Rhino Premiere “Agony & Madness” Lyric Video; New Album Human Farm Due in 2024
Posted in Bootleg Theater, Reviews on November 17th, 2023 by JJ Koczan
Sicilian heavy psychedelic rockers Rhino will release their second album, Human Farm, early in 2024 through Argonauta Records. The opening track, “Agony and Madness,” premieres in a lyric video below. If you want to jump over the next paragraph or two and get there immediately, I ain’t holding it against you.
“Agony and Madness” starts the eight-song/47-minute Human Farm with a languid groove and attention to atmospheric detail. Subsequent cuts “Big Cloud Again” and “Fast Radio Burst” offer Fu Manchu-type fuzz rock, while the title-track is more purely Kyuss desert idolatry after the careening “Gentle Sound of the Knife,” but the guest-vocal-inclusive “Magic Water” has prog-stoner edge by its finish, “Padrock” benefits from the grittier vocal inherited from the track before, and “Planet of Dust” unfurls the rolling nod to cap it off. For the converted, it’ll be an easy record to get on board with; solid in its construction, energetic in performance, varied but not inconsistent in tone and mood. “Agony and Madness” doesn’t quite represent the entire scope of the release, but it’s a standout for sure, and the band put no less of themselves into any of the other atmospheres they explore throughout.
Some words from the band and the album announcement follow video premiering here. Please enjoy:
Rhino, “Agony & Madness” lyric video premiere
Rhino on “Agony and Madness”:
We are proud to announce Agony & Madness, the first excerpt from our upcoming album Human Farm, due in early 2024 through Argonauta Records. We are going to take you to a ride through the desert like no other: an oneiric trip in the company of Agony and Madness, driving at breakneck speed to nowhere. Like jackals on a carcass we wait for their arrival. Everyone is looking for their moment of agony and madness. The dawn on the horizon brings the hope to reduce the pain for our mistakes and make us sane again, letting us find our way home. The ride continues, speed does not diminish and Agony and Madness are still with us.
We really want to thank Argonauta Records for welcoming us again and a special thank goes also to Saverio Autellitano, who made this lyric videos. We are eager to share with you all the rest of Human Farm: it’s gonna be an unforgettable ride.
Rhino is a heavy stoner rock band rising from the sulphuric city of Catania, on the slopes of the Etna volcano, where the five members play a mix of stoner/desert rock from the ’90s and 2000 blended with the deep psychedelia of the ’70, resolving in an attitude built around a riff-driven composition, a megalithic wall of fuzz and tons of watts.
Rhino was born in 2012 by an idea of the bassist Frank The Door and the guitarist Red Frank, briefly joined afterward by the drummer Lord J. Frank. Following the guitarist Francesco Cucinotta opting out of the band, the lineup was completed by Frank the Doc on vocal duties and Frank Real Tube on guitar. The lineup stood the same since then. Since their beginning, Rhino stand out for their extensive live activities through Italy, sharing the stage with such bands as Red Fang, El Perro and many relevant Italian acts.
The band debuts in 2013 with their self-titled EP, followed by their first full lenght The Law of Purity (featuring I See the Monsters videoclip), released on 2017 through Argonauta Records. Renewing the collaboration with Argonauta Records, Rhino’s second full length Human Farm will be release on early 2024, showcasing the most mature work of the band, who confirms to be true to riff worshipping and atmospheric psychedelia, still crossing the genre defining boundaries in an album that stands as unique in its segment.
Rhino is:
Red Frank: Guitar
Frank Real Tube: Guitar
Frank The Door.: Bass
Lord J. Frank : Drums
Frank The Doc: Vocals
