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Rating: "Great steel shit". This clue alone is enough to understand which southern Italian city the young Metal band Big Steel Shit comes from, and to avoid any confusion, the group was formed, recorded, and started playing in 2006, well before the ILVA/pollution/work issue became a media, institutional, and thus typically Italian problem.
The group released "Shit Happens" at the end of 2012. Already established locally and already engaged in tours between Germany and the Netherlands, this time they focus and leave a real trace (not a shit trace) of their journey.
Halfway between Alternative Metal and 90's Grunge - with the appropriate comparisons - in full Alice In Chains style, the opening track "Lard" is a punch in the stomach and doesn't let you breathe. As impactful as vocalist G.Lopriore dives into the repertoire, the style of L.Staley (AIC) is adapted to a more modern, more easy-listening context enough not to lose liveliness.
Among the various tracks that never lack quality, I make a note of "It Barks Rage", at times violent but with a catchy chorus that recalls the latest Creed or A.Bridge in a context less rock and closer to Metal.
Of course, there are not-so-subtle references to the theme of the environment "before it became fashion" as the band is keen to point out, in "Industrial Fever". A denunciation of a now well-known theme that, in one way or another, has influenced more than a generation born and raised on the Ionian coast. Although in this case, the vocal tone doesn't perfectly match the piece, it is probably among the most effective tracks on the album, also due to a less grunge and therefore more regular and impactful sound.
Without being too verbose, "Shit Happens" is a well-made product, which if released a few years ago, perhaps in the USA, would have already made its mark as it's clear that the guys have all the credentials to be incisive in a scene like Grunge/Metal which, at least in Italy, but somewhat everywhere, isn't going through a brilliant period.
Hoping for actual recognition, I invite you to listen to this mix of metal, or rather of hard and solid steel.
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