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niac, surprising cover
taken from no less than
the Flashdance soun-
dtrack, with Michael
Sembello transfigu-
red in a metal (but not
exaggerated) dance. An
lp that is claustrophobic
but also enjoyable, the
Niamh one. The gen-
re is doubtful, in the
sense that many metal
influences and even
something out of the
metal are felt. However,
the result is robust and
remarkable.
niamh
ting the fun in FUNreal opens the record at
very high rhythms. There are echoes of nu
metal and goth in the song, mixed and agi-
tated by powerful sonorities. The WOW ef-
fect prolongs in the same mood, with similar
sounds but slightly more controlled rhythms.
The power of this song is freely expressed
through the guitars that vanish before finding
free openings. It recovers in terms of aggres-
siveness with Eat.Pray.Kill, which jumps and
knocks in rather dangling. Mrs. Fletcher’s
relatives plays dirt and sneak into electronic
grooves crawling until they get out of wedges.
After an electro intro, here’s My Antichrist
Anaemia, another bloody and virulent tune.
You get into not very quiet heads with The
voices made me do it, which unloads all the
energy you can from the electric side. The
following song is Paracetamolotov, an in-
teresting mix that sees drumming going on
from the previous tune, but raising even more
volumes and rhythms. Corax closes with Ma-
A Poe-style raven and sketches of blood on
the cover, Corax is the new Niamh album.
Newborn band but with individual experien-
ce behind, Niamh can count on Mateja, part
of the rhythmic section of the Indigesti, a hi-
storic Italian punk band, with which he plays
throughout Italy and beyond, while Bellix has
only been part of it in the past. Mike is also a
singer of Arcadia, for years one of the band’s
richest lives on the peninsula (they played
with Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Six Feet Un-
der, Mnemic and others). Tommy, however,
was part of the Arcadia, in the past growing
up with them step by step. After a few pangs
(and we are already in 2016), the four Vercelli
guys start to play, debuting live and recording
the first pieces looking for songs of strong
and energetic impact. The album is made up
of eight metal tracks of different colors. Put-
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