Ferum launched a campaign called »Extreme Music Is Protest«!
Italian death/doom metal band Ferum has recently launched a campaign called »Extreme Music Is Protest« to support the organization Communities United Against Police Brutality.
“We are, and will always be, against discrimination, racism, fascism, and police brutality.
As a small contribution to the cause, we will donate ALL sales from the Vergence black shirts, posters and patches made from today till 31st of August to Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB).
► Black shirts with negative print: 10 EUR
► Patches: 3 EUR
► Posters (handmade print): 10 EUR
Send us a message for size info and orders. Shipping worldwide.
If you want to donate directly to the organization, go here: https://www.cuapb.org/what_we_do,” says the band.
The first regurgitation of Ferum was in 2017, when Angelica (drums) and Samantha (guitar and vocals) decided to start the band with the aim to play death doom metal. After some months of rehearsals as a duo, Matteo joined the band fulfilling the bass duties. The band has already been pushing the live side of their music with the help of an additional guitarist and has already shared the stage with bands like Valgrind, Undergang and Gorephilia among the others. For live gigs only, Ferum appear as a 4 piece band, with an additional guitarist in the line up.
The debut EP »Vergence« was recorded in August 2018 at Art Distillery Studios and is composed by 5 tracks of raw death metal entrapped in morbid slow parts, the whole engraved by Samantha’s obsessive vocals. The EP also showcases a cover of Cianide’s track »Funeral« (a major influence for the band) and his graced by the voice of Marko Neuman (Convocation, Dark Buddha Rising) who left a deep scar of painful expression to the record.
The lyrics explore mental and physical states of asphyxiating discomfort and desolation taken from everyday experiences. These states inspired also the concept for the cover art: an undefined face pierced by thick thorns and evaporated on a layer of dreary blackness. The picture was taken and processed by Inchiostro Lisergico through with the method called “etching”, in which the design is incised and fragmented by acid, just as time does with reality.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well