Rise of the Stateless Wolf - "Born Dead/Year of the Rats" (Italian Extreme Underground, 2020)

Band: Rise of the Stateless Wolf

Title: Born Dead/Year of the Rats

Genre: Black Metal/Hardcore/Sludge

Time: 16.06 min

Release Date: 14th February 2020

Vote: 85/100

Hey brutal bangers,

this is a very particular article because it is the debut review of a new collaborator of Timpani allo Spiedo after many months that it was a one-man zine! His name is Francesco Bazzurri! He isn't only a longtime metalhead but also a theatre director with a strong passion for H.P. Lovecraft. In addition, he worked with me for the HC punk compilation that we published on 15th July 2020 under the title of "Se beccamo ner pit!". Needless to say, I'm very honored to work with Francesco also for the 'zine!

But what's about his first review? His first review is about "Born Dead/Year of the Rats", the debut EP, released by Italian Extreme Underground, of Rise of the Stateless Wolf, an Italian three-piece with members coming from other bands like Nurmur and Heathen/Lifecode. So, enjoy a very enthusiastic review about a release that, edited digitally and also in a tape limited to 50 copies, promises a good future for this band!

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Experimentation is not an easy way!

A gloomy Ganesh lurks on the cover album like an omen of an aspiring and iconic first work: the path to perfection, a dangerous and halted road suspended in determining the Real from the Unreal.

Who are Rise of the Stateless Wolf? A group of explorers, because their musical trip goes across the purity of asceticism tainting it with an antithetical, obscure and brutal sound.

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #32: Defechate/Ad Vitam Infernal/Tzun Tzu

Hey brutal bangers,

in these last days there is an enormous dose of episodes of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" like never before, so welcome to the newer episode of this column, that this time is completely dedicated to the death metal genre.

What awaits you is a selection of death metal bands coming from Italy, to Australia, that usually conceive their genre of reference with a lot of violence but without forgetting to create some dark or somehow bizzarre atmospheres, as you'll see soon.

So, enjoy the following bands and listen to their sonic murders!

INTERVIEW TO SKULLD! (WITH TEO & PAM)

Hey brutal bangers,

2 months ago I reviewed "Reinventing Darkness" by Skulld and, already after the first listening session, I was really hit by the outstanding music played by these 5 death metal maniacs. In addition, I found also very interesting their lyrics, that deal with occultism and esoterism from a feminist point of view, surely not so common in metal music. So, I thought well to contact directly the band in order to ask them some questions. The final result of this chat is awesome, as you will see soon!

Prepare to read an interview that is very interesting and full of enthusiast answers by Teo and Pam (respectively drummer and singer of Skulld), ranging through various themes regarding the metal culture, the feminism, the squats, the veganism... and lady Ines, the old woman to whom their guitarist Enrico dedicated the Slayer's "Raining Blood"!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #31: Grid/Sanity Control/Antipathic/Diabolic Oath

Hey brutal bangers,

I received a lot of stuff in these last months and I am "forced" to talk about many releases in a fast way, so here you are another episode with "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss"!

I advise you that this new episode, as you will see soon, starts violently and closes even ultra-violently, so I suggest you to be very prepared this time!

Well, are you ready? Yes or not, LET'S GO!!!

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #30: Intoxicated/Puro Odio/Barbaric Horde

Hey brutal bangers,

"Honorable Mentions from the Abyss", the column dedicated to talk about some stuff in a fast'n'furious way, is back with its 30th episode!

This time some very brutal and also sick stuff awaits you so to range from bestial black/death metal to a blackened crust punk chanting the collapse of this world, so you have been warned!

And now let's know the bands without uselessly extending this introduction!

Verano's Dogs+I Maiali+Voidwatcher (Rome, 19th September 2020)

Gruppi: Verano's Dogs+I Maiali+Voidwatcher

Data: 19 settembre 2020

Locale: Defrag, Roma

Ingresso: 5 €

Non mi ricordo qual è stata l'ultima volta che sono stato al Defrag prima che la cazzo di quarantena cambiasse tutto ma sta di fatto che il 19 settembre ci sono ritornato per una serata multigenere che, organizzata dal buon Marco MetalFabbro, ha visto alternarsi sul palco i Voidwatcher, I Maiali e i Verano's Dogs. Ultimamente MetalFabbro ha ripreso regolarmente a organizzare concerti al Defrag, anche se ha dovuto purtroppo annullare delle date con gruppi grossi come i Necrodeath e gli Extrema, rimandandole anzi fra parecchi mesi. Ma poco male visto che si riescono comunque a creare interessanti situazioni underground come questa. E chissenefrega se il Defrag si è attrezzato a tal punto da aver messo perfino i tavolini con le sedie davanti al palco, cosa un po' surreale vista la natura di questo tipo di concerti, ma l'importante è creare sia dei momenti di aggregazione per tutti noi, che delle occasioni per i gruppi di suonare dopo tanti mesi di pausa. Ed eccoci quindi a parlare del primo concerto metal al Defrag post-quarantena!