially anonymous ones) generally aren't a reliable source for anything. In one particular case, we had an anonymous comment claiming that the members of Timebomb are now playing in a fascist band called SPQR. Later it turned out that it were members of a completely other Italian band with a similar name (Timebombs). Hopefully that'd be a good example of how important fact-checking is.

Q.: I've seen some of the albums posted here in the same distro with some albums by right-leaning bands...

A.: Unfortunately it's often the case with distros and labels that distribute stuff regardless of its political affiliation. Even Austin Lunn of Panopticon complained about Pagan Flames (the label which released his "Collapse" and "Social Disservices" LPs) having NSBM in their distro, so things like these are just unavoidable.

Q.: Some bands on this blog have Burzum on their list on influences. Isn't Varg Vikernes a nazi?

A.: See a good comment on this matter here.

Q.: Can I use some materials from this blog on my site?

A.: Of course you're welcome to do so (unless otherwise is specified), as we're against copyrights.

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Tensión - "Sujeto automático" (2016)

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Razörschrieck - "Death is Loneliness" (2016)

Monday, May 9, 2016

V/A - "Russian Anarchist Black Metal" (2016)

Friday, May 6, 2016

Shramana - "Mythos: Logos" (2016)

Monday, May 2, 2016

Ast - "Fraktale" (2016)

Ñankupel - "Mapu ul'kun" (2016)

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Friday, May 13, 2016

Tensión - "Sujeto automático" (2016)

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Razörschrieck - "Death is Loneliness" (2016)

Monday, May 9, 2016

V/A - "Russian Anarchist Black Metal" (2016)

Friday, May 6, 2016

Shramana - "Mythos: Logos" (2016)

Monday, May 2, 2016

Ast - "Fraktale" (2016)

Ñankupel - "Mapu ul'kun" (2016)

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