Benvenuti all'Inferno!: una recensione pubblicata in origine su FaceBook!

Anche se Timpani allo Spiedo è ufficialmente inattiva, oggi pubblico un nuovo articolo, che però non è altro che la recensione di "Benvenuti all'Inferno!" che il mio fratello gemello e amicone Davide De Vito mi ha fatto a inizio anno su FaceBook. Aspettatevi una recensione-fiume, quindi lunghissima, ultra-dettagliata e anche molto obiettiva. Quindi, non posso che augurarvi buona lettura!

Timpani allo Spiedo: the end

Today the experience of Timpani allo Spiedo 'zine is over.

Sometime ago I explained the reasons leading to its end. Here I am going only to say that I've lost interest in the 'zine, and I feel I said everything I wanted and more. But I am proud of putting up an adventure lasted even 11 years. Thanks to it, I met many awesome bands but also many fantastic people, and with some of them I established great friendships, also recently. But I think also that Timpani would not have become what it is without the support it received throughout these years.

So, I thank all the collaborators I had, also those that the life divided us for some reasons.

I thank all the bands, the labels, the promotion agencies, the promoters and the managers that sent me their stuff, also giving me some t-shirts or stickers.

Thanks to all the people that participated in this adventure, also by answering to simple interviews.

And thanks to all those that, in a way or another, supported Timpani allo Spiedo, even by doing some donations or, simply, by sharing some articles somewhere.

Now, maybe I'll resume, in the future, the 'zine but, for the moment, the experience ends today and I am convinced of my decision. It's time to do new things, it's time of new projects, it's time of changes.

So, don't feel bad. Also because every ending is always a new beginning.

Thank you for all,

Flavio

P.S.: in the pic there is a lot of stuff that was expressively sent for Timpani allo Spiedo. If I remember well, "Underground 'n' Roll" by Devastator has been the very first promo that, centuries ago, was sent to me. Even today I am used to listen to it with pleasure.

Come on, burn my ears! #14 (the final playlist)

And so, this is the very last episode of "Come on, burn my ears!", the main playlist of Timpani allo Spiedo!

This is a really special episode because, in it, I included the entire story of Timpani allo Spiedo 'zine, from its first number released through email in the far 2008 to this day. So, all the 31 bands featured represent, in a way or another, key pieces in the story of the 'zine.

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #43: Esimere/Sarmat/Inhumanity Vortex/Kat

Hey futuristicmetalpunkers,

this is the very last episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" and one of the very last new articles on Timpani allo Spiedo zine. It is about 4 bands, one Italian and the other 3 from Poland, as usual in these last times. In fact, Timpani allo Spiedo, during these days, became in practice a webzine a lot focused on the Polish metal, and this is very curious.

Anyway, let's go to discover the bands... and see you soon with a surprise!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #42: Gasoline Guns/Sandbreaker/Ulcer/Faeces/The Black Thunder

Hey motordoomdeathmetallers,

this is the very last episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" dedicated to the releases I received from Mythrone Promotion. In fact, the albums contained in this episode all belong to the last pack that Mythrone sent to me one month ago circa.

All the bands in this article are Polish, except the Gasoline Guns, as you'll see soon. In addition, all the albums were released in 2021 in co-production by Defense Records and Mythrone Promotion, also in collaboration with other labels like Free Joy Stereo, as in the case of the Sandbreaker.

I advise that the next episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" will be the last one because, as I explained, Timpani allo Spiedo is going to end its activities.

And now, thanking Marcin of Mythrone Prom to sending me all these awesome albums throughout these years, let's go to discover the bands!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #41: Hammathaz/Dira Mortis/Ireful/Deathspawn/Incertus/Iscariota/Gnida

Hey extreme fuckin' metalbangers,

as I promised few days ago, here you are another episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" totally about the releases that I received ultimately in CD by Mythrone Promotion. This time you'll find albums mainly released by the sole Defense Records (Deathspawn, Incertus, Iscariota), also in co-operation with other labels like Voice Music (Hammathaz). But there is also an album edited under the auspices of Selfmadegod Records (Dira Mortis) while other 2 were self-released by the same bands (Ireful, Gnida).

