FOLGORE - 'Per Sempre Tempesta' cassette review

FOLGORE - 'Per Sempre Tempesta' cassette review

As soon as the first track from this six song tape from Italy's (I think) FOLGORE dropped in, I thought of LOMA PRIETA. So yeah, they play pretty awesome melodic screamo / post-hardcore that is aggressively and distortedly vocalled throughout (save for some ENVY-esque spoken word), and crashes through abrasive fuzzy riffs and the odd bit of finger tapping, backed by chaotic drumming, and interspersed with pretty, picked, melodic sections. I especially dig the second track 'Likho', but this has a consistently similar song throughout (save for the more brooding, largely slower penultimate track 'Mediocrita'), so if you like stuff like LOMA, RAIEN, or LA QUIETE, then this should be worth a listen.

https://upwindprod.bandcamp.com/album/per-sempre-tempesta

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SHIZUNE - 'Le Voyageur Imprudent' 12" review

SHIZUNE - 'Le Voyageur Imprudent' 12" review

"There's too much great stuff coming out of Italy at the moment, and SHIZUNE are part of that, playing hugely consistent melodic hardcore / screamo that despite favouring melodic and relatively clean chording, still retains the intensity of old emo-violence bands thanks to some seriously immense chaotic drumming, and monotonous but abrasive and emotional screamed vocals, all packed into largely short songs. The ten tracks here make up a truly intense experience that, owing to its ultimate briefness, is perfectly lengthed to leave you wanting more or to simply listen all over again. A great piece of work with beautiful cover art. Check out the tune 'Immortel et Imperissable' for something to go on."

https://shizune.bandcamp.com/

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PASTEL - 'L'acchiappa Nuvole' 12" review

PASTEL - 'L'acchiappa Nuvole' 12" review

PASTEL are an awesome two-piece from Italy who play with a real fusion of styles, from emo, screamo, and punk rock, to post-hardcore, with some great riffing and chords combined with a brilliant sense of underlying melody, and some seriously intense drumming that thrashes between grinding blasts, double time, and technical tom and cymbal-work at such a pace as to make your head swim. All of this is broken up by interludes of cleaner and delayed guitar work, fuzzy soundscapes, and even some rather beautiful piano. The high-pitched shouted vocals are minimal, and the cool thing about this album is that as well as the full-band ten tracks, this also contains the entire thing without any vocals, for those that prefer or are in the mood for an instrumental version. The artwork is awesome too and the lyrics are printed in both English and Italian which is nice. A cracking, musically awesome album that has a very wide appeal for the genre ground that it covers. Great stuff. Check out 'Il Lancio Karman' on our tape, and also the end of 'La Scatola, il Crocevia' for one of the greatest riffs ever.

http://pasteldiy.bandcamp.com/

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