Italian heavy metal

Italian Luca Turilli is back with another slab of classically-inflected power metal, choc full of sinister choirs, dazzling musicianship and all-round over the top pomposity; If yo

Living in that splendidly bombastic area on the borders of trad metal, and crushing, sludge-infused Sabbathian doom, Italians Doomraiser bring one hell of a noise

So, whilst Metal as Fuck’s editor gets the new Overkill album to listen to, my division of the thrash spoils is this – unknown thrash from Italy.

Recorded live at last year’s Hard Rock Hell Festival in Wales, Live From Hell kicks off with longtime friend of MaF,  Krusher Joule,

Well, this is a timely one.

If I was one for New Year’s resolutions, I think my one for 2014 would be to stop listening to bands like Astral Domine.

Prepare your senses for a monumental outburst with a dual headlining bill comprised of two of the world’s finest exponents of the genre of Symphonic death metal in Italy’s Fleshgod Apocalyp

What better way to enjoy a fine blend of Italian metal than by having a glass of wine to go along with it (why stop at one? - thirsty ed.)?

Exceptional and experimental metal act Ephel Duath returns with its first album in five years, Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness.

Fleshgod Apocalypse; the name just rolls off the tongue like a heart rendering demon capturing the most intense elements extreme metal have to offer.