THE SECRET

Metalcore / Hardcore Punk • Italy
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The Secret is an Italian metalcore and later a blackened hardcore / crust punk band from Trieste.

The Secret was formed in 2003 out of the remains of the earlier band, From The Dying Sky.

The band's 2008 album, Disintoxication, saw less emphasis on the straight metalcore of its debut album and a move in a more mathcore and hardcore direction.

Solve et Coagula saw The Secret play a blackened crust punk / hardcore sound which was continued on Agnus Dei. This crust and black metal approach also drew from sludge metal and noisecore.
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THE SECRET Luce album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Luce
Metalcore 2004
THE SECRET Disintoxication album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Disintoxication
Metalcore 2008
THE SECRET Solve et Coagula album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Solve et Coagula
Hardcore Punk 2010
THE SECRET Agnus Dei album cover 4.75 | 3 ratings
Agnus Dei
Hardcore Punk 2012

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THE SECRET Agnus Dei

Album · 2012 · Hardcore Punk
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Genre: crust/black metal

Apparently, the Italian band The Secret started out a metalcore act, but somewhere down the line they changed their artistic direction towards a blend of crust punk and black metal, and, I must say, this is probably the best 'career move' ever, because the music on their fourth album Agnus Deis is well night awesome.

Darkthrone have already shown us that black metal and crust punk go well together, and The Secret, offering their own spin on it, further proves the magic of the this combination. Making use of the fat and dark sound of modern crust (Wolf Brigade and Acephalix being good points of comparison), the Italians treat the listener to both black metal tremolo picking combined with blastbeats and dirty crust punk riffs accompanied by d-beating. There is something darkly primal and hugely aggressive to the songs on this album, as their capture both the oppressive bleakness of black metal and the energy of crust punk. In addition, there is even a slight hint of grindcore every now and then which contributes with a brutal edge, and then The Secret also draw on noise rock, as they are not afraid to the their instruments ring into feedback screams.

The vocals are, needless to say, harsh but not as shrieky as stereotypical black metal vocals are. The singing style goes well with the crusty, at times almost sludgy, yet well-defined production of the album. In fact it is a pretty interesting experience hearing the more typical black metal elements filtered through a fat and downtuned crusty production.

Definitely one of the more interesting releases to include a hybrid version of black metal, The Secret's Agnus Dei should, with its crusty crushingness and black bleakness, appeal to more adventurous fans of both a black metal and crust punk.

(review originally posted at seaoftranquility.org)

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