Metal isn’t meant to be polite. It’s not supposed to sit in the corner with its hands folded — it’s supposed to rip the walls down and leave you staring at the wreckage, wondering what the hell just happened. Enter Behind Starvation, a gang of Italian melodic death merchants who’ve just birthed their debut EP The Grief Sower into the world.
This thing doesn’t creep out of the speakers. It erupts. Sharp riffs, snarling vocals, drums like concrete caving in, and a darkness that doesn’t feel theatrical — it feels personal. Songs like Negation’s Shape and the title track are weapons. And then there’s the ballsy move: turning The Rasmus’ In the Shadows into something savage, twisted, and dripping in teeth.
I spoke with Giorgio Giuliano, the band’s riff-slinger and sonic architect. Giorgio doesn’t talk like a salesman — he talks like a man dragging his grief through the mud and hammering it into riffs until it bleeds melody. He told me about the weight of the themes, the obsession with transformation, and how Behind Starvation aren’t here to follow trends — they’re here to carve their own goddamn headstone into the melodic death metal landscape.
And let’s talk about the release — a hand-numbered digipak, only 150 in existence. That’s not nostalgia, that’s war paint. In a world of endless streams and disposable playlists, Behind Starvation are forcing you to hold something real in your hands, like a relic smuggled out of the underground.
This isn’t just another Italian export. This is grief weaponized, melody sharpened to a blade, and the kind of debut that makes you sit up and take notice.
But don’t take my word for it. Watch the full carnage unfold in my interview with Giorgio below — where we tear into The Grief Sower, the process, the pain, and the promise of what’s coming next.
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Behind Starvation lit the fuse, and I’m standing here in the wreckage — hit subscribe if you want more carnage.
This is gospel.
I bite crowd surfers
killer.
