‘Le masse in rivolta, l’orrore è sovrano, il terrore al potere. Ma nessuna vittima. Censura e consenso, progresso e reazione, il terrore al potere’ (Golpe) ‘The masses in revolt, horror is sovereign, terror in power. But no victims. Censorship and consensus, progress and reaction, terror in power’ (Coup)

Golpe are the one person recording project of Tadzio Pederzolli (formerly Holy and Komplott).  The Milan-based project expands to a fully formed band for touring purposes, which Golpe do pretty relentlessly.  Subisci. Conformati. Rassegnati. (Suffer. Conform. Resign.) was, in fact, the band’s debut cassette-only release in 2019, preceding the band’s 2021 full-length, La Colpa È Solo Tua (It’s All Your Fault), and it has now been given a first vinyl pressing.

The fundamentals of Golpe’s fiercely bristling, d-beat fuelled hardcore are already firmly in place, as groove orientated, metallic leaning riffage is underpinned by a relentlessly pounding rhythm section and leavened by flashing, squalling solos.  Meanwhile, the burly, guttural Italian vocals begin to explore the anarchist framing that runs through the band’s recordings, central to which is the cumulative power of our own individual actions to drive social change.

The first five tracks are taken from the original recordings, with the stomping fury of Non Piegarti (Don’t Bend Over) a particular stand out.  The sixth track is freshly recorded and is a scorching medley of four songs from seminal Italian hardcore acts, Wretched, Indigesti, The EU’s Arse, and Nabat.