PONTE DEL DIAVOLO - Fire Blades from the Tomb
Season of Mist
So imagine if you will Siouxsie Soux fronting a blackened doom band. Now if you don't know who Siouxsie Soux is then you're at a loss so let me explain. Back in the late 70's English punk scene there was a band called SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES. They started out as a punk band playing around the same time as the SEX PISTOLS. When the 1980's came into play they moved into a more goth/death punk sound. They were huge during that decade. They continued on into the 90's but I stopped following them by then.
Anyways the singer for this Italian five piece act, Erba del Diavolo, is a dead ringer for Siouxsie Soux's vocal style. Add to that this band has two bass players, one guitarist and a drummer. You take Erba's combination of vocal styles add the rich guitar lines and the double thick bass plus drums. Well you've got a winner with me that's part nostalgic and part crushing. This their debut full length, after three EPs starting in 2020, is a mix of the blackened doom and a lot of goth textures. And I'm talking about that good goth from the 80's and not that trendy crap from fifteen years ago.
While opener "Demone" is probably the blackest and fastest this album gets. The following cut "Covenant" is where the band shines in their gothic doom dreary glory. Having a guest musician add in the creepy theremin sounds just adds icy terror. As far as the rest of the tracks go the doom and goth aspects rise to the top. Erba's mix of frenzied howls, goth pop vocals or airy witch like sing/speak like tones are the jewel amidst a musical crown of thorns. "Red as the Sex of She Who Lives in Death" is probably the peak with all styles woven into one amazing song.
The final cut "The Weeping Song" is a duet which Erba is joined by Davide Straccione of the Italian blackened doom band SHORES OF HULL. The song is also a NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS cover. Do I have to explain who that is as well? Be that as it may I love this album a lot. It's definitely late night doom sounds which comfort you while cast spells upon your later dreams.
https://www.season-of-mist.com/
LISTEN HERE:
https://pontedeldiavolo666.bandcamp.com/album/fire-blades-from-the-tomb
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