italy
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Ad Nauseam bring fiery performances, dynamic production, and revelatory fusions of metal, classical music, and jazz on their sophomore album.
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From Para Araras, the new EP by Samba-techno duo Ninos du Brasil, out now via Hospital Productions.
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Dark cabaret outfit Roma Amor has a new album out on Old Europa Cafe called Una torbida estate. A couple of spots feature lyrics from traditional German songs, including this bittersweet number you might recognize from the end of Kubrick’s Paths of Glory.
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Italian psych-pop duo Dumbo Gets Mad is prepping a new album and has allowed us to share its first track. We’re still trying to get “Plumy Tale” out of our heads five years later, but “Misanthropulsar” here is maybe every bit as much the earworm. The twosome is sounding
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From Watershed between Earth and Firmament, the debut album from Italian black metal artist The Clearing Path (Gabriele Gramaglia), out July 11 via Avantgarde Music. I appreciate the soupçon of Converge-esque metalcore in the mix.
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Italy’s Blue Willa has an eerie style that I’m digging a lot on this self-titled record of theirs. The folk-inspired simplicity, dissonant guitars, and sharp howls of the project’s frontwoman are all too potent to deny. Enjoy!
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The Italian psych pop project known as Dumbo Gets Mad has dropped one more single from its forthcoming full-length, which is set to drop in January via Bad Panda Records. I’m digging the quirky and slightly lo-fi feel of this track. The light beat, falsetto vocals, and bouncy keyboards
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mono no aware: between eternity and the burial by shizune Italy’s Shizune, which is a group of post-hardcore revivalists that I’ve featured on the site before, have a new EP streaming on their Bandcamp, and the band’s production sounds slightly improved. Nice! Of course, their tight playing,
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MP3 This is some heavy doom right here, and the only thing better than heavy doom is free heavy doom. (Edit: Yeah, it could be “Sludge,” too.) Lento hails from Italy, and tends to keep their tracks completely free of vocals; allowing their deep, resonant guitar tone to rattle skulls
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Ridiculous picture, I know. However, this post is completely made of serious business. It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon or a brain scientist to figure out I get a lot of e-mails from music fans and musicians, asking me to put my ears to something. And though it takes
