Confrontational - Press Info
Confrontational - Cagliari, Italy Songwriter, producer, performer and sound engineer, CONFRONTATIONAL started to release music in 2015, collaborating with several international artists – Cody Carpenter, Tobias Bernstrup, Monte Pittman, HANTE., Tony Kim and Tying Tiffany are among the special guests on the first four albums: A DANCE OF SHADOWS, KINGDOM OF NIGHT and THE BURNING DAWN, released between 2015 and 2017, and UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, a collection of covers released in 2019 – all featuring artwork by BRANCA STUDIO. In its live incarnation trio, the band has performed at Wave Gotik Treffen, Synthzilla I & II, Beyond The Mind, Lars Rock and Frantic Festival alongside artists such as BOY HARSHER, PERTURBATOR, YOUTH CODE, CARPENTER BRUT, MASTER BOOT RECORD and ZANIAS.
"Confrontational - CUT"
Released: 26.05.2023
Bandcamp: https://confrontational.bandcamp.com/album/cut
The fifth CONFRONTATIONAL album, CUT, has been released via NRW Records on May 26, 2023 and features collaborations with James Doviak, Antoni Maiovvi and Adrien Grousset with artwork by HauntLove. The studio album has been followed in March 2024 by UPSIDE DOWN LIVE, recorded live in Fordongianus, Sardinia during the release party for CUT – a blistering performance of 14 tracks that marks the first live release for the band.
A great comeback, a new twist, a solid confirmation: it seamlessly combines haunting soundscapes, synthetic beats, and visionary concepts…”
Metal Italia
“Fast-paced synth-lines and pounding bass sounds perfectly orchestrated in a cinematic songwriting underlined by nocturnal atmospheres…”
Industrial Complexx
“Darkness overload: the pandemic has left its profound mark, and the ongoing transformation into an uncertain fate exacerbates the suffering…”
Blow Up
“In a genre often weighed down by the serial reproduction of big hits, CUT faces the challenge with courage and emerges as a clear winner… “
Aristocrazia
“An album that fuses a dancefloor-oriented approach and EBM rhythms with a dark essence, with echoes of Ministry, The Sisters Of Mercy and NIN… “
Sa Scena
All music and lyrics written, performed and recorded by Massimo Usai in Cagliari, Sardinia (ITALY) at The Crimson Dome. ©2023 CONFRONTATIONAL, licensed to NewRetroWave Records. NRW Records is under exclusive license to NewRetroWave, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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