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Diathriba – le nozze nascoste (a collection of inedit and demo rarities 1993-1995)
Compilation | 03/05/2024 | Swiss Dark Nights
78:47 | 15 tracks | CD/Digital
Death Rock / Post Punk
Modena, Italy
Hidden In The Shadows
When a couple has been married for thirty years, in many Western cultures they celebrate Pearl Wedding. For this event, the bride may receive a pearl necklace as a gift. But what if the wedding was hidden? The Hidden Wedding is the translated title of the compilation on hand, a thirty-year-anniversary celebration of Diathriba’s first releases in the first half of the 1990s. Le Nozze Nascoste features fifteen tracks, nine of them remixed versions of songs from the releases Controvoglia and Scomunica, five unreleased demo tracks, and one live recording from the studio in 1995. For thirty years, it remained silent around the band from Modena, until now Swiss Dark Nights makes the dark sounds of Diathriba spin around our heads again.
Memories Of Hope And Darkness
The compilation contains dark and melancholic sounds, harsh and cold sonic environments, and yet spaces where hope can grow. While the early 1990s are often connected with joyful, upbeat sounds, Diathriba have continued the legacy of the 1980s Post Punk and Coldwave movement. Their Death Rock combines the cold sounds of acts such as Anne Clark with the power of Grunge and Alternative Rock, and finally, the sonic image is being completed by sparks of Italo Rock. The result is an emotional, melancholic, impulsive, and velvet chill musical presentation.
The timing for the release of this compilation is very good because Diathriba’s sound fits the zeitgeist of the 2020s very well. Let us therefore honour and embrace this great collection of early-to-mid-90s Death Rock tunes.
7/10 Mangoes
Promo materials by courtesy of Diathriba
We will dance again
Mia Schem
