Hey mega-bestial black hardcore punkmetallers,
today I wake Timpani allo Spiedo from its current slumber by talking about 3 Italian bands. But I'm very lazy to build a decent intro, so let's go already to discover them!
LILYUM - "CIRCLE OF ASHES"
Lilyum are back! In fact, they were reformed in the first days of 2021 after they splitted up 3 years ago. So, in a very fast pace, they released in the March of this year their comeback album: "Circle of Ashes". Licensed by the Ukrainian label Vacula Productions, "Circle of Ashes" keeps intact the classic features of the Lilyum sound, that is focused on a freezing black metal in the Norwegian way (Darkthrone in primis) well alternated between fast and slower tempos and well played by the multi-instrumentalists Lord J.H. Psycho and Kosmos Reversum, that are the core of the band since a lot of time. In brief, a very good comeback for this Turin-based band, and I hope that "Circle of Ashes" will be the start of a new career for Lilyum (FB page).
MY OWN VOICE - "EXILE UNDERGROUND"
6th album by this My Own Voice (FB page), an hardcore punk band from Milan that is active since 2001. "Exile Underground" is a 2020 co-production between various labels and distros and, among them, there is Calimochio DIY, that sent me this album many months ago. Made up of 11 songs for 30 minutes circa of assault, "Exile Underground" shows a sound very close to the NYHC with some melodic hooks and with very intelligent lyrics that deal with different themes like religion ("Waiting"), the unity and friendship into hardcore ("One Family") or the war ("Beat the Borders"). But, lyrically speaking, my favourite song is "Dalle fiamme" ("From the flames") that, sung in Italian like another track ("Falsi liberi"), is about the rebirth, and this is a theme that touch me personally since last year I tattooed just a phoenix on my left arm. Strong of illustrious guests on vocals like Cippa (Punkreas), Black (Rejekts), Guido (First Brawl) and Dome (Face Your Enemy), "Exile Underground" is another good album from a band that, despite the many years, doesn't intend to low its guard.
THECODONTION - "SUPERCONTINENT"
Well, here I must apologize with Thecodontion (FB page) because they sent me their debut album "Supercontinent" with the prayer to publish a review within 26th June 2020, when it was released by the Italian label I, Voidhanger Records but... only now I found some time to talk about it in a mini-review or something similar. And there is need to say that Thecodontion are releasing a split with Vessel of Iniquity, expected to be released on September 2021 always through the aforementioned label. Anyway, "Supercontinent" is an album that changes a bit the sound of Thecodontion that, if before it was a lot strange, now it is stranger. In fact, their unconventional bestial black/death metal that, it is good to remember, is played without guitars but with two basses, is now more experimental, more complex and even progressive in certain points. In addition, this album is a concept about the Earth in its early stages, and the lyrics have an incredible scientific edge, as usual for Thecodontion. In practice, this is very crazy stuff for very crazy people!
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