来自内心深处的怨恨 - 意大利Groove Metal乐队Castelnuovo Rancore专访

来自意大利摩德纳的 groove metal 新乐队 Castelnuovo Rancore，虽然成立于 2023 年，却已经展现出强烈而直接的声音冲击力。他们的音乐融合了厚重律动、愤怒情绪与压迫性的氛围，在传统 groove metal 的框架中注入了更现代化的攻击感。随着首张专辑"Rotten in the Skull"的发布，这支年轻乐队也开始逐渐受到地下金属乐迷的关注。本次采访中，我们将与他们聊聊乐队的起源、创作理念，以及他们对当代金属音乐的理解。

（V: 代表笔者 C: 代表Castelnuovo Rancore乐队）

Coming from Modena, Italy, Castelnuovo Rancore may have formed only in 2023, but the band has already developed an intense and uncompromising sound. Their music combines heavy groove-driven riffs, raw anger, and a suffocating atmosphere, bringing a modern sense of aggression into the framework of groove metal. With the release of their debut album "Rotten in the Skull", the band has started gaining attention within the underground metal scene. In this interview, we talk with them about the origins of the project, their creative philosophy, and their perspective on contemporary metal music.

(V: Author; C: Castelnuovo Rancore)

采访对象：Castelnuovo Rancore（Through Void乐队）

采访时间：2026.05.17

V: 嘿，兄弟你好，欢迎接受我们的采访！请先向中国的读者简单介绍一下你们的乐队 Castelnuovo Rancore。乐队成立于2023年，你们最初是如何走到一起的？这个项目的起点是什么？


Hey guys, welcome and thanks for doing this interview! First, could you briefly introduce your band Castelnuovo Rancore to Chinese readers? Since the band was formed in 2023, how did you come together, and what was the starting point of this project?

C: 大家好，感谢这次难得的机会！向所有阅读本文的中国金属乐迷致以诚挚的问候！没错，乐队成立于2023年7月，源于鼓手Walter和吉他手Filippo想要重拾音乐、让乐器重新发挥作用的愿望！起初只是几个人聚在一起喝喝啤酒，很快便发展成排练室里又多了两位成员：贝斯兼主唱Jeff和吉他手Sergio。几个月后，在11月，塞尔吉奥离开了这个项目（尽管并未割断与乐队成员的友谊），阵容由此发生了一次根本性的变化。杰夫转任吉他手，马塞洛则被招募为贝斯手。带着这股新活力，我们持续钻研翻唱曲目，但经过几次排练后，成员间的默契逐渐凝结成了原创作品。当菲利波也加入担任主唱时，创作动力飙升，首张专辑的歌曲便由此诞生。

Hello everyone, and thank you for this amazing opportunity! A big shoutout to all the Chinese metalheads reading us! That’s right, the band was formed in July 2023 from Walter’s (drums) and Filippo’s (guitar) desire to get back on track and take their instruments off the wall again! What started with sharing a few beers together quickly turned into filling a rehearsal room with two more members: Jeff (bass and vocals) and Sergio (guitar). After a few months, in November, Sergio stepped away from the project (though not from the friendships within the band), and the lineup underwent a change that turned out to be fundamental. Jeff moved to guitar, and Marcello was recruited on bass. With this new energy, we kept grinding through cover songs, but after a few rehearsals the chemistry between the members crystallized into original material. When Filippo also stepped in as vocalist, the creative drive skyrocketed, and the songs for the first album were written.

V: Castelnuovo Rancore这个名字非常特别，它具体有什么含义？是否和现实中的地名有关？


The name Castelnuovo Rancore is quite unique—what does it mean? Is it related to a real place?

C: 当初取这个名字时，我们绝对没想到最后竟然要向中国的朋友解释它，哈哈哈。其实这是对卡斯泰尔努奥沃·兰戈内（摩德纳省）这个小镇名称的变体，虽然我们没人真正住在那里，但这个小镇离我们每个人都只有几公里远。我们觉得“Rangone”和“Rancore”（意大利语中意为“怨恨”）在发音上的相似性特别有趣，所以干脆改了过来并采用了这个名字！总得有人这么做嘛！

When we chose the name, we definitely never expected to end up explaining it to friends from China, hahaha. It’s actually a distortion of the name of the town Castelnuovo Rangone (province of Modena), a city just a few kilometers away from each of us, even though none of us actually lives there. We found the similarity and sound between “Rangone” and “Rancore” (“resentment” in Italian) really funny, so we simply changed it and adopted it! Someone had to do it!

V: 你们的音乐被归类为 groove metal，你们会如何定义自己的声音？是否融合了其他风格元素？

Your music is categorized as groove metal—how would you define your sound? Do you incorporate elements from other genres?

