We must take into account, in good faith, the impact of Il Veleno della Natura. Sooner or later, the time will come to take stock. And then this work will take its rightful place and receive the recognition it deserves, by royal descent. De Venom Natura embodies evil in its most extreme form: every single note and every groan spreads around. Impregnating even the most resistant fabric with the pungent smell of putrefaction and depravity. Souls thrown into the pit of decay, where even the purest will be contaminated.
De Venom Natura stands out clearly like the fiery cross
Actually, De Venom Natura stands out clearly like the fiery cross on the summit of Monte Calvo. It is the final sabbath, it is the affirmation of the superior. It towers over the ranks of those for whom such a work is an illusion, a utopia. The dazzle of a dream, of an unattainable goal. Technically flawless, in seven canticles it takes the concept of gothic rock to a higher level. A circle accessible only to the elect. A dark, sick narrative, pervaded by an agonizing sense of imminent doom. Of the collapse of reason and the decay of flesh.
The necessary terror sprinkles reason like ashes returning to the earth
De Venom Natura completes the evolutionary process that began in 2020 with the founding EP Mystery of Mystery. It follows with the founded expression of Fire Blades from the Tomb, while at the same time pointing the way forward, the next step. They will arrive ready, fortified by a ruthless determination that these blinding symphonies display without fear. The necessary terror sprinkles reason like ashes returning to the earth, covering it like a reassuring, fictitious blanket.
De Venom Natura: it is the perfect application of the concept of dark sound
The chilling Argento-esque/Simonetti-esque introduction to Every Tongue Has Its Thorns heralds the arrival of the Lords of Chaos. Of black dismemberment. But this is not disorder, it is not confusion, au contraire, this is cold discipline. They dominate the fury, bending it to their will, an expressive tool of a dazzling narrative. It welcomes and elaborates fragments of different styles but similar in origin. It is the perfect (disciplined, in fact) application of the concept of dark sound that dwells here, which finds abundant material to elaborate and shape.
Clear and unequivocal
The distinctive feature of Ponte del Diavolo, its rhythm, is once again the pillar on which the sound narrative of De Venom Natura rests. Indeed, it disrupts, uproots, pulverizes, and rebuilds using material provided by guitar work that appropriates the agnewian rigor of death rock, the bloody harshness of black metal, and the unadorned solemnity of doom. A sound construct that supports and enhances the narrative, entrusted to a perfectly integrated voice that rises above it, clear and unequivocal. The chant repeated to the point of obsession, the scream, the gasp, the mocking melody, registers that overlap, follow one another, melt into a sick solution, an incubator of inhuman monstrosities.
The trombone of New Orleans
The trombone breaks away from the brass band following the funeral procession in a derelict New Orleans. To indulge in solitary compassion (Spirit, Blood, Poison, Ferment!). The low notes of the bass clarinet that run through the feverish (it is delirium that takes possession of the body and spirit…), obsessive Delta-9 (16).
De Venom Natura closes. A well-deserved appropriation of a Manifesto.
The masterful dark wave of Il Veleno della Natura where Matia Bazar take on the role of mourners, instruments (such as the theremin) that are not mere embellishments. But essential to the exposition. De Venom Natura closes and sums up with In the Flat Field. Not a simple tribute but the well-deserved appropriation of a Manifesto. Gothic rock elevated to Art. For the few, otherwise we would have to rekindle the flames on those crosses on Monte Calvo.
Beyond styles, patterns, and conventions
A formidable, disciplined, and determined collective. The essence of dark sound. Burning vanity, a votive pyre of human transience. Beyond styles, patterns, and conventions. To those who possess the virtue of courage, they serve only as targets to be shot down.
Track list
- Every Tongue Has Its Thorns
- Lunga vita alla necrosi
- Spirit, Blood, Poison, Ferment!
- Il veleno della Natura
- Delta-9 (161)
- Silence Walk With Me
- In the Flat Field
Line Up
- Erba del Diavolo — Vocals
- Khrura Abro — Bass
- Kratom — Bass
- Nerium — Guitar
- Segale Cornuta — Drums