‘Altre case senza gente, altra gente senza casa, In un mare di mura vuote, di porte blindate, Un altro sgombero, un’altra farsa, Un altro macigno’ / ‘More houses without people, more people without homes, In a sea of ​​empty walls, of armoured doors, Another eviction, another farce, Another boulder’ (F.D.S)

We live in the age of manufactured anger.  Resentment has become a resource to be fermented and exploited by political opportunists and grifters.  Yet despite this suffocating prevalence, it is remarkable how easy it is to still sense the real thing.  An unbridled fury that seethes in opposition to the world we have built.  One not born of self-interest, but a desire to do things better for the common good.  Per Tutto Il Male Che Avete Fatto (For All The Evil that You Have Done) is ablaze with just such conviction.

This the debut album from Milan’s Apoptosi (Apoptosis) and follows up their 2024 7-inch, Verso Un Futuro Di Completa Anestesia (Towards a Future of Complete Anaesthesia).  Driving d-beat rhythms that seamlessly morph into fierce blast beat eruptions are then fused with elements of both anarcho-punk and metallic crust.  These influences are all crafted together with an assured confidence, but the glue that truly binds is the sheer rage and brutal velocity of the delivery.

The combative, bristling vocal tirades build breathless connections between housing justice, socio-economic inequality, the commoditisation of culture, and animal rights.  The ten tracks rampage past in just 16 minutes and yet fizz with unexpected flourishes as the band hone a battery that is unrelenting as it is intriguingly varied.  From the bruising slabs of Per Il Tuo Piatto (For Your Dish) to the manically mutating Inesorabile (Inexorable), and then from the raucous exhortations of the darkly melodic Ancora Una Volta (Once Again) to the frenzied closing title track, you are simply left reeling.