C: 我们的音乐天生就充满攻击性且毫不妥协，因此groove metal律动金属或许是最适合我们的子流派。话虽如此，我们不会把自己局限于某个流派，也不会为了拘泥于groove metal的细节而限制创作过程。在我们的歌曲中，你绝对能听到许多其他音乐风格的影响，从grunge到thrash，再到hardcore！

Our sound was born to be aggressive and completely uncompromising, which is why groove metal is probably the subgenre that fits us best. That said, we don’t fossilize ourselves into one genre or shape our creative process around sticking only to groove metal details. You can definitely hear many other influences in our songs, from grunge to thrash to hardcore!

V: 哪些乐队或音乐人对你们的影响最大？比如90年代或2000年代的金属音乐是否对你们塑造风格有关键作用？

Which bands or artists have influenced you the most? Did metal from the ’90s and early 2000s play a key role in shaping your style?

C: 毫无疑问，90年代的金属乐为我们的音乐风格奠定了“坚如磐石的基础”。像Pantera、Machine Head和Korn这样的传奇乐队，不仅对我们的音乐风格，也对我们的生活产生了巨大的影响。但不仅限于此。我们每个人都聆听海量的音乐，风格往往千差万别，我们设法将个人影响带入乐队并将其融合。除了金属乐，我们还听很多蓝调、乡村和电子音乐！要说绝对不适合我们的流派，那就是陷阱音乐和雷鬼顿了，哈哈哈。

Without a doubt, ’90s metal laid the “granite foundations” of our sound. Legendary bands like Pantera, Machine Head, and Korn have had an enormous impact on both our sound and our lives. But they’re not the only ones. All of us listen to a huge amount of music, often very different styles, and we manage to bring our personal influences into the band and blend them together. Outside of metal, we also listen to a lot of blues, country, and electronic music! I’d say the genres that definitely aren’t our thing are trap and reggaeton, hahaha.

V: 你们在创作时通常是从Riff出发，还是从主题和概念出发？整体的写歌流程是怎样的？


When writing music, do you usually start from riffs, or from themes and concepts? What does your songwriting process look like?

C: 乐队的创作过程总是千变万化，每首歌都独具特色。我们并没有固定的创作“方法”。有些歌曲源于排练室里带去的歌词，再配上围绕这些词即兴创作的即兴段落；有些则始于某人在家写好的即兴段落；还有些歌曲完全是凭空诞生的，仅仅是因为我们大家开始一起即兴演奏，比如"Anger Rising"！

The band’s creative process is always very varied and unique from song to song. We don’t really have a fixed “method” for writing. Some songs were born from lyrics brought into the rehearsal room and matched with riffs improvised around those words. Others started from riffs someone had written at home. And then there are songs that were born completely out of nowhere, simply by all of us starting to jam together, like Anger Rising!

V: 你们的作品中充满愤怒与压抑的情绪，这些情感主要来源于个人经历，还是社会层面的观察？

Your music is full of anger and tension—do these emotions mainly come from personal experiences or from observations of society?

C: “愤怒与紧张”大概可以作为一部关于2020年代的电影的副标题，哈哈哈。玩笑归玩笑，我们四个人都是性子急的人，深深身处一个似乎迷失了方向的社会之中。我们每天都在亲身经历这一切，无论是切身感受还是内心体验。我们的歌词既是对这个历史时刻的愤怒，也是对我们生活中那些导致我们产生不快情绪的个人挣扎的宣泄。至少，这一切都能通过音箱的轰鸣声得到宣泄！

“Anger and tension” could probably be the subtitle of a movie about the 2020s, hahaha. Jokes aside, all four of us are hot-headed people deeply immersed in a society that seems to have lost its direction. We experience it daily, on our own skin and in our hearts. Our lyrics are a mix of anger toward this historical moment and toward the personal struggles in our own lives that lead us to experience unpleasant emotions. At least all of that finds relief through the roar of amplifiers!

V: 你们的首张专辑"Rotten in the Skull"于2026年发行，这张专辑的创作理念是什么？在这张专辑中，你们最希望听众感受到的是什么？是情绪释放，还是某种现实批判？

Your debut album Rotten in the Skull was released in 2026. What is the concept behind this record? What do you most want listeners to feel—emotional release, or some form of commentary on reality?

