Ponte Del Diavolo - Fire Blades From The Tomb
| Release date: | 16 February 2024 |
| Style: | Blackened doom metal |
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01. Demone
02. Covenant
03. Red As The Sex Of She Who Lives In Death
04. La Razza
05. Nocturnal Veil
06. Zero
07. The Weeping Song [Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover]
02. Covenant
03. Red As The Sex Of She Who Lives In Death
04. La Razza
05. Nocturnal Veil
06. Zero
07. The Weeping Song [Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover]
Lyrics Artwork by Aura Negativa.
30.04.2024
| 30.04.2024 |
It’s a known tradition to have Italian bands play out-of-the-box doom metal. The latest very noteworthy export from the boot-shaped country comes in the form of Ponte Del Diavolo and their debut album, Fire Blades From The Tomb. This is a blackened doom revelation, full of occult rock, post-punk, and darkwave sensitivities. Atmospheric nightly soundscapes, fierce aggressive leanings, medieval mysteries, and ritualistic invocations of evil find their place in this engrossing manifestation of menacing doom, while the haunting melodies, the dual bass attack, the evocative clarinet, and the Siouxsie Sioux-esque vocals make for a bold sound that is both familiar and uncommon in its nature. nikarg's picks | More picks ›› |
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Comments
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5363  |
This is a pretty good release I must say, dark, grim, and eerily atmospheric traditional doom with a slight blackened touch, and an excellent tone aswel.
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| nikarg Staff Posts: 7398  |
I love this one. Evil and menacing doom, with great performances, and a fantastic cover of Nick Cave's "The Weeping Song".
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| Dinruth Posts: 442 |
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| Tom Muller Posts: 311  |
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| nikarg Staff Posts: 7398 |
Written by Dinruth on 06.05.2024 at 09:40 Yeah, Messa definitely came to mind, which is one of the reasons why I love this so much.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989  |
Jeez Nik, going off your Staff Pick, this one sounds pretty damn mouth - watering and as though it'd be right up this Little Niche Girl's alley!  Will jam it soon and post some thoughts.... EDIT: Wow, quite an impressive blend of sounds going on here indeed. I love how easily they move through them too. I'm really not sure whether I'd call this blackened doom or blackened hardcore, but the fact that I can't decide is only testament to how multifaceted the songwriting is. I'd lean more to the latter though.... I'm about halfway through listening right now and mostly this makes me think of what a female - fronted Kvelertak with a little more oomph on the bass and BM riffage would probably sound like. "Covenant" is just groovier than a BLEEPing lava lamp! 
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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| ivulv Posts: 55  |
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3074  |
I expected this to be just soft doom ballads, so they really took me by surprise when the riffs go full-on black metal on "La Razza" and "The Weeping Song" 
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