Guitarist Fabio Buzzago, keyboard player Stefano Colombo, bassist Gabriele Cacocciola, and flute player Leandro Pessina – Aexylium Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. I sat down with members of Italian…
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Sylvester, Steve-The Necromancer Of Rock: The Origins of Death SS (Book Review)
Reviewed: January, 2022 Published: 2021, Ajna Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP I can honestly say that I’m not a fan of Death SS. It’s not because I have heard them and dislike their music. Far from it. It is only because I don’t own a single Death SS album! Of the…
Death SS-X
Reviewed: January, 2022 Released: 2021, Lucifer Rising Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP I can honestly say that I’m not a fan of Death SS. It’s not because I have heard them and dislike their music. Far from it. It is only because I don’t own a single Death SS album! Of…
Triton Devs – guitarist/songwriter/guitar and jewelery maker Blacky Lee Stone
Guitarist/song writer/guitarist and jewelry maker Blacky Lee Stone – Triton Devs Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. From Italy comes comes the new project band Triton Devs, led by guitarist/song…
Raven Black Project-Breaking Through The Mist
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2016, Indie Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP Normally we don’t go back and review older albums too often. However, last month (October 2021) I read the biography of Andre Matos. In those pages I discovered two bands that I was previously unaware of (Art X and…
Kolossus – K
Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, My Kingdom Music Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Italian atmospheric black metal project Kolossus is the brainchild of Helliminator, founded in 2014. K is the multi-instrumentalist’s second full-length under this moniker, having released The Line Of The Border just last year. The latest album’s cover…
Spiritual Deception – Oxymoron
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Oxymoron is the latest EP from the atmospheric brutal death metal organization, Spiritual Deception – all the way from Italy. Atmospheric and brutal death metal are two terms I never thought I’d see in the same sentence, but it…
BOTTOMLESS – Interview with Giorgio Trombino
BOTTOMLESS 30th July 2021 Interview by Kat Knite Italian doom metal trio BOTTOMLESS are back with a stunning new self-titled record, out now via Spikerot Records. We got a chance to catch up with lead singer & guitarist Giorgio Trombino and learn all about the process and inspiration behind the new release, as well…
Bottomless – Bottomless
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, Spikerot Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Italian doom metal trio Bottomless are a sweltering and hazy heat wave rolling over a mysterious desert of sound with their brand new self-titled release, unleashed in 2021 to set fire to your senses and stir your mind with feverish…
Infernalizer – singer Claudio Ravinale
Singer Claudio Ravinale – Infernalizer Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. From Italy comes a new band called Infernalizer, led by singer Claudio Ravinale (Disarmonia Mundi, etc.). The band plays…
Coiled Around Thy Spine – From The Ashes
Reviewed: [July 2021] Released [2021 Self Released] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson For a duo, the Italian combo Coiled Around Thy Spine – very cool band name that unfortunately, for our purposes here, abbreviates as “CATS” – kick up quite a racket on their second album. From The Ashes is…
A Metal-Rules.com Premiere: Screaming Shadows “Free Me” (From The Vaults)
Francesco Marras (Tygers Of Pan Tang new guitar player) is back with his band and a new album. “Free Me” is the first single/video from the album… Pure heavy/power metal with a big chorus and superb musicianship. Heavy/power metal traditions are strong in Italy, so it’s no wonder that, when…
Blue Hour Ghosts – Band leader/guitarist Diego and singer Ricky
Band leader/guitarist Diego and singer Ricky – Blue Hour Ghosts Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. From Modena, Italy comes 6-piece alternative/progressive metal act Blue Hour Ghosts who recently released…
Shamael – Melancholie der Engel
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Negre planY Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Raffaele Galasso’s one-man band Shamael was founded in Italy, last year (2020). He is also a member of Gardenija and Nightcrush. Melancholie der Engel is the debut full-length from his solo funeral doom project, co-released by Negre PlanY…
Stranger Vision – Poetica
Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: 2021, Pride & Joy Music Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich POETICA is the debut album from Italian melodic metal band Stranger Vision. Drawing lyrical inspiration from science, literature and poetry while boasting guest performances from Zachary Stevens (Savatage, Circle II Circle, Archon Angel), Alessandro Conti (Trick Or…