Making their way straight out of a grave and crawling into the human-known world, this Italian Death Metal beast keeps the past alive and undead in their striking debut EP.

Making their way straight out of a grave and crawling into the human-known world close to the end of 2025, Italian Death Metal creature Tombal is ready to unleash absolute hell upon humanity armed with their striking debut EP, a 16-minute assault of bestial violence and savagery titled Grave of the Damned. Heavily inspired by the HM-2’s fierce and sharp tones, the band formed of Luigi Cara on vocals and guitar, Mario Tamponi also on the guitar, Massimiliano Falchi on bass, and Luca Barone on drums channels the tradition of Swedish Death Metal in their debut offering, finding their identity in a violent, ferocious sound with no compromises, therefore resulting in a swift and satisfying display of classic 90’s extreme music for admirers of the genre.

After the short and bitter intro Cryptic Invocations, the band begins their feast of caustic, no shenanigans Death Metal in the title-track Grave of the Damned, led by the pulverizing roars by Luigi and the crushing drums by Luca, proving the band is not fooling around in their quest for violent, gory and brutal extreme music. Then the metallic bass by Massimiliano sets the tone in the also fast and ruthless Cemeterial Death Worship, with Mario bringing his share of melodic yet visceral riffs to the band’s core sonority, whereas in Funebral Furnace they invite us all to slam into the circle pit as if our lives depended on it, with Luigi once again barking and growling deeply in the name of our good old Death Metal. Lastly, we’re treated to Cathedrals of Rot, a first-class metal attack by the band without a single second of peace, destroying us all and leaving us eager for more of their demonic music in the near future.

Tombal’s opening statement is so impressive that the band is already working on their first ever full-length album, which is slated to be recorded before year’s end, keeping us pumped for the new carnage that’s about to come from beautiful Italy. In the meantime, you can start following those talented and promising musicians on Facebook and on Instagram, including their ferocious live concerts, stream their bludgeoning music on any streaming service like Spotify, and of course grab a copy of their debut EP from Blood Harvest’s BandCamp or webstore. Because the past is not just alive through the music by Tombal, but also undead.

Best moments of the album: Grave of the Damned and Cathedrals of Rot.

Worst moments of the album: None.

Released in 2026 Blood Harvest

Track listing
1. Cryptic Invocations (Intro) 1:01
2. Grave of the Damned 4:00
3. Cemeterial Death Worship 3:59
4. Funebral Furnace 3:46
5. Cathedrals of Rot 3:01

Band members
Luigi Cara – vocals, guitar
Mario Tamponi – guitar
Massimiliano Falchi – bass
Luca Barone – drums