heavy-metal-darkness: Lugubrious Garment | Demo MMXXV

Friday, November 7, 2025

Lugubrious Garment | Demo MMXXV | Nuclear Winter Records

Release Date: October 31st, 2025

Format: Cassette/Digital

Genre: Death/Black Metal

Country: Italy

Lugubrious Garment is the newest storm conjured by Italian musician Gabriele Gramaglia, known for his work in Cosmic Putrefaction, Vertebra Atlantis and Turris Eburnea. This time, Gramaglia walks down a far more violent path, drawing from the ugliest corners of death and black metal to shape something vicious and primal. With session drums by Claudio Invidia (Defacement, Devoid Of Thought), the project’s first appearance comes through “Demo MMXXV”, a three-track eruption drenched in decay and aggression, released through Nuclear Winter Records.

“Demo MMXXV” wastes no time hiding its ferocity. It opens with an immediate attack, guitars erupting in savage motion and vocals echoing pure torment. The sound is filthy but not chaotic, there’s direction in the madness, driven by Gramaglia’s instinct for sharp, violent riffing and suffocating atmosphere. The mix is heavy with grime, as if recorded in a tomb where the walls sweat death.

Throughout its 14-minute length, Lugubrious Garment plunges straight into the kind of aggression that draws from the traditions of bands like Black Curse, Heresiarch, and Aura Noir. There’s a constant barrage of tremolo-picked riffs and pounding drums that lock together into an overwhelming storm. Still, what keeps the demo engaging is its variety in pace and tension. The music mutates between speed and dread, sometimes breaking into slower, oppressive segments that amplify the darkness rather than ease it.

Gramaglia’s production captures the right kind of violence, thick, oppressive, and hostile without losing impact. The vocals are buried and rabid, perfectly placed in the inferno. It’s the sound of a man crafting something ugly with absolute focus, and it shows through every violent second. By the end, “Demo MMXXV” leaves the impression of a project born not from calculation but from instinctive rage. It’s concise, raw, and merciless, a clear signal that Lugubrious Garment is not here to experiment but to devastate.

A strong, punishing debut that embraces the filth and fury of death and black metal in equal measure, “Demo MMXXV” stands as a solid introduction to Gramaglia’s new vessel of destruction. It’s intense, and soaked in the kind of atmosphere that only comes from someone who truly understands the power of extremity.

Score: 7.5