Band Biographies: Noumenia
Noumenia is a post-groove metal band from Northern Italy who have crafted an explosive soul-striking
sound that hits you square in the face, the mind, the heart, and the spine. Formed in late 2018,
Noumenia first consisted of: Matteo Campagnoli (bass), Matteo Radaelli (guitar), and Samuele Zichi
(drums), altogether a more instrumental project that was finally realized in terms of overall sound and
theme with the addition of Vivian Nigro (vocals). Through a developmental period, the band began their
journey of discovery and experimentation, recording, playing shows, and winning the “Alcolicontest”
(2023), while romancing different styles and flirting with genre until they cemented their sound with the
construction of their exciting debut album titled Echoes, with Richard Meiz of Lacuna Coil, assisting with
production.
The result was and is a powerful album that hits hard and fast, featuring buzzsaw vocals that explore a
myriad of textures and tones, an addictive groove vibe that lifts audience members out of their seats,
and a guitar sound so rich and so full, it seems they have reinvented the power chord. In terms of
message and theme, it seems that some bands use lyrics almost like a phonetic code that would merely
“dress up the rhythm” as opposed to creating poetry that would stand the test of time. In Echoes, there
is no such effort to use words as support mechanisms, bench players, and understudies. In a savage
blast, this band rips the skin off the fruit straight to the juice, to the epic dark groove with a warning
label, claiming they will jump into the shadows, raise demons, fight giants, and get dirty in the ditch
while talking about the raw and the real.
As far as the focus tracks, “The Circle” offers us a clever spin on the idea that “what comes around, goes
around,” unloading a brilliant hybrid of funk and crunch, slinging along that groove with a guitar sound
heavy as a nuclear bomb. The second focus track, titled “Fall Apart,” features an introduction of gentle
waves born of lovely traditional vocals slowly building, swirling, leading to a massive punch in the
plaster, saying, “Unbind the rope that chokes your heart.” The third focus track is “Black Ocean,” coming
in with a futuristic horror feel, leading to the idea that all of our systems are crashing and burning. The
band celebrates the darkness of their forecast with their prophecy, “Deep I sink, deep I drown,” yet
cryptically, they unveil a sunray of hope by suggesting it is best to, “Stay with me ‘til the sun kisses the
horizon / Sail with me through the waves of infinity.” This record is about the paradoxical power of
conjoining anger with empathy, despair with hope, desolation with trust, and emptiness with the
heartbeat of spirit. Sometimes, we make it. Other times we fall. Noumenia suggests that whether we
bask in the sunlight or plunge down into the abyss, we do it with passion and verve!
Echoes was mixed and mastered by Daniele Salomone (Inverno), produced by Richard Meiz (Lacuna
Coil), and is scheduled to be released by Eclipse Records on June 27, 2025.
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