And now, so let's go to discover the bands!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #40: Maggoth/Inverted Mind/Sandbreaker/Cadaveric Possession/Aggressive Mutilator

Hey totally crazy, demented and exploited maniacs,

there is a new "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" episode to read. It's all about some of the albums that Mythrone Promotion sent me time ago in CD format. 2 of them were released by Defense Records (Maggoth and Inverted Mind) while the other 2 by Mythrone Prom itself in collaboration with other labels since the debut album of Sandbreaker was co-released with the same Defense Records and Free Joy Stereo while the split album between Cadaveric Possession and Aggressive Mutilator was edited along with Bestial Invasion Records.

There will be other 2 episodes of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" dedicated to Mythrone Prom in the following days to come since ultimately I received a lot of albums from it. They will be 2 of the last articles I'll publish here because, after them, Timpani allo Spiedo will finish its activities, as I explained on this article.

But meanwhile, let's go to discover the bands!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #39: Automb/Obsecration/Kalt Vindur/Nomad/Batushka/Vader

Hey ultra-fuckin' pissed off metalheads,

there is another "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" episode to read. This time it's all about the releases that I received, in the past, in CD format by the Polish label Witching Hour Productions.

Let's go to discover them!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #38: Neolith/Lined/Adragard

Hey brutal fuckin' trve metalbangers,

today there is a new episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" to read, always with 3 bands but this time you have to know that I received in physical format all the albums I talk about here.

Let's go to discover the bands!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #37: Lilyum/My Own Voice/Thecodontion

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!

Terrordome - "Straight Outta Smogtown" (Selfmadegod Records, 2021)

Band: Terrordome

Title: Straight Outta Smogtown

Genre: Crossover Thrash Metal

Release date: 5th February 2021

Time: 40.31 min

Vote: 84/100

Reviewer: Flavio Adducci

What can you expect from a band that dubs their music as "Brutal Crossover Thrash"? Exactly what they promise: an hyper-fast and intense crossover thrash metal with some demented blast-beats here and there. But these 4 Polish angry thrashers have also a good imagination, so there is no always a blind massacre throughout the 14 tracks composing their new album "Straight Outta Smogtwon" (Selfmadegod Records), that Mythrone Promotion sent me in physical format some time ago.

INTERVIEW TO FOSCH (WITH PAGA')

Hey black metal bangers,

our beloved Francesco Bazzurri reviewed two months ago the brilliant third album by Fosch, an Italian black metal quintet singing in the dialect of their homeland, that is Bergamo, in the region of Lombardy. So, fascinated by this thing and also by the themes faced by the band that are rooted in the Bergamo folklore, Francesco thought well to interview them.

In brief, this is the interview to Fosch. One of their two guitarists, Pagà, answered to the questions.

Timpani allo Spiedo: a simple break?

It’s official now: Timpani allo Spiedo has stopped a bit its activities in these months, so I apologize to its followers and everyone sent me/us ultimately some stuff to review.

Personally, I have no will anymore, for example, to listen to an album and then to write a new review. But I think this isn’t a bad thing. Sincerely, I’m fine with that.

The fact is that the commitments, the needs, the projects change… the life itself changes. So I don’t see anymore Timpani allo Spiedo like one of the essential things for my life. Also because, after many years, finally I am discovering the pleasure, the beauty to listen to an album without writing something about it.

Ergo, I don’t know if this is a simple break for the ‘zine or stuff but this is the plan: my friend Francesco (that I thank infinitely, also for the Timpani’s new logo!) and me will talk about the last releases that we received ultimately, especially about the ones in physical format, then we’ll see.

In every case, it has been really a beautiful adventure, that was started in the now very far 2008. Wow, how much time has passed!

Flavio

INTERVIEW TO DISTRUGGI LA BASSA! (WITH FRANCESCO "MONTA" MONTANARI)

Hey hardcore moshing maniacs,

mentre il mio compare Francesco Bazzurri sta lavorando a una bella intervista ai Fosch (gruppo black metal che canta in dialetto bergamasco, mica cazzi!), io vi presento quella agli organizzatori del Distruggi La Bassa, noto festival hardcore punk che si tiene annualmente, dal 2015, a Ferrara, una delle mie città italiane preferite famosa anche per il suo Buskers Festival e per una ricca tradizione antifascista.

