Noise Trail Immersion – Tutta La Morte In Un Solo Punto
Release Date: 27th June 2025
Label: I, Voidhanger Records
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Genre: Extreme Metal, Black Metal, Post-Black Metal, Mathcore, Blackened Sludge.
FFO: Deathspell Omega, Plebeian Grandstand, Thantifaxath, Ad Nauseam, Ulcerate, Altar of Plagues, Serpent Column, Converge.
Review By: Rick Farley
Italy’s Noise Trail Immersion is a tough band to pin down musically. To say their new release, full length album number four, Tutta La Morte In Un Solo Punto is utterly chaotic and dissonant would be a huge understatement. It’s viscerally atmospheric and at times melodic, it’s brutal, violent, and disgusting yet still retains a soul amongst the suffering auras. Flourishes of black metal are melded with discordant complexity, it’s challenging, not immediately accessible and extremely unique. It has death metal qualities, progressive qualities, and entrancing droning elements that all add a stomach turning tension to the utterly uncompromising nastiness of their soundscape. You will undoubtedly not be feeling very chill, or much elation during this album unless you’re possibly a serial killer. Honestly, you should feel uneasy, nauseated, and disturbed that such a sound exists. With that said, I am not a serial killer, but this is speaking my language.
Noise Trail Immersion was formed in Turin, Italy in 2013. They have progressively advanced their sound since the first self-titled EP in 2014. Each new release pushing the envelope just a little further to the current iteration of the band. The band initially started with a brutal lean more towards grinding mathcore on their EP, then began adding post and black metal elements on their next release, as well as dissonance, dark atmosphere, and death metal flourishes after that. Each album furthering the nightmarish take on several integrated genres. Tutta La Morte In Un Solo Punto marks what’s possibly the bands most focused, cohesive record to date and what could very well be the bands ultimate sound.
Stomach churning guitars bleed melodies on Spire di Sangue. They twist, distort, and spit out intricate melodic ambience that borders discordance and chaos, while the drums bludgeon you with off time signatures that somehow keep the tracks from completely going off the rails. Incredible musicianship is shown throughout. The bassline is full yet limber, just pushing on your chest enough to be a burden but not enough to cave it in. Noise Trail Immersion wants you to feel the suffering. The vocals range from harrowing gutturals to tortured black metal shrieks, all while this terrifying atmosphere is engulfing the entirety of your flesh, mind, and soul.
Arde e Respira carries on this aural assault but adds a sharper pace, pummelling blast beats and a little fiercer black metal influence. The ugliness of this track is deeply taxing on the mind but somehow still highly infectious. It ends abruptly, as if to allow to finally take a fucking breath.
Track five Sogno A Sé Stante starts off with huge, distorted chords ringing out forcing you to brace for impact, but it never comes. Instead, beautifully toned clean guitars with saddening melodies and warm bass give a much-needed respite. Black metal shrieks are layered underneath to add atmosphere, but this is a needed peace from the rest of the horrors. The track fades out with a little jazz fusion drum passage that blends in fittingly.
Tutta La Morte In Un Solo Punto was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Andrea Fusini at Fusix Studio. Despite the complex nature of the record, it sounds well-rounded. Everything is audible, clear, and impactful when it needs to be. The drums overall could be a tad louder, but they still sound good enough in the mix. The musicianship, songwriting and recording is quite effective in suffocating every last breath you have. This is a hell of an intense record, which won’t appeal to everyone, but if this is your thing, or you’re adventurous, give this a spin and thank me later.
(4 / 5)