C: Rotten in the Skull的核心理念，基本上可以用我们乐队名字中的第二个词来概括：怨恨。每一首歌都浸透着这种情绪，无论是对社会的怨恨，对那些曾与我们擦肩而过的瞬间或人物的怨恨，还是对那些将女性视为私有财产的恶心之徒的怨恨。我们希望听众能通过随着我们的音乐和歌词激烈地甩头，宣泄他们的愤怒与怨恨。我们想成为他们怒火的配乐，但同时我们也希望聆听这张专辑能让人感到解放且充满乐趣。事实上，我们将同名主打歌献给了听众们：那些像我们一样“脑子腐烂”的人，那些喜欢挤在闷热潮湿的地下室里，通过音乐将愤怒从身体中释放出来的人！

The concept of Rotten in the Skull can basically be summed up by the second word in our band’s name: resentment. Every song drips with this feeling, whether it’s resentment toward society, toward moments or people who crossed our lives, or toward disgusting people who treat women like property. We want listeners to vent their anger and resentment through violent headbanging over our music and lyrics. We want to be the soundtrack to their rage, but at the same time we also want listening to the album to feel liberating and fun. In fact, we dedicated our title track to the listeners themselves: people “rotten in the skull” like us, people who love packing into hot, humid underground basements to let their anger flow out of their bodies through music!

V: 作为一支新成立的乐队，你们目前面临的最大挑战是什么？


As a newly formed band, what is the biggest challenge you are currently facing?

C: 毫无疑问，最大的挑战之一就是寻找演出场地。我们曾有过几次难以置信的幸运机遇，得以在本地几个舞台上演出，但这对我们来说永远不够。如果你问我们，哪怕是下周末，我们也愿意专程飞到中国来为你们演出！

Definitely one of the hardest challenges is finding stages to play on. We’ve had some incredible lucky breaks that allowed us to perform on several stages in our area, but it’s never enough for us. And if you asked us, we’d come all the way to China to play for you even next weekend!

V: 对于还不熟悉你们的听众来说，你们会推荐从哪一首歌开始了解 Castelnuovo Rancore？


For listeners who are not yet familiar with your music, which track would you recommend as a starting point to discover Castelnuovo Rancore?

C: 我绝对推荐"Drink from the Barrel of Hate"。光是这个标题本身就是一种宣言，而音乐的冲击力如同重拳击中牙关，让听众完美地体会到我们这个项目想要传达的精神。

I’d definitely recommend Drink from the Barrel of Hate. The title itself is already a declaration of intent, and the music hits like a punch to the teeth, giving listeners a perfect idea of what our project is meant to embody.

V: 你们如何看待当今金属音乐的发展趋势？是否认为groove metal仍然具有新的可能性？

How do you see the current development of metal music? Do you think groove metal still has new potential?

C: 最近，金属音乐似乎又在各处重新崭露头角。乐队数量增加了，流派风格更加丰富，活跃的乐迷和热情的听众更多了，媒体的关注度也更高了。随着电影和电视剧中不断出现对金属文化的致敬，我认为年轻一代也在重新发现这一音乐流派——对此我们再高兴不过了！只要还有某个拿着吉他和失真踏板的愤怒混蛋存在，groove metal就永远充满潜力！

Lately metal music seems to be gaining ground everywhere again. There are more bands, more variety within the genre, more active fans and passionate listeners, and even more media attention. Between movies and TV series referencing metal culture, I think younger generations are rediscovering the genre too — and we couldn’t be happier about that! As long as there’s some pissed-off bastard with a guitar and a distortion pedal, groove metal will always have potential!

V: 进入到采访的尾声了，为了让更多中国金属乐迷关注到你们，你们有什么想对他们说的吗？


As we come to the end of the interview, do you have any message for Chinese metal fans to help them get to know your band better?

C: 该怎么说呢……中国的金属乐迷们，继续把音量调到最大，让邻居的耳膜震得嗡嗡作响吧；继续挤满那些传播金属文化的肮脏地下酒吧；购买周边商品，聆听新作品，并尽情享受我们的专辑，就好像我们就在你们身边一样！

What can we say… Chinese metalheads, keep destroying your neighbors’ eardrums by blasting the volume to the limit, keep packing those filthy underground bars that spread metal culture, buy merch, listen to new music, and enjoy our album as if we were right there with you!

Castelnuovo Rancore乐队主要作品：

Castelnuovo Rancore - Rotten in the Skull（2026）

Castelnuovo Rancore乐队官方Bnadcamp网站：https://castelnuovorancore.bandcamp.com/album/rotten-in-the-skull

Castelnuovo Rancore乐队官方Facebook网站：https://www.facebook.com/p/Castelnuovo-Rancore-61553772933037/

Castelnuovo Rancore乐队官方Instagram网站：https://www.instagram.com/castelnuovo.rancore/

Castelnuovo Rancore乐队官方YouTube网站：https://youtube.com/@fillorock88?si=shshms8YVlDMaKYU