Cool Band Alert - Noise Trail Immersion

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Name: Noise Trail Immersion
From: Turin, Italy
Members: Fabio Rapetti (Vocals), Daniele Vergine (Guitars), Nebil Jabnoun (Guitars), Lorenzo Sirotto (Drums), Simone Crivello (Drums)
RIYL: Tomb Mold, Blood Incantation, Serpent Column, Spectral Lore, Mare Cognitum, Occulta Veritas
The Gist: That movie The Descent, but make it a band.

Run the track titles to the latest LP from Italy’s Noise Trail Immersion through Google Translate, and here’s a sample of what you get: “Blood Coils,” “Cradle and Coffin,” “Burn and Breathe,” “All Death in One Point.” That—plus the terrifying image of the drowning baby on the cover—should give you a clue of what you’re in for. The good news about Noise Trail Immersion is that their approach to such grim subject matter is anything but typical. Rather than bash out three corroded chords at high speeds over and over again, growl a little, and call it a day, Noise Trail have created something like Goya’s Black Paintings—rich in vision and nightmarish detail, and terrifyingly phantasmagorical. Check out “Spire di Sangue"—the way that spindly guitar figure tightens like fingers around your throat, the way the song lurches suddenly into a spiral of sickeningly detuned notes. Or the avalanche of sound that is “Culla e Bara”—the way its rhythm jerks from full-body assault to queasy lurch. Nothing on the album follows a blueprint. Each song is a Frankenstein-like collection of pieces that, sewn together, create something beautifully unholy, a mass of chillingly unresolved chords sinking into your skin and dragging you into the abyss. The tumult never ends on Tutta La Morte In Un Solo Punto: It’s a dark night of the soul from which you never awaken.

Tutta La Morte In Un Solo Punto is out June 27 on I, Voidhanger. Pre-order it here.

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Listening Party Picks, June 26th - July 2nd

Come hang in the chat with artists celebrating their record release this week on Bandcamp.

June 26th: Amelia Snow for Boundless. RSVP.
June 26th: Torn Sail for Steady Weather. RSVP.
June 26th: Deadguy for Near-Death Travel Services. RSVP.
June 26: Brìghde Chaimbeul for Sunwise. RSVP.
June 27th: Felix K for Berlin. RSVP.
June 27th: Out Runner for The Theory. RSVP.
June 28th: La Division Technique for Tristes Machines. RSVP.
June 29th: Demain Sans Faute for La fête est finie. RSVP.
June 29th: Jay DaSkreet for When It Counts (W.I.C.) RSVP.
July 1st: Vestigial for Translucent Communion. RSVP.
July 1st: The Wildmans for Longtime Friend. RSVP.
July 2nd: Vestigial for Descending Vastness. RSVP.
July 2nd: Jonny Nash for Once Was Ours Forever. RSVP.

To see the full calendar, go here.