[EN] Black metal has never been an island in itself. Since its very inception, notwithstanding the declarations of “purity” and similar, grandiose (and ultimately idiotic) proclamations, it has always been porous and open to contagion; much more so than how a bunch of Scandinavian teenagers would have us believe. [IT] Il black metal non è …
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[EN – IT] Conifère – L’Impôt du Sang
Et par le pouvoir d’un mot, Je recommence ma vie, Je suis né pour te connaître, Pour te nommer… Liberté. Paul Éluard, “Libertè”, 1942.
[EN-IT] Gråt Strigoi – The Prophetic Silence
Upon the darkest entry, I see those hallowed walls, Within; I look upon the crux of a dream, A dream clouded by anticipation of awakening (Upon the Darkest Entry, We Dream) [EN] While summertime is making everyone absolutely and miserably sweaty and we are slumbering once more in a light, wet and uneasy sleep, from …
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[EN-IT] @fuck_nsbm: Openly speak out about the NSBM scene!
[EN] We had a short chat with the person behind @fuck_nsbm, a page that recently joined the fight against NSBM on Instagram. Despite being new, it promises updates on NS acts and labels. [IT] Abbiamo conversato con chi si occupa @fuck_nsbm, una pagina che recentemente si è unita alla lotta all’NSBM su Instagram. Anche se …
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[EN-IT] OUR LOST CHANTS: “Cronache” of BloccoNero
[EN] The question is: why do the glorious history of Internationalism rarely got the attention of all those musical tendencies, from metal to martial industrial, intended to musically narrate epic deeds and warrior legends? [IT] La domanda è: perché la gloriosa storia dell’Internazionalismo raramente ha riscosso l’interesse di tutte quelle tendenze musicali, dal metal all’industrial …
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[EN-IT] Mimesis, I & Sangay
Pervers bin ich Du schüchterst mich ein, du Monstruum. [EN] One EP and one single under the young quartet aus den Katakomben Berlins belt, both from 2022, both amazingly enjoyable. This won’t be a review as much as a heartfelt exhortation to go and stop wasting your life not listening to Mimesis. It will be …
[EN-IT] Void Angel, “Revenants”
I roar upon the river, an inland tidal wave I am the storm over the sea, the blur inside the rain I scream across the shoreline with the thunder, then I’m gone I pass over your harbour, roaring on and on
[EN-IT] Gnoll: anarcho-dungeon crawling for peace!
[EN] It is in 2018 that, within Heimat der Katastrophe, a DIY Milan-based label, Gnoll, a DS project, takes form. In 2022, Gnoll suffers our murder-hobo curiosity. [IT] Nel 2018, in grembo alla label DIY milanese Heimat Der Katastrophe, nasce un progetto DS: gli Gnoll. Nel 2022, Gnoll subisce la nostra curiosità da murder-hobo.
[EN-IT] Flagburner – Satanic Panic
[EN] We spun the latest EP by Nottingham-based Flagburner. “Satanic Panic” is musically consistent with their latest works, including the full-length “STRIKE!”. A very well-balanced mix of raw black metal and industrial/techno/EBM. [IT] Abbiamo ascoltato l’ultimo EP di Flagburner, da Nottingham. “Satanic Panic” è musicalmente coerente con i precedenti lavori, incluso l’album “STRIKE!”. Un mix sapientemente …
[EN] Semirutarum – Black Metal Zine – Opus 0
[Post in italiano a questo indirizzo] Semirutarum Urbium Cadavera is a collective born from the need of taking a radical political stance inside the black metal universe, (and not only) in contraposition to the more and more normalised nazi-fascist, homobilesbotransphobe, sexist and ableist presences siegeing it. Throughout the years, in fact, inside the ontologically conservative …
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