From Bandcamp, “Their debut album, “Fire Blades from the Tomb,” forges classic, cultish doom metal with modern bents of post-punk and dark wave. Heck, you could mistake Erba del Diavolo for Siouxsie Soux, the way she cooly flips between frantic talk-singing and bleak, seductive croons. Cross over into the Italian dark arts.” The album has seven songs.

 “Demone” is first. Out of the gates, heavy and aggressive guitar tones are augmented by the Punk feeling in the vocals. Emotional qualities are also quite high in the music, and it’s an intriguing mix. “Covenant” is another genre bending song where Doom is the basis of the music. This time, it stays darker and murkier in the vocals, and they really pound the gloom home for the listener. “Red as the Sex of She Who Lives in Death” is a mouthful, and also quite tense. The main riff creeps along at first, tip toing behind you, and the vocals are as smooth as butter. The vocalist is able to turn it on and off at her will, it seems, because they go from coy to sultry.

 “La Razza” is the longest, and also one of the more mysterious songs on the album. A beguiling hypnotic sound slowly grabs you around your collar, so subtly that you don’t even notice until you are entranced. Again, the vocals range from a soft scolding to outright anger. “Nocturnal Veil” is heavier, darker, and more aggressive, especially in that thick, dominating riff. There are times that I feel they might be working on a conjuring spell rather than a song, and I look over my shoulder behind me to make sure.  “Zero” is shorter, and even more tense. The straightforward nature of the song makes for little guessing.

 “The Weeping Song” closes the album. Not really a lamenting tale, it is angry, brooding, and even ritualistic. What strikes me most about the album is the sheer genre bending ability of the band. One minute, you think that you are listening to Doom Metal, and then turn the screw and another sound materialized. This was a well thought out and calculated album where the band hold no boundaries, but at its core, it is still Metal music.