Unsigned Italian release their album, ‘Silent Water’, tomorrow (Friday 20 March) and we’ve had a sneaky look at Über Rock. Now Maria G doesn’t know much about this band, as they have little online presence and, what there is, is in Italian, but Facebook says they formed in 2015.
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The Unity trace their roots back to 2016, when Gamma Ray drummer Michael Ehré and guitarist Henjo Richter teamed up with Italian singer Gianbattista Manetti. With two albums already under their belts, and a steady line-up now in place, the combo are setting out to prove just how much ‘Pride’ they have in their blend of hard rock and melodic metal with this, their third album…
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Since desert rock legend Brant Bjork hooked up with the Heavy Psyche Sounds label, it’s been hard to keep up with all the releases coming out, with many albums from his illustrious back catalogue getting the re-issue treatment along with new albums such as 2018’s excellent ‘Mankind Woman’. Indeed, April will also see re-issues of ‘Gods & Goddesses’ and ‘Punk Rock Guilt’, both fine albums from the BB canon. This self-titled new album, Brant Bjork’s 13th studio album, moves away from the collaborative format of the past that has seen him work with Bubba DuPree, The Low Desert Punk Bank, or The Bros.
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Jonny B was under absolutely no illusions as to what he was letting himself in for when he picked up this album. Let’s face it, there was no way that a band called Architectural Genocide woould be releasing a concept album on sunshine and rainbows, that’s for sure! No, this is an absolutely gut-wrenchingly brutal piece of death metal savagery that would scare your parents and convince your grandmother that you’re sacrificing virgins in the back garden. JB feels like he’s been trampled by a stampede of armour clad elephants within minutes of starting this album which means that it’s doing everything it set out to do, and there’s a slim chance that he’s going to make it through this album without experiencing some serious injury… probably whiplash.
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Little could anyone involved have realized the importance of the timing of this gig, the second date on the second leg of the ‘Celtic Thrash’ tour featuring Edinburgh shredders Ifreann and their Dublin counterparts Crossfire. OK, it was Friday the 13th – but, then, that’s probably the most appropriate date possible for a metal show. But then the world was thrown into chaos with the coronavirus outbreak, and Irfeann arrived on the island of Ireland on the very day that the government south of the border decreed a ban on gatherings of 100 or more people… somehow, however, the visitors got away with bringing their party to Dublin’s fair city – although the third and final date in Cork ultimately fell victim to the new restrictions.
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