Mazare and IMPVLSE Smash Drum and Bass Into Metalcore on “Unholy,” and It Absolutely Works
An Italian electronic producer joins forces with a rising metalcore band to fuse drum and bass with breakdowns, and the result is heavier, catchier, and more fun than that description makes it sound.
We are suckers for a song that should not work on paper and then completely works in practice. “Unholy” is one of those.
Two Worlds, One Song
On “Unholy,” Mazare does the thing a lot of producers talk about and very few actually pull off. He takes two sounds that usually live in completely different rooms, the racing energy of drum and bass and the sheer force of metalcore, and makes them share one track without either one feeling like a guest. The electronic side gives it lift and momentum. IMPVLSE give it teeth.
What keeps it from being a gimmick is the melody. Underneath the distortion and the fast programming there is a real hook, and tender vocal moments that stop the whole thing from becoming pure aggression. It is a song built to move a crowd and stick in your head at the same time.
A Producer Who Knows What He Wants
You can tell Mazare is not just experimenting here. He has been leaning into heavier, more emotional material for a while, and “Unholy” feels like a confident step further down that road. There is a real point of view driving it, an artist who found a lane and decided to own it rather than hedge.
That conviction is why we are flagging it. “Unholy” is loud and fast and a little bit ridiculous in the best way, and it is made by someone who clearly loves both of the worlds he is smashing together. Turn it up.
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