Al Distruggi La Bassa dell'anno scorso dovevo esserci ma poi il Covid ha fatto il sacrilegio di scompaginare tutto e quindi ciaone e tante care cose. Peccato perché sarebbe stata sicuramente un'edizione con i controfiocchi già solo per una line-up stellare comprendente leggende come gli MDC, i DRI e gli Youth of Today, gruppi divertentissimi da vedere dal vivo come quei pazzi degli Insanity Alert, e ovviamente una vagonata di valide band italiane, molte delle quali ospitate già su queste pagine come i MuD (e così avrei finalmente conosciuto di persona AldoHC, dopo che siamo amici su FB da anni!), i Milksnake, gli Obscene Revenge (mi ricordo ancora con grande piacere la loro serata romana di supporto agli One Way System!), i Vibratacore o i romanissimi No More Lies (a proposito, sono tornati live qualche sabato fa!). Insomma, sarebbe stata una 3 giorni da panico in pieno stile "teste vuote ossa rotte"! Ma ciò che è passato è passato, ciò che conta è il presente, e quindi anche il fatto che i ragazzi del Distruggi La Bassa abbiano dei progetti importanti, fra cui una eventuale edizione 2021 del fest.

Ringrazio il gentilissimo e disponibile Francesco "Monta" Montanari, uno degli organizzatori, per aver risposto all'intervista, dopo che l'ho contattato su Feisbuc qualcosa come un mesetto fa.

Le foto sono state scattate da: Enrique Olvera (Nabat) e Francesco Dose (Vitamin X).

BUONA LETTURA!

Presentazione del libro "Benvenuti all'Inferno!" il 19 maggio a Roma!

Il momento è quasi giunto.

Fra 2 giorni, mercoledì 19 maggio, ci sarà la primissima presentazione dal vivo di "Benvenuti all'Inferno!", il mio saggio sul proto-black metal ormai uscito a fine 2020. Si terrà alle 18 presso il famoso locale Traffic di Roma. A fare da relatore ci penserà il mio amico e collega Fabio Rossi, che già ho ospitato su queste pagine recensendo un paio dei suoi libri, di cui quello sui Bathory, uscito da pochissimo. Sicuramente ne uscirà fuori una bella chiacchierata.

E finalmente i concerti sono ripartiti!

E finalmente, in questi giorni si sta riprendendo a organizzare dei concerti. Poca roba ma il segnale di ripresa c'è. Giusto l'altro ieri sono andato al Traffic per vedere gli Shockproof e i Reapter al Traffic. L'entusiasmo era tale che c'era tantissima gente, e quindi l'evento si è trasformato immediatamente in un'occasione sociale come non se ne vedevano da tanto. Infatti, devo dire che, a un certo punto, durante gli Shockproof ho smesso proprio di vederli per socializzare perché c'erano veramente tantissimi amici vecchi ma anche nuovi. Era tutto un continuo "weeee, ciao, come stai?", visto che con alcuni non ci si vedeva da tempo. Tutto ciò però non mi ha impedito di scattare qualche foto del concerto ma solo durante lo show degli Shockproof, ergo di seguito li potete vedere mentre suonano con l'ospite Flavio degli Asphaltator:

Fabio Rossi - "Bathory - La band che cambiò l'heavy metal" (Officina di Hank, 2021)

Titolo: Bathory - La band che cambiò l'heavy metal

Autore: Fabio Rossi

Genere: Libro

Data di uscita: marzo 2021

Voto: senza voto

A marzo è uscita finalmente la nuova fatica del mio amico Fabio Rossi: "Bathory - La band che cambiò l'heavy metal". Sarebbe la sua primissima incursione in territori metal, e spero che non sia l'ultima visti gli ottimi risultati conseguiti, come si vedrà. Ma, come alcuni di voi sapranno sicuramente, io ho scritto la prefazione di questo libro, per il quale Fabio ha tratto anche un po' di ispirazione dal mio "Benvenuti all'Inferno!", che, fra l'altro, è stato pubblicato per la stessa casa editrice, la Officina di Hank. Insomma, è un libro che ho visto crescere, e forse, per una recensione vera e propria, sarei un po' troppo di parte. Quindi, per essere il più corretto possibile, preferisco dare a questo saggio un senza voto. Ma ciò non mi impedisce certamente di cercare di essere il più obiettivo possibile, ragion per cui penso che sia cosa buona e giusta elencare prima i difetti che ho riscontrato in "Bathory" (il libro, non il disco, eh!).

Fosch - "Per chi èla la nòcc" (Vacula Productions, 2019)

Band: Fosch

Title: Per chi èla la nòcc

Genre: Black Metal

Time: 43.18 min

Release date: 9th October 2019

Vote: 88/100

Hi, brutal bangers!

