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In the
90's several black metal bands were formed in the town of Sciacca on Sicily,
Italy, and now they have created their own record label Inch Productions to
reach out with their music to a wider audience. All these bands are connected
to each other in different ways and are singing on both an ancient Sicilian
dialect and English, hence the weird band names and song titles. Lamentu was
formed in 1997 to honour the Liack-Aru demon, "sovereign of the black
continent". The music of Lamentu is a mix of death, thrash and black metal
with a sound reminding me of the wonderful melodies of Old Man's Child but
with a raw Darkthrone edge. There are also some evident African tribal
influences which probably is a result of Sicily being so closely linked to the
African continent. This gives Lamentu a unique position on today's black
metal scene and I really like it when bands try out new things that hasn't
been done before as long as it is done well. Lamentu is a band that consists
of some talented musicians, just check out the wonderful riffs on
"Animalura" and "Aggrisso" and you know what I'm talking about. The
production isn't exactly perfect but I don't know if it's because they are
looking for a Darkthrone resemblance or not. Whatever the case is Lamentu
brings new life into the black metal scene. This is a very interesting debut
release from a band that I've never heard of before. This is raw but it is
still very melodic.
| Tracklist |
1. Trasuta 2. Liack |
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3. Animalura 4. Aggrissu 5. Tribal Dance 6. |
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Pilunia 7. Sceusa 8. VuV 9. Erva Tinta 10. Demons |
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In The Liack-Aru's Slumber |
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| Buy other Lamentu albums |
