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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!

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.

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.

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.