Today’s track highlight comes from Italy’s Jumpscare. Their new single ‘Rise and Fall,’ is a powerful blend of crushing riffs, bone crushers breakdowns and haunting melodies, crafting an immersive modern death metal experience.
Jumpscare was formed in November 2015 by Graziano (drums) and his older brother Salvatore (bass). After recruiting longtime friends Vincenzo (guitars) and Lorenzo (vocals) as an alternative/groove/nu metal band inspired by bands like Sepultura, Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine and Killswitch Engage.
In early 2024, the band entered the studio for their upcoming release, entirely self-produced. They collaborated with Seb Di Martino (Siberian Meat Grinder, Moscow Death Brigade, As Mercy Comes) for guitar and vocal production at his SDM Recording Studio (Napoli, Italy), while Drum and bass production was handled by the band themselves in their studio own studio.
Mixing,mastering, orchestrations, and synths duties were entrusted to Simone Pietroforte (Within Destruction, As Blood Runs Black, Distant, Signs of the Swarm, Sold Soul, Carcosa, Viscera, and he has worked with prominent labels such as Century Media Records, Unique Leader Records, Nuclear Blast, and Arising Empire) at Divergent Studios (Bari, Italy).
The band’s new direction signals a sound evolution, preserving its roots in modern death metal while avoiding replicating “Don’t Close Your Eyes.” Enriching the style with diverse influences reflecting individual band members’ tastes and a penchant for experimentation. This evolution fuses melodic /symphonic death metal elements, post-black metal, deathcore/metalcore and some prog-metal nuances without denying their early alternative/groove metal attitude. This showcases a fresh infusion of stimuli and influences without aiming for identical replication.
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