Italy’s Affliction Vector is a Black/Death Metal band formed in 2018 and based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. They’re noted for a raw, no‑compromise sound and themes centred on darkness and insanity/satanism. This musical entity is centred around the duo of SBRU & Nero Ansia.
First release was the ‘Death Comes Supreme’ EP in 2020 on Argento Records. Heralded as as a feral, uncompromising black/death assault drawing from classic roots and chaotic contemporary underground threads with references to Mayhem, Voivod, and Bolt Thrower.
Iron Bonehead Productions must have tasted the potential and signed the band – the ‘Contra Hominem’ full-length was released in June 2025.
What we get is brutal, sometimes chaotic Black/Death Metal with a harsh, cold claustrophobic edge. Cavernous vocal placement, frenetic blast passages, and murky, saturated guitar tones align with contemporary Black/Death extremity more broadly, prioritizing atmosphere and ferality over a technical flash.
I hear fragments of Deathspell Omega, Funeral Mist but also Watain… It’s very dark, violent and apocalyptic in design – cutting tremolo lines, militaristic drumming, and a punchy, forward mix that keeps the riffs in your teeth.
8 tracks and 28 minutes may be a bit short – still a lot happens on this excellent album. Just have a listen.
