The Italian scene churns out another great release, this time it is some fine, earth shattering, cinematic post-metal.

Apnea is a triumph in context and execution. Borne on the backs of their own vision and mission their message is not overarched or oblique. It is concise, serrated, and narrow in scope.

For every recent post-punk band who have gone on to bigger and better things (e.g. Editors and Franz Ferdinand) with the release of their second album, there have been countless others who have made a mess of things (e.g. White Lies, who crashed and bu …