Let me say this: Italian black metal reserves morbid surprises! Starting with my beloved Progenie Terrestre Pura that experiment new frontiers of sound and ending with Fosch, a band coming from the foggy lands of northern Italy, that redefines the narrative of this extreme music genre. In their third work "Per chi èla la nòcc" (Vacula Productions, 2019), they sing in bergamasque dialect, and it is very important because, by telling their dark tales filled with grim atmosphere and gloomy folky feeling, like "Al calar del sul", these damned guys create a perfect bloody marriage between local tradition and black metal. Concept is very important, reinforcing it is essential and create an effective and original overview in this kind of music not for all and saturated with ideas, so this sounds like a victory!

INTERVIEW TO INTOLERANT!!!

Hey megabestial nuclear bangers,

after a lot of days without articles of any sort, Timpani allo Spiedo is back with a new interview!

Yes, because time ago I had the idea to propose some questions to Intolerant, a bestial black/death metal duo from Rome whose debut album "Primal Future" was briefly reviewed months ago. Hence, in the following lines you can read an interview that is fast and furious just as the noise perpetrated with extreme hate by this band.

So, enjoy this interview!

INTERVIEW TO TORN FABRIKS! (WITH RICARDO)

Hi, old school thrash metal maniacs, after reviewing the powerful Torn Fabrick's new release, "Mind Consumption", a really great work of this Portugese band, let me present their exclusive interview for Timpani allo Spiedo and discover with us their story, their adrenaline addicted music, their message and future projects! Also, I recommend listening to the EP if you need an injection of pure energy! If you don't, may Thanos cancel you from existence snapping his infinity gloved fingers!

Shankaty (Rome, 13th March 2021)

Gruppo: Shankaty

Data: 13 marzo 2021

Locale: Let It Beer, Roma

Ingresso: gratuito

Redattore: Flavio Adducci

Dopo tanto tempo dall'l'ultimo live report che avevo fatto, eccone finalmente uno nuovo, incentrato sul delirante concerto che quei pazzi degli Shankaty (o meglio, ShAnKaTy ma scriverlo così ogni volta è una faticaccia!) hanno fatto il 13 marzo al Let It Beer. Ma chi minkia sono gli Shankaty? Personalmente ne sono venuto a conoscenza nel giugno dell'anno scorso, quando il loro cantante, tal Euroz Shankato, mi chiese di partecipare col suo gruppo a "Se beccamo ner pit!", la compilation che io e il mio compare Francesco Bazzurri abbiamo fatto l'ultima estate. Per essa, Euroz mi mandò due pezzi, cioè "ShAnKaTy (Merda)" e l'assurda "DWTWWBTOL", entrambi proposti durante la loro esibizione, grazie ai quali ho conosciuto un quintetto di pazzi scriteriati che, pur influenzati espressamente dai Cripple Bastards e da quel tranquillone di GG Allin, sono talmente inclassificabili da non fare nè punk nè metal, bensì un genere tutto nuovo chiamato... "Musica di Merda" (tutto rigorosamente con la M maiuscola!). Ebbene, ieri per la prima volta in vita mia ho finalmente avuto l'onore/onere di vederli dal vivo in un concerto acustico tutto speciale, a soli 2 giorni dall'ennesimo fottutissimo lockdown. Vi assicuro che nell'ora e poco più durante la quale gli Shankaty ci hanno allietato con i loro deliri, è successo di tutto, e tutti ci siamo massacrati dal ridere.

Sarcastic Burn Victim - "Blood & Stomach Pills" (Cruel Nature Records, 2021)

Band: Sarcastic Burn Victim

Title: Blood & Stomach Pills

Genre: Jazzcore

Release date: 29th January 2021

Time: 26.21 min

Vote: 90/100

Reviewer: Francesco Bazzurri

Hi, extreme metal rogues! Passing almost unscathed through the annual italian music festival named “SanRemo”, just a little vomit, increased blood pressure and diarrhoea caused by “artists” like Fedez and Achille Lauro [but, incredibly, there is need to say that, after a lot of time, the festival has been won this year by a rock band! - Flavio], then I have to take some “Blood & Stomach Pills”!

