Tag Italy
A dark, rain soaked landscape stretches forebodingly into the hazy distance. The grey clouds hang heavy over the mists of dank depression, a smog of broken dreams and lost hope. The perfect landscape for a soundtrack of melancholic Gothic Doom… Continue Reading →
One of the many things I love about the musical output of Victor Love is that it never ceases to amaze me what one man and his computer can get up to. It’s like that quote from Doctor Who, only… Continue Reading →
I think the last album I reviewed which didn’t contain any guitars was Van Canto. But this heavy brass trio consisting of trumpeter Paolo Raineri, trombonist Francesco Bucci and drummer Beppe Mondini are only playing original songs, so there’s no… Continue Reading →
These Italians were already on the rise with debut album ‘Ascension’ proving itself to be a confident and mature opening gambit. Three years later they are back with the follow up which is described as being ‘Cosmic Doom.’ With a… Continue Reading →
Make no mistake, Autumnal angst and anguish are definitely setting in. Looking at what is left on the review list in front of me, there is one constant and it sure ain’t happiness. So I first turn to Rome a… Continue Reading →
I’m sure we all have those bands where we just can’t understand why they haven’t ever really taken off and one such band for me is Corpsefucking Art. When I first found Brutal Death Metal these guys were always floating… Continue Reading →
Anyone who knows anything about Italian Progressive Power Metal will be familiar with Vision Divine. This is their ninth album, spread out since their debut back in 1999 which featured their first in an impressive trio of vocalists to have… Continue Reading →
This album may never have come to pass, and that fateful day in the Italian Apennines 3 years ago this week is also the inspiration for much of what we have here today. While hanging upside down with several fractures… Continue Reading →
I have followed this Italian progressive metal band has ever done ever since I saw them play at ProgPower Europe in 2011. They were already experienced then but every album they’ve released since has blown me away. Always expressive, always… Continue Reading →
Well I never! I got this disc just as I started to pack for my summer holiday. Every time I pack up, I prepare some books to read on my Kindle, and this year I have resolved to try and… Continue Reading →
NB: contains descriptions likely to cause offence. Keep repeating, “it’s only a review, it’s only a review!” It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that having previously tackled Zombie Flesh Eaters and City Of The Living Dead, Fulci would… Continue Reading →
Let’s get straight to it, this is not for the faint hearted. This is complex, dissonant and claustrophobic. It is jarring, angular and raw. At its core it is post black metal, but it sits very much at the harsh… Continue Reading →