Band: Profanal Album: Supreme Fire Genre: Death metal Year: 2016 Time: 35 min Rating: 87/100 Welcome
back Profanal on the putrid pages of Timpani allo Spiedo! In fact, they
appeared, if I am not mistaken, on the fifth or sixth number of this ‘zine with
their second demo (“Rotten Bodies”, 2010) plus the interview (in the early
days, the interviews were mandatory, also because I hosted only 5-7 bands per
number). A bit as for the Sicilians Bunker 66, also Profanal (from Livorno, Tuscany)
are now a recognizable band until releasing two albums from their foundation
(2005). The last album is titled “Supreme Fire” and it will be released on 31th
October 2016 by the small Tuscanian label Iron Tyrant, that released the first
full-length of Profanal 4 years ago yet. Good for Profanal, they recorded “Supreme
Fire” with the same line-up of “Rotten Bodies”, and this because this band is
stable since 2006, a very rare thing for an underground extreme metal band.
Band: Solar Mass Title: Pseudomorphosis Genre: Black/Death/Thrash metal Time: 18 min Year: 2016 Rating: 73/100 Behind the
curious moniker of Solar Mass (in astronomy, the solar mass is a unit of
measurement used to indicate the mass of the stars and various bigger space
objects like the galaxies) there is a trio coming from New Zealand, a small
land nowadays famous for 3 of some more devastating war-machines of the extreme
metal: Witchrist, Heresiarch and Diocletian. Coincidentally, B.S. plays both in
Diocletian and Solar Mass. Besides, this young band formed in 2015 in Auckland
had the good fortune to be supported by Rok of the seminal Aussie band Sadistik
Exekution, so just he made the Voivod-ish cover artwork of the very first demo
of Solar Mass, “Pseudomorphosis”. And so, the German label Iron Bonehead
Productions is distributing recently this demo in a tape printed in 500 copies.
One year
ago I met a terrifying Australian band: Temple Nightside. The occasion was
their split “Call of the Maelstrom” with the New Zealand veterans Vassafor, a
band very similar to the Temple Nightside but playing the same style in a
different way. That time I was surprised by the tremendous oppressive aura of
the Temple Nightside’s music, weighted by a very dark production. But now the
band returns not with another split but directly with their second album, “The
Hecatomb” (like the homonym Ancient Greek ritual based on the animals’
sacrifice to honour the Gods), released by the German label Iron Bonehead
Productions on 5th August 2016, so in full Summer. But I decided to
listen to it only now, in full Autumn!
Band: Kerasphorus Title: Kerasphorus Genre: Black/Death metal Year: 2016 (reissue) Time: 30 min Rating: 74/100 Everyone
who follows the rawer underground extreme metal knows who is Pete Helmkamp. For
the ignorant people, he is into the scene even since 1987 when he founded,
along with other two guys (now in the mighty Ares Kingdom), the legendary Order
from Chaos becoming after astalwart of
the Angelcorpse. Nowadays Pete is unstoppable like never before now since he is
busy with 3 bands: Abhomine (his solo-project debuting this year with an
excellent album released under Osmose Productions), the same Angelcorpse and
Kerasphorus, both reunited recently. In particular, Kerasphorus were founded in 2009
like a superband formed not only by Pete but also by the drummer James Read,
the incorruptible man behind the Canadian war-machine Revenge with a past with
the similar Conqueror. The line-up was completed by a certain Benjamin
Wolaniuk, also ex-Horn of Dagoth. Well, but why are we telling about
Kerasphorus? Simple: because the Hells Headbangers Records has reissued on CD
on 2nd September 2016 both the EPs of Kerasphorus, originally
released by Nuclear War Now! Productions between 2010 and 2011, year of the
split of the band before their reunion in 2015 with two great
Angelcorpse/Perdition Temple’s members: Gene Palubicki and Ronnie Parmer. And I
must already that HHR has did very well to reissue the old Kerasphorus’
material!
Ladies and gentlemen, after the review of their destructive last album, I contacted Abigail via FaceBook for an interview receiving some hours later the ready answer of their leader Yasuyuki Suzuki. So, here you are the result of all this! Needless to say, ENJOY THE FUCKIN' READ 666!!!
Bands: Morbo/Bunker 66 Title: Into the Morbid Bunker Genre: Death metal_Black/Thrash metal Year: 2016 Time: 12 min circa Rating: 73/100
All Italian split for the Czech label Doomentia Records! In fact, it had the brilliant idea
to unite in a sole production the Romans Morbo and the Sicilians Bunker 66, an
old acquaintance of Timpani allo Spiedo when I interviewed even them with those
very very long and boring questions that I did in the early days of the ‘zine.
Well, this 4-song split is titled “Into the Morbid Bunker” and has released on 7’’
vinyl on 23rd June 2016.
Band: Abigail Album: The Final Damnation Genre: Black/Speed/Thrash metal Year: 2016 Time: 38 min Rating: 90/100 You can read my review (in Italian) about the debut album "Intercourse and Lust" through the following link: http://timpaniallospiedo.blogspot.it/2015/04/abigail-intercourse-lust-1996.html#more 2 years ago
I reviewed (in Italian) for heavymetalwebzine.it the reissue via Nuclear War
Now! Prod of the fantastic debut album of the Japanese Abigail. And now I
review their last album, released on CD on 22nd August 2016 always under NWN! to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of Abigail, a band so prolific about
minor productions that, shortly after the 6th album’s release, has
spewed forth via Sabbath’s Fire Records a live album in France even dating back
to 15 years ago! But the good thing is, today as yesterday, Abigail, guided
always by the drummer Youhei and the vocalist/bassist Yasuyuki Suzuki, aren’t
really changed throughout their career, showing today again a musical fury and
an underground integrity like few others. Furthermore, the cover artwork of their
last album, “The Final Damnation”, was made by a prestigious name: Chris Moyen
aka Thorncross, an artist who certainly needs no introduction.
