Tag Italy
…Four tracks of doom from Italy. All the tracks are instrumental, and the CD is wonderfully packaged in a Super Jewel Box no less, with some interesting artwork and pictures of the band. …The music however, is utter bollocks…I mean,… Continue Reading →
When I pulled this disc out of its packaging I was instantly bewitched by its cover-art. The image attributed to Francesco Menicocci is really rather stunning in its grotesquery and just had me staring at it for ages. Reminding me… Continue Reading →
This is more like it. Been listening to a lot of technical death metal for the boss lately and, well, I’m all tech’d out. Much as I appreciate the awesome musicianship of some of these bands they can sometimes lack… Continue Reading →
Quite why I am not familiar with this prolific Italian band is puzzling to say the least as I decided to check their discography before giving this a listen and was impressed with the bands black thrash nihilism plus their… Continue Reading →
Your what is a what? As the Italians got more and more into their Giallo films the titles got ever the more inventive, almost a mystery in themselves and this one is no exception. Many of them were made all… Continue Reading →
Until this album came along, “New World Order” for me was always a track by Pagan’s Mind. Now here’s another angle on it by Italy’s Void of Sleep. “Occult rhythms in a whirlwind of Psychedelic Madness” is how this is… Continue Reading →
Remember the time of the double bill at the cinema? Well Arrow no doubt do and have released this in a two film package along with Sergio Martino’s Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key… Continue Reading →
My Refuge have a record deal and an album out! After favourably reviewing their self-financed EP in 2013 it appears sanity has prevailed and someone has signed them up for their debut full length album…and here it is! Largely based… Continue Reading →
We have all at some point in our lives made the harrowing struggle into the office on vile Hangover Monday, with a cumbersome black cloud of despair hanging over us, wondering how on earth we are going to cope with… Continue Reading →
Zeus! Are a duo comprised of Luca Cavina and Paolo Mongardi hailing from Bologna in Northern Italy. This is their third album. Having no prior knowledge of this band or their musical style I decided to just leap into it…. Continue Reading →
Italian hardcore four-piece, Lambs, while relatively new to the scene, have a playing style that will sound familiar to those fond of the likes of Hexis, Ancst and Cowards. This debut EP gives us a short, 13 minute taste of… Continue Reading →
It is claimed that Kaiserreich are the modern face of true black metal. I’m still more suspicious of such claims when I read that this is a mature and sonically advanced take on their “raw and aggressive form of Primeval… Continue Reading →