Tag Italy
These Italian crust/grind/black metal bastards have really pushed the intense as fuck boat out, way out, on their 2nd album for Southern Lord, probably one of the first big underground labels to really embrace the insane crust/black/metal crossover. It’s silly… Continue Reading →
Within three minutes of the start of Hel, the third full length release from Italy’s Melencolia Estatica its pretty clear that the multi-instrumentalist behind it, a lady named Climaxia, isn’t going to make things easy on the listener. Obligatory tolling-bell-followed-by-wall-of-riff… Continue Reading →
The despondent album title from this Italian outfits third release hints at what to expect overall though musically the pace varies quite a bit instead of sticking to some forlorn and destitute doom or slavering sludge. Instead Lento use depressive… Continue Reading →
Originally called Asylum this Italian death metal band has released a debut album of technically inspired death metal that owes as much to Cynic as it does to the newer acrobatic guitar wizardry of bands like Fleshgod Apocalypse and Gorod…. Continue Reading →
These Italian death metallers have only been on the scene for 4 years forming after previous band Underhate disbanded . In 2009 they released their first self titled demo and now in 2012 they’ve finally made their first album Expiation…. Continue Reading →
This is actually the debut album from Italian folk Krampus although they have released a couple of EP’s prior to being snapped up by NoiseArt records. As for their somewhat strange name, well a Krampus is a Christmas beasty who… Continue Reading →
Italian technical death band Hatesower were formed in 2009 (originally named Inside back in 2006 yet changed the name to Hatesower in 2009 and changed their musical direction) previously releasing 3 cds with Inside which gained them rave reviews in… Continue Reading →
Italians Uncontrollable Urge have a good hour to treat us to their “chaotic plot of genres” in which the audience is transported “a parallel dimension where irony mitigates all drama and anger that dominate their music”. Talk of such potential… Continue Reading →
Antropofagus. (Try saying that after a few!) Are Italian brutal death metallers who were first around in 1999 when they released their debut album ‘No Waste of Flesh’. Then two years later their EP ‘Alive is Good… Dead is Better’… Continue Reading →
This is one of those albums where I found myself heading down the trail of “who does this sound like?”, as it rumbles on in its melodic heavy metal way. I realise that Lahmia are not a tribute band and… Continue Reading →
The extreme Italian metal scene has thrown up quite a flurry of talented, interesting and crushingly heavy bands in the last few years. Gory Blister are one such band, although they are still relatively unknown compared to the likes of… Continue Reading →
Italian alternative crew L’Alba Di Morrigan have been stirring up interest ever since the release of their ‘Circle’ demo in 2009, and now finally they have finished their debut album. Drawing comparison with the likes of A Perfect Circle and… Continue Reading →