The Secret

Southern Lord is proud to announce the newest members of its coven, brutal Italian group: The Secret. These days Its extremely rare that we receive a demo submission that blows us away. This was the case with the demo that the Secret had sent us. Their sound is relentless, uncompromising and extremely lethal. Anti-melody, pro-cacophony! Born and shaped in 2003 within the motionless city of Trieste, Italy, The Secret come to life as an output for rage, darkness and negativity. The Secret combines elements of crust/grind, primitive black metal, dark soundscapes and monolithic riffs to take the listener by the hand through an hallucinated trip towards a foggy and yet invisible tomorrow. After their 2003 Goodfellow Records debut album “Luce”, the band goes through countless line up changes and finds its own new incarnation in 2008 when their second full length “Disintoxication” was released. Since then The Goodfellow label has unfortunately ceased to exist. The Secret have now found shelter within Southern Lords’ bleak caves. This April The Secret will enter Godcity Studio in Salem, MA with producer Kurt Ballou to record their Southern Lord debut “Solve et Coagula”, their sonic interpretation of a total loss of faith in social system, religion, personal redemption and every institution. You are forewarned of a approaching monolithic steamroller whose destiny is to flatten all in its path!
“The last man standing tall that year went home and put his head in the stove, and his wife in the other room just screamed to let him know that he was not alone. “It’s alright!….I know what you are and I know there’s no way to talk you out, and I’ll tell them that you tripped and fell and I’ll let them harbor their doubts.” His kids all stayed in bed with duct tape thoughts, said their prayers to the ceiling fans and stared at all the shadows left on the wall from the shining limbs he left in the sand. No one got in the way as he burned against the barnyard red of a happy home amidst brilliant times and no one called the helpless card because everyone lives a lie. Everyone loves a lie. They know what’s been done. They know the way the words get mixed and the actions find a way to wrap themselves around the seemingly solid frames of modern hope and modern sight. It’s not just passion….nor unending will. No, if it was just that, then every sad pair of eyes would be able to get out of bed and make it through the front door. There is more, and I know you drink from the same well, and that you shared the similar mirage on cue that somewhere slaughter and rescue moonlight ‘cross land and sea as one in the same. . They come by way of spite. They come by way of brilliant disgust with rage tattooed deep into the palms. They come by way of blackened city lights and by trails of sonic bliss. This a not a warning. Warnings give the false hope of finding sudden shelters to crawl behind. This is the darkened life of four, without an absolute in sight. The Secret come by way of filth and promise. That, my friends, makes them a danger….the kind that you rarely have an opportunity to run into head on. The only difference is The Secret won’t stop until they’ve run straight through each and every one of you. This is the darkened last will of four with distortion brought to life. (Press Note)

The Secret on Bandcamp

                                                 The Secret-Solve Et Coagula LP (2010)

                                           

                                                     The Secret-Angus Dei LP (2012)

                                                  The Secret-Lux Tenebris 12" (2017)
                                                  The Secret-Luce (2004)
                                                  The Secret-Disintoxication (2008)

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THE SECRET

 

LOCATION: TRIESTE, ITALY

FFO: PURE. BLACKENED. HATRED.

 

first off...I fucking love this band. now that being said I don't really expect this post to reach a lot of new ears, but if I reach just one then ill consider it a success. this is the pinnacle of the hardcore hate ive talked about that's coming out of Italy. honestly the only bands I can think of worldwide that come anywhere near this level are today is the day and indian (r.i.p.). the first time I heard "solve et coagula" I was hooked. and really that album is where that sound started for these guys. the first two albums, "luce" (2004) and "disintoxication" (2008), were closer to metalcore than they were to the blackened hatred they would perfect on 2010s "solve...". "agnus dei" (2012) was a minor step backwards but only in the production, which is odd because both it and "solve.." were produced by kurt ballou. "agnus dei" gets a little muddy in sound but the that same level of hatred is right there with its predecessor. hate is a strong word. ive always been told that if youre going to use that word, you better mean it. the secret means it.

 

agnus dei

disintoxication

luce

solve et coagula



THE SECRET - May God Damn All Of Us | Live Music Video

Italy's The Secret released a new live music video and a rad poster for an upcoming Japan tour. Keep up with news on the band at Facebook and Twitter.