When you look too far, you lose sight of the things closest to you.
If you always look for beauty in the distance, you fail to realize that sometimes it's already right next to you.

I have to thank my hero, @Cuzao1, for giving me an unexpected birthday present this week by pointing out this band, whose existence I'd been unaware of until yesterday, despite not only being Italian, but also originally from the region bordering mine...

I don't know how to ... read more

6mo

Cuzao1

THE METALCORE GAUNTLET #21 - NOVA ERA

Holy shit bro, how does amazingness like this have 20 ratings while shitcore albums get must hear? Such are the injustices of life...

This kind of rage (plus the injustices of war and human suffering) was surely what motivated italian boys Sentence to make this amazing record, perfecting the old school Metalcore sound near the very dawn of its era.

If you're looking for fancy songwriting and Mathy compositions, you'll leave dissapointed, but ... read more

7mo

Botched Invocation

What more can you ask for? This Italian metalcore act brings so much fury and ferocity to the mix. War rivals Converge's Jane Doe in some ways fusing thrash, hardcore, and metal in a new way that still sounds fresh 24 years later. A really incredible gem.

3mo

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Track List

1	War Begins 1:41	86
2	To React 4:43	89
3	Bloody September 4:28	87
4	One Life Taken 3:54	83
5	Words of Silence 0:11
6	Another Strife 3:16	73
7	The Shy Kiss of Destruction 3:25	77
8	Shades of Salvation 4:06	80
9	Spell of Death 9:04	58