Italian groove thrash metallers EXTREMA are sharing their latest music video 'The Call' in support of their seventh studio album "Headbanging Forever" released this past May via Rockshots Records.
The video can be viewed here:
Guitarist Tommy Massara adds:
“‘The Call’ is the opener from our latest record. We filmed the video in just one day at 2 different locations: Day and Night; Water and Fire” as you will witness for yourself."
Featuring 10 crushing tracks "Headbanging Forever" was produced by EXTREMA guitarist Tommy Massara & Gabriele Ravaglia. The album was recorded and mixed by Gabriele Ravaglia & Maxx Canali at the Fear Studio in Italy plus mastered by Alberto Cutolo at Massive Arts studios in Milan.
Album artwork was done by Gustavo Sazes (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, ANGRA, ICED EARTH, GUS G., AMARANTHE).
In additional news, EXTREMA will embark on their Italian tour in support of “Headbanging Forever”.
Tour Dates:
01.02.20 - GENOVA - CRAZY BULL
Opening act: Bellathrix - Desecrate
06.02.20 - BOLOGNA - FREAKOUT CLUB
Opening act: Devils Crusade - Disboskator
07.02.20 - SERRAVALLE / SANMARINO - CLUB24
Opening act: Neker - Gengis Khan – Voices from Beyond
08.02.20 - SAN DONÀ DI PIAVE (VE) - REVOLVER CLUB
Opening act: EX trim
23.02.20 - MILANO - MILANO HEADBANGING NIGHT @ MAGAZZINI GENERALI
Special guest: Strana Officina - Raw Power - SKW
28.02.20 - MANTOVA - ARCITOM
Opening act: Bullet-proof – Logical Terror
29.02.20 - BOLZANO - PIPPO FOODCHILLSTAGE
Opening act: Skanners
07.03.20 - ROMA - DEFRAG
Opening act: Hellcowboys - Enemyinside
Below is the track listing for “Headbanging Forever”
01. The Call
02. Borders Of Fire
03. For The Loved And The Lost
04. Heavens Blind
05. Pitch Black Eyes
06. Headbanging Forever
07. Believer
08. Invisible
09. Paralyzed
10. The Showdown
“Headbanging Forever” is available on CD, vinyl and digitally at the following link here.
Spotify here.
Lyric Video - 'Pitch Black Eyes' here:
Music Video - 'For The Loved And The Lost' here:
EXTREMA’s original line-up was established between 1985 and 1986 in Milan, Italy. In a very short time, the band led by guitars player Tommy Massara achieved a huge success. Tommy is the only remaining member of the original line-up, and over the years he also played the role of artistic and executive producer.
Hundreds of concerts made the band more and more close-knit and open towards a constant growth path, capable from the beginning of welcoming influences external to heavy metal, a consistent choice within an evolutionary framework which saw EXTREMA start from the rebellious attitude of MOTÖRHEAD to later incorporate the style of Californian thrash metal, a scene with which the band shared the utmost care for the technical side of music and a devastating presence on stage.
The band’s reputation as musicians and performers kept growing in a perpetual live context, with extensive tours and the participation to prestigious festivals with the likes of METALLICA, SLAYER, MOTÖRHEAD, and KORN, a.o.
Extraneous from the beginning to political and ideological implications of any kind, EXTREMA’s lyrics have always strived to alternate challenging and contemporary themes with lighter subjects, true to rock'n'roll form.
In May 2017 the band welcomed the new frontman Tiziano Spigno. Thanks to his entry, EXTREMA can finally release all the creativity repressed in recent years: a violent, direct and engaging approach which is - at the same time - also varied, courageous and experimental, resulting in the new album “Headbanging Forever”.
ONLINE
LINEUP
Tiziano “Titian” Spigno – Vocals
Tommy Massara – Guitars
Gabri Giovanna – Bass
Francesco “Frullo” Larosa – Drums
BIOGRAPHY
Like a record-industry big-brass once commented, Extrema are "aged".
Been around the block a few times? Sure.
Seasoned veterans? You bet!
Hard as nails and ready -once again- to kick ass and take names? Hell-fuckin’-yeah!!!
Extrema have been playing heavy and fast since before many of their current fans were born, and it’d be foolish to think of it in a negative way. They navigated through the thick and thin of it all and are most definitely not fair-weather metal-heads, and that built a faithful and cross-generational following worldwide around'em.
The band, led by Tommy Massara’s abrasive guitars and energetic personality, got its start in Milan, Italy, back in 1986. However, the "classic" line-up (Tommy Massara on guitar, Mattia Bigi on bass, Cristiano Dalla Pellegrina on drums and Gianluca ‘GL’ Perotti on vocals) got together in 1989 and lasted until 2004, when Paolo Crimi -of Beerbong fame- took over drumming duties. In 2010, Gabri Giovanna replaced Mattia Bigi on bass, completing the rejuvenation of the band and hurling it towards even more intense touring than before.
During 30 years of activity, the band released a number of albums, EPs (all recently remastered and reissued with bonus tracks) and a DVD, toured with the likes of Motörhead and Death Angel, and opened for Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Korn and many others. And, of course, endlessly touring on their own. No stranger to controversy, Extrema also recorded singles with Italian rappers Articolo 31, causing a ruckus in both the metal and rap communities but -in the end- winning’em all over.
2013 saw the release of their latest album "The Seed of Foolishness" and more relentless touring around Europe, after which Paolo Crimi decided to quit the band and got replaced by Francesco "Frullo" Larosa, just in time for more dates.
May 2016: "The Old School EP".
Is there a more used (and abused) word in metal music than "old school"?
Well, for once, thanks to someone who lived "the old days" for real, blowing up BPM counters already, the term is not used inappropriately here.
Extrema are in fact just done recording a 5-tracks mini-album, aptly titled "The Old School EP", at Fear Studios in Alfonsine (Ravenna)
Why this specific title? Because all the songs were originally written back in 1987, shortly after the release of the legendary "We Fuckin' Care" EP, and only one of'em ever got officially published: "Life", on the first full-length album "Tension at the Seams", 1993.
"Life" has been re-recorded in its original version and will be accompanied by other live classics such as "Child Abuse", the instrumental "M.A.S.S.A.C.R.O." (both present on the "Rehearsal '89 tape), "Tribal Scream"(from "Promo Tape '90") and "Carcasses", never recorded before but played live dozens of times.
All songs, except for some minor re-arrangements, have been played and recorded in the brutal versions of 1987 and the EP will be released in vinyl, CD and digital format.
DISCOGRAPHY
Tension at the Seams - 1993
The Positive Pressure (Of Injustice) - 1995
Better Mad than Dead - 2001
Set the World on Fire - 2005
Pound for Pound - 2009
The Seed of Foolishness - 2013
Headbanging Forever - 2019