Fleshgod Apocalypse have introduced their sixth studio album, Opera, out August twenty third by way of Nuclear Blast Information. The Italian symphonic demise metallic band’s new single “Bloodclock” might be streamed now.
The announcement follows the discharge of the only “Pendulum,” the primary tease of the album that dropped again in March. Following in an analogous vein, “Bloodclock” combines symphonic components and excessive demise metallic, with the epic association following a really operatic, narrative-like circulate.
The music and album have been impressed by frontman Francesco Paoli’s near-death expertise whereas mountaineering in 2021, which he mentioned overtly within the album’s press launch.
“What can we see proper earlier than we die? Nicely, with ‘Bloodclock’ I bear my witness and reveal the non-public visions I had whereas hanging on a rope, unconscious, just a few hundred meters above the bottom. It’s insane how actuality might be rather more terrifying and soul crushing than creativeness.”
He continued: “Quickly after my discharge from the hospital, me and Francesco Ferrini began writing instantly, even when I used to be nonetheless bedridden and unable to play. The concept was to seize the temper of these dramatic days and ensure to maintain intact the sense of desperation and concern that was nonetheless working by way of my veins after the accident. Afterward, we labored with the others to develop these concepts and create the music that such a robust story deserves, music that takes your breath away and tosses you right into a vortex of combined emotions and discomfort. I consider we nailed it 110%.”
Opera was combined and mastered by Grammy-nominated producer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Epica, Arch Enemy). Visually, the album’s extremely conceptual sleeve was created by two rising Italian artists — visible artist Felicita Fiorini and photographer Francesco Esposito — and depicts Veronica as Music, “a superior entity that defeats the social and inventive decay of contemporary age.”
“One of the best tales at all times come from ache, it’s a bitter fact but plain,” Paoli acknowledged. “We managed to show one of many worst issues in life right into a murals, that embodies our private and inventive development and takes the listeners on a rollercoaster of feelings, the place they’ll expertise what I’ve been by way of hand in hand with me. It’s a waking nightmare however that’s how life is typically, simply scary.”
Pre-order Opera by way of Nuclear Blast. Stream the video for “Bloodclock” and see the album artwork and tracklist beneath.
Opera Art work:
Opera Tracklist:
01. Ode to Artwork (De’ Sepolcri)
02. I Can By no means Die
03. Pendulum
04. Bloodclock
05. At Battle With My Soul
06. Morphine Waltz
07. Matricide 8.21
08. Per Aspera Advert Astra
09. Until Loss of life Do Us Half
10. Opera