Fleshgod Apocalypse is again with a brand new report known as Opera due out August 23, and a brand new single “Bloodclock” streaming proper now! The album is impressed by the tragic mountaineering accident suffered by Fleshgod Apocalypse frontman and mastermind Francesco Paoli in 2021.
“The perfect tales at all times come from ache, it is a bitter fact but plain,” mentioned Paoli. “We managed to show one of many worst issues in life right into a murals, that embodies our private and creative development and takes the listeners on a rollercoaster of feelings, the place they’ll expertise what I have been by means of hand in hand with me. It is a waking nightmare however that is how life is typically, simply scary.”
Paoli continued: “In my visionary illustration of this journey, that begins with my close to demise expertise and culminates in a a lot desired bodily and psychological rebirth, I needed to border each single step of my calvary, as in the event that they had been acts of an ‘Opera Lirica’, with dialogues and even confessions to imaginary characters, who’ve been fixed presences all through my complete (mis)journey.
“We won’t wait so that you can hear the total album and play it reside on the 4 corners of the world. We’re planning to take everybody to Opera with an enormous new present, so prepare!”
On the only itself, Paoli mentioned it is fairly actually concerning the moments throughout which you are unsure in the event you’re gonna die.
“What will we see proper earlier than we die? Properly, with ‘Bloodclock’ I bear my witness and reveal the private visions I had whereas hanging on a rope, unconscious, just a few hundred meters above the bottom. It is insane how actuality could be rather more terrifying and soul crushing than creativeness.
“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 means of my veins after the accident. Afterward, we labored with the others to develop these concepts and create the music that such a powerful story deserves, music that takes your breath away and tosses you right into a vortex of blended emotions and discomfort.
“I consider we nailed it 110%. And the video is a spectacular illustration of that catastrophe. I pushed Martina [McLean, video director] to the restrict as a result of I knew she might discover a poetic, metaphorical but extraordinarily impactful technique to match the fury of the music with awe-inspiring pictures. She did an incredible job and we’re proud to state that that is one of the best music video we have ever had in our profession.”
“However this music is just not solely about demise, it is also about life. ‘I am not lifeless but’ was some type of mantra that turned my battle-cry. The second I wakened, I began my conflict to remain alive, that with time changed into a real and unending calvary as I am nonetheless carrying the cross for what occurred that day. However that is one other story and its time is but to return…”
Opera was blended and mastered by Grammy-nominated producer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Epica, Arch Enemy) and given spectacular art work by two arising Italian skills – artist extraordinaire Felicita Fiorini and visionary photographer Francesco Esposito.
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