KANNONAU: Kannonau Release year: 2006/2022Label: Misty Circles/Steinklang Industries Not long ago, I touched upon the subject of Italian neofolk in my review of Rose Rovine E Amanti’s album Sogni Visioni E Premonizioni (reviewed here): one of the few local scenes, … Continue reading Kannonau’s past and present
ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI: Sogni Visioni E Premonizioni Release year: 2022Label: Corvus Records Italy has a long tradition of neofolk, with the earliest bands having been active since the late 80’s or early 90’s. Despite this, relatively few of them … Continue reading Roses, ruins, lovers, dreams, visions and premonitions
TOURDEFORCE: Six In The Key Of Death Release year: 2022Label: SPQR It’s no secret that for me, neofolk originators Death In June is where it’s at: that’s the one artist, that stands up high above everything else, in an exclusive … Continue reading TourdeForce in the key of death
DIVISION S: Something To Drink & Smoke Release year: 2022Label: Steinklang Records Italian Division S – who unfortunately share the name with, and should not be confused with, an old RAC band from Sweden – seem to have an idée … Continue reading A little something to drink with Division S
IGNOTO MILITI: Ignoto Militi Release year: 2021Label: self-released In our interview with Italian martial industrial project Ignoto Militi, current sole member of the project, Matteo, said that future releases would be slightly less all over the place and more focused. … Continue reading Of the soldier, the mother and the son
The history of Europe is a history of war. Throughout the centuries, men have waged war, fought valiantly – and died. Some are remembered in song and story, but most are cast aside by history. This history of violence and … Continue reading Ignoto Militi: remembering the fallen
IGNOTO MILITI: Presente Release year: 2020Label: self-released Martial industrial is a genre that forever lurks somewhere in the distance, beyond “regular” industrial and neofolk, the two genres it is most closely related to. Even the more illustrious names of the … Continue reading Unknown Italian Soldiers
TENEBRO: Liberaci Dal Male Release year: 2020/2021Label: Dismal Fate Records/Xtreem Music Italy has a long history of gruesome and macabre horror movies. The giallos of Dario Argento, the blood-drenched horror of Lucio Fulci and the notorious Cannibal Holocaust by Ruggero … Continue reading The crude death of Tenebro
BLACK LEGIONS: Rise Of Impious Demonolatry Release year: 2019Label: Bestial Burst Italian duo Black Legion wear their influences on their sleeve. The album sleeve, that is: everything about this screams bestial old school black metal. The black and white cover … Continue reading Black legions of impious demonolatry
DAEMONIAC: Dwellers Of Apocalypse Release year: 2019Label: Xtreem Records As everyone into death metal knows, Sweden was one of the countries to stake a major claim early on, and one of the earliest scenes to create their own trademark sound. … Continue reading Daemoniac dwelling in Swedish apocalypse
Only Death Is Real 