MARTHE - Debut EP Out In June, Presents First Track

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Published on Tuesday, 12 May 2020 20:45

Written by Tomaz

Caligari Records sets 19th June as the international release date for Marthe's debut EP, Sisters Of Darkness, on cassette tape format. Marthe is a one-woman band from Italy who recorded a DIY demo in 2019 that is now being reissued by Caligari.

The lady behind it is Marzia, current drummer in D-beat crews Kontatto and Tuono and guitar player in deathrockers Horror Vacui. Despite her love for different music genres, she loves metal. For different reasons, mostly having many bands for the last decades, Marzia never had the opportunity to drum in a metal band as she wanted to, so in 2019, she had the idea for a solo project to make this wish real. She collected all the riff ideas she'd recorded on her phone during the last years, and she plugged in an electronic drumkit she bought ages ago without ever using it before. With very basic home-recording knowledge and limited equipment, she recorded Sisters Of Darkness in her bedroom, renamed "Studio Hammer", to give it a cool vibe. She played all the instruments, including a synth borrowed from a friend.

The four songs comprising Marthe's Sisters Of Darkness straddle the sonic divide between Bathory and the UK's Sacrilege, but the result came out without a real influence. The epic vibe was intentional, though: what Marzia loves most about Bathory (and she tried to pay tribute to) are the singalong clean vocals, with those particular "out of tune" shades that gave Quorthon's singing such a unique pathos.

Altogether, Sisters Of Darkness is a rugged'n'righteous first entry for Marthe. Caligari recommends this wild'n'weird recording for fans of the aforementioned Sacrilege as well as Bathory, particularly the period right before and after Blood Fire Death, and also Amebix, Death SS, and even early Varathron, Barathrum, and Mortuary Drape. In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Married To A Grave" in the player below. Link

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