Children of Technology - "Written Destiny" (Hells Headbangers Records, 2020)

Band: Children of Technology

Title: Written Destiny

Genre: Punkish Speed Metal

Release date: 18th December 2020

Time: 33.42 min

Vote: 86/100

6 years ago I reviewed on Heavymetalwebzine.it "Future Decay", the second album of an Italian group called Children of Technology. From that time, very much is changed in the world but also in this band of 4 maniacs, that, during that period, in 2014, was a half-female quartet while now it is an all-male trio, leaded, as always, by the vocalist DeathLörd Astwülf, accompanied since 2010 by the guitarist Borys Crossburn, a guy involved in other some bands like Barbarian and even owner of labels such as Agipunk. Instead, the new entry is the drummer Dee Dee Altar, that isn't a freshman because of his militancy, for example, in notable acts like Bunker 66. With this line-up including a Borys Crossburn also in the role of bassplayer, Children of Technology have spewed recently forth, through the infamous Hells Headbangers Records, a new album: "Written Destiny".

Malichor - "Sirens of Innsmouth" (Self-released, 2020)

Band: Malichor

Title: Sirens of Innsmouth

Genre: Black/Thrash Metal

Time: 7.01 min

Release date: 17th October 2020

Vote: 75/100

After something like 3 years, the Australian quintet Malichor comes back on these pages with a 2-track single entitled "Sirens of Innsmouth". Released only in a digital format through BandCamp, it is a sort of concept-single "telling the tale of the fiendish inhabitants from the bordello "Sirens" in the derelict town of Innsmouth", that are the seducing but deadly creatures mentioned in the title.

Come on, burn my ears! #13

Hey metalheads and punkers,

finally welcome to the 13th episode of "Come on, burn my ears!", the main playlist of Timpani allo Spiedo! For the truth, it was supposed to be published on February but, unfortunately, it is out only now.

Torn Fabriks - "Mind Consumption" (Firecum Records, 2021)

Band: Torn Fabriks

Title: Mind Consumption

Genre: Thrash Metal

Time: 20.46 min

Release date: 11th January 2021

Vote: 90/100

Hi, my worshipped scum! I love the sound of thrash metal early in the morning! After the alarm went off, I put my personal playlist on and I feel a beneficial discharge of pure adrenaline getting me out of bad, ready to scream: “Good morning fucking world! I’m here again!” I grew up with this metal genre, I begin at thirteen years old with "Handle with Care" by Nuclear Assault and I love the period between 80’s and 90’s. So when I had for the hands the new portuguese thrash metal band Torn Fabriks, I recalled the past through their debut EP "Mind Consumption" (Firecum Records, 2021), a shard of evil, great and evergreen thrash metal work where old school sound coming round again and revived similarly to other “modern” bands like Iron Reagan or Lich King.

Overcharge - "Metal Punx" (DIY Co-production, 2020)

Gruppo: Overcharge

Titolo: Metal Punx

Genere: Speed Metal/Crust Punk

Durata: 33.18 min

Data di pubblicazione: 13 marzo 2020

Voto: 87/100

Del Marci su Roma 2 mi è rimasto in particolare il ricordo di un gruppo di metallari punkettoni adoratori dei Motörhead. Sto parlando degli Overcharge, che in quel fest mi fecero pogare come poche altre band, felice di essere preso dall'energia incontenibile di quei 3 scalmanati provenienti dal Varesotto. E oggi loro tornano finalmente su queste sporche pagine con un bel terzo album, che già dal titolo è tutto un programma: "Metal Punx". Se non lo avete già ascoltato, vi dico subito che "Metal Punx" è, senza mezze misure, un disco che spacca veramente tanti (bei e brutti) culi!

Motron - "Who'll Stop the Rain?" (Calimocho Autoproduzioni DIY, 2019)

Gruppo: Motron

Titolo: Who'll Stop the Rain?

Genere: Crust Punk/D-Beat con influenze Rock'n'Roll

Data di pubblicazione: 1° novembre 2019

Durata: 28.22 min

Voto: 84/100

Ultimamente in queste pagine c'è un profluvio di band che 2 anni fa presero parte in qualche modo al Marci su Roma 2. Infatti, se il buon Francesco ha recensito ieri l'ultimo album delle Hyle, che però non riuscirono a suonare al Marci per varie ragioni, a me tocca oggi recensire "Who'll Stop the Rain?", secondo album dei varesini Motron, che, fra vari casini e gente che dormiva per terra, invece riuscirono a suonare in quel folle fest, anche se ultimi in scaletta. In realtà, "Who'll Stop the Rain?" è uscito nel novembre 2019 ma, come spesso si dice da queste parti, non è mai troppo tardi. Anche se ormai, vista la pandemia, è tutto cambiato così tanto che sembra passata veramente una vita da quel novembre.

