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…
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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…
Obsolete Theory – Dawnfall
Reviewed: [May 2021] Released [2021 My Kingdom Music] Rating [3.5/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson There are dynamics aplenty in the epic bluster of Italy’s Obsolete Theory. The band go from zero to 60 and back again as they trudge and sprint through stretches of doom/Goth metal punctuated by fits of death…
Interview with Shamael
Interview with Shamael Interview by Kira Levine Shamael online: Facebook Bandcamp Hello! Thanks for your time, hope that you are keeping safe and well. Please introduce yourself. Thank you for the invitation. I’m Raffaele Galasso and I work in several music projects: Shamael, Gardenjia, Nightcrush, Luxaeterna. When did you…
Slabber – Apocryphal Diary
Review Date: March 2021 Released: 2021, Punishment 18 Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: RC2000 It has been over three years since their previous release, and Italy’s Slabber are back with APOCRYPHAL DIARY. The band is on the Punishment 18 label and the cover art is from Yan Sek. I asked about…
Aborym – Hostile
Reviewed: February 2021 Released: 2021, Dead Seed Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter It can never be easy reinventing oneself, and far less so in the world of art. Establishing oneself in one frame of light, only to transform into another can be an example in both bold autonomy, and…
Interview with Aborym
Interview with Fabrizio “Fabban” Giannese – Synths, Programming, Piano & Vocals Interview by Lee Carter www.aborym.it aborym.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/aborymofficial twitter.com/aborym1992 www.instagram.com/aborym_industrial www.youtube.com/user/AborymTV www.deadseedproductions.com www.facebook.com/deadseed.official soundcloud.com/deadseedproductions The band began nearly thirty years ago – was there an ultimate goal that drove you all, or was it simply to create music? At the…
Six Degrees – guitarist Luca Correnti and singer Valentina Aleo
Guitarist Luca Correnti and singer Valentina Aleo – Six Degrees 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 Six Degrees and late November 2020 they dropped their debut album…