Ponte Del Diavolo‘s new adventure awaits them.
Following the success of their debut album, Erba Del Diavolo (vocals), Krhura Abro (bass), Kratom (bass), Segale Cornuta (drums), and Nerium (guitar) are ready for their second album, De Venom Natura, on Season Of Mist.
The band also calls on Francesco Bucci (trombone, Ottone Pesante), Andrea l’Abbate (keyboards), Sergio Bertani (theremin, Lucynine), and Vittorio Sabelli (clarinet) to strengthen their orchestra.
We start with the strange and almost disturbing sounds of Every Tongue Has Its Thorns, which quickly ignite to reveal furious Black Metal roots, giving the heavy tones additional oppressive nuances. The vocals remain relatively calm compared to the rhythm section, and even if there are a few screams, they remain the stable part of the mix, guiding us towards Lunga Vita Alla Necrosi and its much more playful haunting touch. The macabre groove is very easily communicative, asserting its heaviness along the way, just like Spirit, Blood, Poison, Ferment!, which starts off at a good pace and then dances to its own rhythm, pretending to calm down only to better relaunch its devastating flow. We continue with Il veleno della Natura, whose keyboards immediately captivate us before the other musicians settle in, taking advantage of the saturation to release piercing harmonics and allow the vocalist to soar. The final remains fairly dynamic before leading into the oppressive Delta-9 (161), which progresses at an agonizingly slow pace while the rhythm section is just waiting to explode, taking advantage of the length of the song to delay the moment as long as possible before giving us what we want under layers of massive doom. Silence Walk With Me finally takes over and welcomes the haunting voice of Gionata “Omega” Potenti (Nubivagant, Frostmoon Eclipse, Darvaza…), who gives this macabre tone to the otherwise quite energetic track, offering a unique but devilishly effective duet, leaving Erba to close the track. While the previous track was quite dark, In the Flat Field brings lively, almost Pop/Rock accents that easily blend with the band’s energy and allow the album to close with a slightly different touch.
Ponte Del Diavolo is part of a wave of fairly recent bands that don’t hesitate to mix a metal base with touches that are less obvious to grasp, but which are all the rage because they fit in so well. I have no doubt about the success of De Venom Natura.
85/100
