Whitemour - "The Devil Inherits the World" (Art Gates Records, 2018)

Band: Whitemour
Title: The Devil Inherits the World
Genre: Death Metal with Black Metal influences
Time: 40.09
Release Date: 16th November 2018
Rating: 85/100













Art Gates Records returns today on these putrid pages with this Finnish quartet called Whitemour! I think that "tormented" is the right adjective to describe Whitemour, whose story started in 2006 as a black metal band but they had so many troubles as well so many singers (even 3 in only 6 years!) that they broke up in 2012, managing to release only a demo, a single and two EPs. But, you know, the metalheads are really persistent people, so Jani Rohunen, an original founder of them and also guitarist (but he don't plays anymore in the band), thought well to give new life to Whitemour in 2014. And it seem that this persistence brought to good fruits since Whitemour, after many years of hard work, released their long-held debut album "The Devil Inherits the World" through the excellent Spanish label Art Gates Records. But Whitemour, mind you, aren't a black metal band anymore, even though...

Honorable Mentions from the Abyss #1: Hexecutor/Mortal Scepter

With this new article, I started a column called "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss". This column is a sort of evolution of "Reviews' Attacks" because also here I'll talk you briefly about various bands in a single article. But, contrarily to the "Reviews' Attacks", the "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" aren't reviews but a sort of fast introductions of bands that are worthy to be cited on these putrid pages. The fact is that every day I have new review requests but not always I have the time to review EVERY album/demo/EP/whatever it is that I receive, so I preferred to present them to you by listening only to two or little more songs. Anyway, you'll can find these honorable mentions not only in the "Special Articles" section but also, for a matter of completeness, in the "Reviews" section. Is all clear?
Hence, no reviews, no ratings, "only" honorable mentions!

This first episode of "Honorable Mentions from the Abyss" is all dedicated to two remarkable bands from France: Hexecutor and Mortal Scepter.

Live Gigs of the Week #1

Comunicazione di servizio:

prima di cominciare con questa più o meno lunga carrellata di concerti, vi avviso che, per chi fosse interessato, il 24 marzo uscirà "Nel Segno del Marchio Nero", il mio primo saggio dedicato completamente alla "first wave of black metal", dai Venom ai Mayhem. Cliccando su questo link, potete non solo prenotarlo ma anche leggerne una lunga anteprima.

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Hey brutalbangers,
come ho promesso qualche giorno fa dopo aver aperto la sezione dedicata ai concerti a Roma e dintorni, questa è finalmente la prima puntata della rubrica "Live Gigs of the Week"!

Dalkhu - "Lamentation and Ardent Fire" (Godz ov War Productions, 2018)

 Band: Dalkhu
 Title: Lamentation and Ardent Fire
 Genre: Black Metal
 Time: 42.53 min
 Release Date: 17th September 2018
 Rating: 84/100











Behind the elegant digipack of "Lamentation and Ardent Fire", third album of the Slovenian trio Dalkhu and released by Godz ov War Productions, are hidden 7 songs where you will be embraced by a particular form of black metal.

Short Fuse+Show of Force+Pressa+Fuoco+Not Sober at All (Rome, 23rd February 2019)

Gruppi: Short Fuse/Show of Force/Pressa/Fuoco/Not Sober atl All
Locale: Trecentosessantagradi, Roma
Data: 23 febbraio 2019
Ingresso: 5 €+5 € di tessera ARCI






Comunicazione di servizio:

semmai ci fosse fra voi hardcore kids (a parte quei matti scatenati che già conosco!) qualcuno appassionato di black metal, sappiate che il 24 marzo esce "Nel Segno del Marchio Nero", il mio primo libro interamente incentrato a raccontare la storia della "first wave of black metal", dai Venom ai Mayhem. Cliccando sul seguente link, potete leggere la sinossi e anche una lunga anteprima del libro:

https://books.google.it/books?id=r0GIDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=it&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false

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"Me so menato de più in 'sto concerto che in un incontro de kickboxing!". Parole di un mio amico dopo che ci siamo massacrati in totale allegria durante la serata HC punk mezza straight-edge del 23 febbraio, tenutasi al 360 per festeggiare l'uscita di "Sink or Swim" (Indelirium Records), il nuovo album degli headliner Short Fuse. Ma non poteva che essere un massacro visto che a organizzare la serata ci ha pensato il collettivo Till Death, i cui concerti attirano sempre tanta gente e sono sempre puramente hardcore punk, ragion per cui aspettatevi SEMPRE (e 3!) un moshing a dir poco delirante! Quindi, abbiamo pogato, slammato (avete mai visto un metallaro che slamma? ECCOMI!), fatto stage diving (io 3 volte), aiutato alcuni pazzi a saltare dal palco e a surfare, aiutato altri a rialzarsi mentre altri ancora ci hanno raccolto (io sono caduto 2 volte e puntualmente in maniera fantozziana!) e, dopo tutto ciò, siamo usciti sì con le ossa rotte e con tanti lividi ma felicissimi. Cacchio, non pogavo in modo così serio dal concerto degli Slander tenutosi il 21 dicembre sempre al 360! Ma, a parte gli Short Fuse, chi c'era in scaletta? Adesso ci arriviamo!

Inferno - "Basado en hechos reales" (Necromance Records, 2019)

Band: Inferno
Title: Basado en hechos reales
Genre: Thrash Metal
Time: 33.57 min
Release Date: 31st January 2019
Rating: 77/100












Holycide, Trallery, Injector, Exodia (even though these last ones don't exist anymore), Crisix...the Spanish thrash metal scene, in these last years, has became a factory of notable bands! Among the others, this prolific factory produced also an act that was founded in 2009 as a cover band: Inferno. There is to admit that this moniker is too abused, and it isn't a case if you can find another band named Inferno on these pages. Despite this, these Inferno from Ceuta, Spain, deserves a good consideration from the thrash metal maniacs, and their second album "Basado en hechos reales" ("based on real facts") is a powerful demonstration of this. But before speaking about the music, I must say that the album, released by the Spanish label Necromance Records, is well presented by an outstanding cover artwork by the Indonesian Five Miligram, that, if you remember, made also the artwork of the barbaric "Ain't War Hell?" of the Italians thrashers Cruentator. So, the quality is surely granted also this time!