Hyle - "Weapons I've Earned" (DIY Co-production, 2020)

Band: Hyle

Title: Weapons I've Earned

Genre: Crust Punk/Death Metal

Release date: 22nd May 2020

Time: 19.09 min

Vote: 90/100

Once upon a time there was a fantastic hardcore punk festival in Rome called Marci su Roma, whose two editions were held in 2018 and 2019. The latter (live report here) had a very interesting bill full not only of some legendary British bands like Oi Polloi but also of some promising acts like these Hyle, an (almost) all-female crust punk band. Unfortunately, they couldn't took part of the fest due to various issues. After something like two years, Hyle are back on these pages because Francesco reviewed their third production since 2016, the album "Weapons I've Earned", that, mixed and mastered by Fabio Banfio from Rake-Off and Taste the Floor, was released in a DIY co-production involving realities such as Calimocho DIY, Bright Future, Fresh Outbreak Records, Scull Crashers and Shove Records.

And now let's go to read the review by Francesco!

Hi, brutalbangers, it’s time for you and for your extreme metal sound wasted ears to know a crust/death metal Italian band directly from Bologna: the Hyle. Almost completely feminine group, the core formed by girls that are sailed veterans of this music genre, grown with bread and hc, used to fight, shaped by anarco-feminist ideology, first line rioters and daughters of the Italian underground movements, always the real forge of ideas and cultural revolution. They beat up very strong and with furious anger! I love their sound because it remembers me the beginning of one of my favorite bands, the mighty Bolt Thrower! So, how is their album? Though, heavy, subversive, with dosed wickedness.

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #36: Irdorath/Exit/Velkhanos

Hey ultra-bangers (in these last times I am inventing every form of greeting haha!),

I received in May 2020 a 4-album pack from Art Gates Records but I am listening to them only in these days. Of them, you will not find "Soulcrifice" by Lined, that will be into another episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss".

So, let's go to discover the following bands!

Amphist - "Eschaton" (DIY Co-production, 2020)

Band: Amphist

Title: Eschaton

Genre: Crust Punk/D-Beat

Time: 35.58 min

Release date: 21st September 2020

Vote: 85/100

Hey crust punk maniacs,

our beloved Francesco Bazzurri, after Culto del Cargo, reviews today another album in the sign of the crust punk/d-beat: "Eschaton" by Amphist.

A quintet coming from Naples, in Southern Italy, Amphist were featured in "Come on, burn my ears! #12" after I was received their album from Calimocho DIY, one of the labels that released it (they are too many to be all mentionable but some of them are Bologna Punx and Pirate Crew Records, already known on these putrid pages).

There is also to say that Amphist are a well-known band in the Italian hardcore punk underground, and it isn't a case if they played also in my Rome 2 years ago, in a night full of interesting acts like Ira, Fuoco (RIP) and Greve. Unfortunately, I didn't attend that gig.

And now, let's start to read this awesome review by Francesco!

Post-apocalyptic movies always fascinate me, in particular some italian works like "Bronx Warriors" or "The New Barbarians", both directed by the great Enzo. G. Castellari. Dark and raw stories speaking about a violent and degraded human race, telling a future without hope and a total destruction of entire civilization. If I must choose the right soundtrack for this film genre, the album “Eschaton” from Amphist band would be the right choice. Directly from southern Italy these guys play a solid crust punk/d-beat with death metal and post-metal influences, telling the ruins of a world where Void triumphs, directly brought by the long wave of chaos and where civilization is only a pale memory while night of reason moves toward a battered earth. Ten well performed tracks making completely the idea of a strange eschatology.

Abigorum - "Exaltatus Mechanism" (Satanath Records, 2019)

Band: Abigorum

Title: Exaltatus Mechanism

Genre: Black/Doom Metal

Time: 45.31 min

Release date: 14th June 2019

Vote: 65/100

Maybe it's too late to talk about "Exaltatus Mechanism" but I must say the truth: I listened to it only in these last days after receiving it one year ago circa directly from Satanath Records, the Russian label that released this debut album by Abigorum.

In ricordo di Claudia

Purtroppo ci ha lasciati una nota agitatrice della scena underground romana, attivissima in vari progetti anche musicali (fra cui il gruppo crust/grind xCaracox) e pure co-proprietaria dell'importante negozio di dischi Inferno Store.

