Tag Italy
Seemingly existing only as pertaining to the album title, the word ‘Nightfloating’ seems an easy enough one to deduce. Unless I am completely mistaken it is the liminal state of being where one is crossing the path between wakefulness and… Continue Reading →
Not so much time to kill but time to die as far as this album title is concerned, being the act of giving holy communion in the belief it will ease the passage from life to whatever waits on the… Continue Reading →
Firmly claiming the term ‘stalwarts’ (and maybe even nudging towards ‘veterans’) of Symphonic Power Metal, Rhapsody Of Fire are a name familiar to so many. As they should be, almost thirty years since that ground-breaking fantastical debut “Legendary Tales” helped… Continue Reading →
Celebrating their twenty fifth anniversary this year, Italian power trio doomsters Ufomammut are unleashing onto the world their thirteenth album, ‘Hidden’, as well as announcing a host of club and festival shows to support the release. To my chagrin, on… Continue Reading →
I probably should have heard of this Italian band, after all they have been around for a decade but they had not hit my radar until they joined the Season Of Mist roster. It was none other than Phil H… Continue Reading →
Italian Symphonic/Gothic Metal band Rossometile may be an unfamiliar name to many (I know it was to me), but “Gehenna” is actually their seventh album in twenty years, the majority of which have been self-released. This album is the third… Continue Reading →
Following on from 2022’s very impressive debut “Daughters Of The Night”, 2024 brings the equally enthralling follow-up “Of Sorcery and Darkness”. This stylish Symphonic Gothic Power Metal band from Italy have many enchanting strings to their bow and once more… Continue Reading →
Surprisingly there is only one metal band I found simply called The Tomb when I was doing some research. There are loads of bands with triple or quadruple barrelled names with tomb in them but not just simply The Tomb… Continue Reading →
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to discuss the charming, weird, wonderful, obscenely talented musical singularity that is Mr. Victor Love. If you don’t know who that is, then let me explain: We start – a touch improbably –… Continue Reading →
To misquote Andrea Bianchi’s infamous Burial Ground film “mother, this album smells of death.” Whilst shuffling ghouls in rotting rags mercilessly stalk their hapless prey and childult actor Peter Bark takes a bite out of his loving mother’s breast, one… Continue Reading →
I’m not quite sure why a band from Italy would want to include a couple of track titles in German as is the case here, but this band’s pedigree can’t be denied. “Unextinct” is Hideous Divinity’s fifth album release and… Continue Reading →
High artistry seems to be the offering here from this cult Italian collective. We are told that this album is lyrically based on works from “poets and artists from different ages.” Antichristian prose is high on the agenda here and… Continue Reading →