Italy might
not be the first country that people think of when they hear “Metal”, but Italy
has a pretty much active Metal scene. Some bands play classical Heavy Metal,
others play Thrash Metal, and others go all the way and play (Italian) Death
Metal with Endless Pain being one of them.
The album
is obviously characterised by the lead singer’s growling which is obviously not
surprising for a Death Metal band. Death Metal should be about more than just
the growling though, and that is exactly where the album shows a couple of
weaknesses. Although, ‘weaknesses’ is probably the wrong term here. It is more
of a lack of “strengths”. In other words: The album is not weak, but it is not
exactly strong either. It is fun to listen to, but there are a couple of
passages where one has the feeling that the band missed the chance to make more
out of a song than they actually did. The third song Nel Nome Del Padre
illustrates this perfectly. The lead guitarist accentuates the song with some
interesting guitar parts, even starts a solo, but it is somehow not as well
integrated in the song as it could be. The same pattern shows on Omertà, and
Transversal Vendetta which makes me suspect that the band’s sound would profit a
lot, if they got their drummer and guitarist to fine-tune their parts a bit
better.
All in all
I give the band a nice 63 percent. It is a decent album after all and there are
a couple of passages that shine.