Ti vogliamo ricordare mentre ti divertivi a cantare proprio con i xCaracox, in una foto scattata il 2 marzo 2019 al Malatempora, in una di quelle bellissime pomeriggiate hc organizzate dal locale e che quel giorno vide in scaletta anche i giovani Ira.

Ciao Claudia

Ci mancherai a noi tutti

Tutti Pazzi #25 (2020)

Titolo: Tutti Pazzi

Genere: Fanzine

Pagine: 50 in A4

Data di uscita: 28 settembre 2020

Voto: 78/100

Oggi praticamente si parla della Storia. Infatti, l'oggetto di questa recensione è il 25esimo numero di Tutti Pazzi, nome preso dall'omonima canzone del gruppo hc punk torinese Negazione. Si tratta di una fanzine il cui primissimo numero è uscito perfino nell'ormai lontanissimo 1986, e credo che già per questo il lavoro di Roberto, che la gestisce da sempre, sia da lodare a prescindere. Andiamo quindi a scoprire questa bella fanza!

INTERVIEW TO TRISTWOOD!!!

Hey black metal maniacs,

Francesco Bazzurri strikes again!

After reviewing the Tristwood's new album with enthusiastic tones, he interviewed them. Its his first interview for Timpani allo Spiedo 'zine and I have to say that this debut as interviewer is fantastic not only because his questions are very good but also because Neru, the Tristwood guitarist, answered in a very interesting way. The consequence of all this is that we are in presence of a in-depth interview that is about not only the (black metal) music but also about the Art in its general  concept, crossing boundaries that are not so common in our metal world.

So, here you are the first interview by Francesco. Enjoy it!

Destinazione Finale - "In bilico nel reale" (DIY Co-production, 2019)

Band: Destinazione Finale

Title: In bilico nel reale

Genre: Hardcore Punk

Time: 18.23 min

Release date: 11th December 2019

Vote: 95/100

Hey old-school hc kids,

some weeks ago the Italian label Calimocho Autoproduzioni DIY sent us 6 interesting releases belonging to the hardcore punk spectrum and the first one we reviewed is this "In bilico nel reale", debut album of Destinazione Finale ("final destination") released in a gigantic co-production that engaged the following realities: Calimocho Autoproduzioni, Zas! Autoproduzioni, Passione Nera Records, Lanterna Pirata, Punti Scena Records, Disastro Sonoro, Barrio 315, M.A.D. Productions, Radio Punk, Malapaga Records, Massimo Dolore.

Destinazione Finale, that ultimately replaced their bassplayer Jacopo, already replaced by the new entry Nicco, are an Italian quartet from Tuscany whose sound is pure hardcore punk rooted in the classic Italian tradition, so bands like Negazione (a band whose "Lo spirito continua" was, indeed, covered by Destinazione Finale), Indigesti and the likes come easily in mind.

But this is only my intro, because the album has been enthusiastically reviewed by our beloved Francesco Bazzurri, so please read his fantastic review and let us know if you like this band.

Come on, burn my ears! #12

Hey brutal bangers,

the last episode of "Come on, burn my ears!" was published even in October 2020, so it's a lot of time that I didn't publish a new episode of the main Timpani allo Spiedo's playlist. So, the time has come to refresh this playlist, also because, in the meantime, we received many new bands, and this way is perfect to listen to them before we'll review them.

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #35: Jesus Wept/Netherblade/Sacrocurse/Satanize/Sickle of Dust/Sviatibor/Throneum

Hey brutal bangers,

today you have to read another appointment with "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss", the column in which I am used to talk shortly about albums without writing real reviews.

This new appointment is more metal than the previous one, so expect to read about bands that range from bestial black/death metal to atmospheric black metal, and not forgetting a little of thrash metal to bang your fuckin' heads!

Enjoy this article and discover all the following acts!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #34: !T.O.O.H.!/Bas Rotten/Dropdead/Fuck the Facts/Hanging Fortress/Perdition Sect/Intolerant

Hey brutal bangers,

it's a lot of time that I don't publish a new appointment with "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss". Finally, here you are a new episode of this column. This time you'll read about 7 bands... but they are only a part of the very stuff that I received in these last months!

Unfortunately, I must still prepare a year-end Top Ten, that now is a classic for the 'zine for some years, and I don't want to break this tradition, so expect news about this thing.

No other words, let's go already to discover the bands!