Prezir - "As Rats Devour Lions" (Godz ov War Productions, 2018)

Band: Prezir
Title: As Rats Devour Lions
Genre: Black Metal with Thrash and Death Metal influences
Time: 40.27 min
Release Date: 18th August 2018 (Independent)
       17th September 2018 (Godz ov War Prod)
Rating: 89/100











Very interesting debut album for these Prezir (Serbian for "contempt"), a quintet from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consisting of musicians that plays also in many other bands. Among them, you'll find as a drummer Brian Serzynski, already known on these pages thanks to his militancy in Pig's Blood, reviewed some time ago. And you have also to consider that "As Rats Devour Lions", the Prezir's debut album, has been released by a label of the calibre of Godz ov War Productions. So, there are all the premises for an album to remember for the extreme metal fukken maniacs!

Nel Segno del Marchio Nero: un'anteprima inedita dell'ebook!

Come molti di voi ben sanno, il 24 marzo 2019 esce come ebook il mio primo libro. Intitolato "Nel Segno del Marchio Nero", il libro racconta la storia della cosiddetta "first wave of black metal", andando a toccare un lungo e intenso periodo che va dal 1981, cioè dalla pubblicazione del seminale "Welcome to Hell" dei Venom, al 1991, cioè quando Euronymous dei Mayhem aprì il negozio "Helvete", con il quale finì la prima fase del black metal dando così inizio alla sua seconda, e più nota, fase.
Ebbene, considerando che ormai siamo vicinissimi alla data di uscita di questo saggio, oggi ho pensato bene di regalarvi in esclusiva una piccola parte ancora inedita del libro che non trovate nell'anteprima resa disponibile da Google Books. Quindi, eccovi uno stralcio della bella intervista telefonica che feci nient'altro che a Peso dei Necrodeath ormai ben tre anni fa circa.

BUONA LETTURA!

Live Gigs of the Week #2

Comunicazione di servizio:

manca poco all'uscita del mio libro "Nel Segno del Marchio Nero"! Se volete leggere un'anteprima di questo saggio che racconta l'intera parabola della cosiddetta "first wave of black metal", eccovi 'sto bel link da dove potete pure prenotare il libro!

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Hey brutalbangers,
benvenuti al secondo appuntamento di Live Gigs of the Weeks, la rubrica nella quale vi consiglio dei concerti dove spaccarvi per bene i timpani (e magari anche le ossa) a suon di metal estremo e hardcore punk!

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"!