As a birthday present for the Italian wife of someone I know, I compiled a cd of Italian underground music.
This was the tracklist:
- Gerstein – Crush
- Ianva – La Ballata dell ’Ardito
- Camerata Mediolanense – Guerriero
- Argine – Rifrazioni
- Spiritual Front – Song for the Old Man
- Kirlian Camera – Fields of Sunset
- The Frozen Autumn – Dusk is like a Dagger
- Francesco Banchini – Quando la Notte
- Lupercalia – Axe
- Ataraxia – Hydra Hyalt
- Ordo Equitum Solis – Solem Expectans
- Thelema – Here we stand
- Ain Soph – Blut und Geist
- Limbo / T.A.C. – Vines of the Serpent
- Runes Order – To the Shadows
- Monumentum – Fade to Grey
- Novy Svet + Foresta di Ferro – Sogni di Piombo
- Calla della Morte – Nevi Eterne
- Air + Barrico – Finale
The cd should not be too ‘extreme’ musicwise, so I did not include the industrial noise that Italy is notorious for. Also gothic rock and EBM were not on the menu, since I mainly chose folk, medieval and wave songs. I admit I’ve cheated a bit: Ordo Equitum Solis is just half-Italian, and Novy Svet and Air are only included because they collaborate with Italians here.
Of course there are many important bands omitted. For example Pankow (I only have music of them on vinyl) and Nightmare Lodge (didn’t fit anymore at the end). Perhaps I can make up for that on a second volume…
