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blackened punk \ deathpunk \ Italy \ metalpunk \ occult metalpunk \ occult punk \ Roberto Toderico \ Time to Kill Records
Skull – Abyss Calls to Abyss (Dark Occult Metalpunk)
You know, at first, I was working on a review for a Swedish crust band, until my detailed analysis revealed I actually didn’t like it at all. The usual, strained attempt at sounding brutally poignant and revolutionary at the same time, born from the typical economic constraints, ugh we’ve all heard that and we […]
Claudio Elias Scialabba \ dark fantasy \ death speed \ death thrash \ Dying Victims Productions \ eldritch horror \ heavy death metal \ heavy metal \ Italy \ speed thrash
Barbarian – Reek of God (Dark Fantasy Death Speed Thrash with a Dash of Eldritch Heavy Metal)
Dying Victims Productions has been a favorite label of mine recently. I can’t remember when I first encountered dude’s stellar line-up, but over time it more and more brings a smile to my face when I see a promo come in with the logo because I know I’m in for some basement-dweller metal (of […]
giallo \ giallo metal \ gore metal \ Italian gore metal \ Italy \ Julian F. Mora \ Julián Felipe Mora Ibáñez \ Lucio Fulci \ Mario Bava \ Time to Kill Records
Tenebro – Una Lama D’Argento (Giallo Metal)
This one came in the promos late, but boy am I happy it did. I was familiar with the work of Italy’s Tenebro and their characteristic approach to gore metal through the lens of Italian horror, but even that understanding of their work couldn’t prepare me for the crowning achievement that is Una Lama […]
Acromatopsia \ atavistic death metal \ Avo \ Gabriele Gramaglia \ Italy \ Milan \ primal death metal \ primitive death metal \ war metal
Lugubrious Garment – Demo MMXXV (Atavistic Death Metal)
I’m so proud of myself that I got to use the word ‘lugubrious’ finally. I actually didn’t even know it was a word until this gem oozed itself up to the surface of the promo swamp. A side project of the dejected Italian insanity machine Cosmic Putrefaction (Gabriele Gramaglia), Lugubrious Garment was conceived as […]
arcane black metal \ Daniele Valeriani \ Iron Bonehead Productions \ Italy \ mystical black metal
Affliction Vector – Contra Hominem (Arcane Black Metal of Much Spellcasting)
Dang I thought metal of this type only came out of Spain. I mean, I guess, somehow, Italy has some cultural links to Spain, but whatever, let me start simple. This shit’s mystical. There’s a particular form of metal from Spain that’s developed its sound in a way that oppresses without force and depresses […]
Adam Medford \ Everlasting Spew Records \ goregrind \ Italy \ James C. Wilson \ mondogrind \ Strange Creature Collages
Golem of Gore – Ultimo Mondo Cane (Mondo Goregrind or, Perhaps, Mondogrind)
I was uncertain about reviewing this one at first because, well, goregrind sucks. But this one is coming from Italy, and the Italians certainly got their gore right in the film industry, and with the cover art for Ultimo Mondo Cane, which combines practically all of the Eurotrash horror imagery from the 1970s you […]
death metal \ experimental death metal \ Italy \ metaphysical death metal \ Roberto Toderico \ Transcending Obscurity
Shrieking Demons – The Festering Dwellers (Metaphysical Death Metal)
I’ve got to keep giving it to Transcending Obscurity. Guy always drops albums from bands pushing the envelope way past the norm. Though I may only review his stuff here and there, that’s really a standard of greatness I apply to everything. As I always say, if you see it here, you know it’s […]
atmospheric black metal \ atmospheric pagan black metal \ black metal \ dungeon black metal \ dungeon synth \ dungeon synth black metal \ Hammerheart Records \ Italy \ pagan black metal
Hesperia – Fra li Monti Sibillini: Black Medieval Winter over the Sibylline Mounts
I always try to give something a chance even if I think it will kill me. Italy’s Hesperia is an example of this. All the black metal trappings on the damn cover that usually lead to total shitpuke. I’ve seen it too many times. And that’s just the thing. We’ve got boots in snow. […]
death thrash \ Italy \ Paolo Girardi \ Punishment 18 Records
Kryptonomicon – Daemonolatria (Renaissance Death Thrash)
I get these releases sometimes that are simply a standard type of solid and there’s not much else that needs added. But word count is king, so let’s keep going. Italy’s Kryptonomicon is a recent addition to the death thrash (some may say blackened death metal) horde of the world, but coupled with awesome […]
Italy \ melodic death metal \ Scarlet Records \ vampiric metal \ vampyric metal
Cainites – Revenant (Melodic Vampire Metal)
Vampires and metal, does it every work? Um, yep. I’d say “case in point X” and drop a few names in there, but why do that when we’re currently considering Cainites? Let’s start and end there for today. Is it really vampiric, though, sir? See, that’s the key with utilizing the vampire as a […]
