Italian Symphonic Death Metal maestros 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗛𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗣𝗦𝗘 are finally back with their brand new, 6th album titled 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖, a gut-wrenching musical journey inspired by the tragic mountain climbing accident occurred to their frontman and mastermind 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗼𝗹𝗶, in 2021.

Due out 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟯𝗿𝗱 via Nuclear Blast Records, the whole album is structured like a 10-act theatrical piece, as the title itself, “Opera”, draws a clear thread with the everlasting tradition of Italian classical music theater combining it with the epic brutality of death and symphonic metal, which has become their trademark sound.

Mixed and mastered by Grammy-nominated producer 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻 (Volbeat, Epica, Arch Enemy), Opera definitely marks another step forward for the band, incorporating new suggestions into that unique blend that 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗛𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗣𝗦𝗘 are renowned for: sheer violence, majestic orchestrations and soaring melodies. Such an ambitious musical endeavor called for an equally impressive artwork, a team effort between two arising Italian talents (artist extraordinaire 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶 and visionary photographer 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼), following the path traced by baroque painters like Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi. The cover art portrays Veronica as Music, a superior entity that defeats the social and artistic decay of modern age.

With this new record, 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗛𝗚𝗢𝗗 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗣𝗦𝗘 are setting the bar even higher than before, pioneering what looks like a completely new sub-genre that might be called “𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹”: an unprecedented mix of extreme music and theatrical elements.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.” 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗣. states. “𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺.”

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗣. continues: “𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 "𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢", 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 (𝘮𝘪𝘴)𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘹 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘵 “𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯.

𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 “𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢” 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺!”

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𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖 Tracklisting:

Ode to Art (De’ Sepolcri)

I Can Never Die

Pendulum

Bloodclock

At War With My Soul

Morphine Waltz

Matricide 8.21

Per Aspera Ad Astra

Till Death Do Us Part

Opera

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