Inkarakùa
La Giostra dell'Odio

Nihilistic, pessimistic, aggressive: this is how one can define "The Carousel of Hate", the debut effort by the Cagliari-based Inkarakùa, released in 2002 under the W*uck Records label.

Before discussing the CD, it might be better to introduce the band, since it’s almost unknown: Cristian on vocals, Vincenzo and Mauro on guitars, Guido on bass, Paolo on drums. The album appears flat and homogeneous across its ten tracks, leaning towards hardcore, with some grunge influences and a few electronic effects, while the lyrics speak of a humanity in the grip of apparent decadence, having created a corrupt society. Perhaps the exception is track number 5, "Fjuver (Explicit Sex Song)", as is evident from the title: this piece, possibly the softest musically, describes an almost obsessive sexual perversion that leads to an inexorable loss of control.

Going back through the tracks, after the opening "Future=Regress", which already strains the finest ears, track number 2, "In Whose Name", immediately stands out, a song against the Catholic religion, with a destructive and deafening sound, just like the following track, "#31". But right after, one encounters "Deserted Swings", the thematic synthesis of the album, which at one point says in strict Cagliari dialect:

"disi de tortura no spaccianta mai, ant' a torrai" (days of torture never end, they will return);

it is the hardest track of the album, utterly obsessive: the coupling between sound and lyrics is exceptional. Beautiful, just like its video, shot in the Monteponi mining facility (CA), with some live scenes from Fabrik (a Cagliari venue). After "Fjuver", which I already mentioned, we have "Phobias", which closes the thematic pause of the previous one, with no delicacy whatsoever. Particularly striking is number 7, "Mother Earth", which displays unexpected grit after such a dull intro, yet effective in breaking from the anger of the previous tracks, which then resumes in number 8, Horde, and explodes with force in the last two, "Mud" and "Day by Day".

In conclusion, I can only recommend this almost perfect work to everyone: original compared to any other Italian band.
Try it to believe it!