December 2025 – Page 2 – Merg & Been – Underground Label & Magazine

Yearlist 2025 Lord Barachus

2025 was a good year for (Black) Metal. Several Dutch bands really stepped up their game and released some future classic albums

M.I.A. Reviews! The past year was once again filled to the brim with new releases. Almost on a daily basis, new albums,

When I decided back in February to start a magazine alongside Merg & Been, I never imagined we would grow this quickly.

I have started writing for Merg en Been around September this year. While being mainly busy with my own bands and projects

Founded in 2021, Olde Bard recently released their third EP, and the Massachusetts trio continues to steadily make their mark in the

The band Teufelnacht from North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) was completely unknown to me prior to this EP, but since their formation in 2019

Meänmaa, which translates to Our Land, is a region stretching across the border between Finland and Sweden, also known as the Torne

While the Norwegians tended to keep the genre raw and the Finns opted for a chaotic, blisteringly fast approach, Swedish Black Metal

Halve Galg is once again a deliciously filthy, raw and above all grimy little record. Don’t expect top-tier production , nor should

From Galicia, Spain, we received an email from Occult Shrine. By now, we get these kinds of emails quite frequently, and normally