Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #9: Black Therapy/S.R.L./Hierophant/Iblis

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Hey brutalbangers,

welcome to this new journey to the Italian extreme metal with a new episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss". This new episode is very various since it ranges from the ultra-melodic death metal to the ultra-pure black metal as taught by the '90s, featuring also two bands from my city, Rome.

4 bands, 4 different styles to conceive the extreme metal = only good music!

Hierophant/Onryo (Rome, 28th December 2017)

Bands: Hierophant/Onryo
Location: Traffic Live Club, Rome
Date: 28th December 2017






Along with my friend Luca aka L.L., in 28th December 2017 I was back at the Traffic Live Club to watch in action two Italian bands, both very talented: Onryo, from Rome, and Hierophant. These last ones, directly from the region of Emilia-Romagna, was the main band and their Roman date has been the second step of their "Italian Descent Tour", that will end, among some breaks between the gigs, 23th February 2018 in the city of Venice, so to promote "Mass Grave", the 4th album of this devastating trio released two years ago by an important label like the French Season of Mist. Instead, Onryo, if you well remember, was supposed to be in the bill of the Goatvomit Festival but, for some reason, they can't played anymore for that occasion. So, they have recovered that missed opportunity to share the stage of the Traffic Live Club with a band of the level of Hierophant.