Opera (Fleshgod Apocalypse album)

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Opera
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera.png
Studio album by
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Released23 August 2024 (2024-08-23)
Recorded2024
Genre
Length43:10
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer
  • Francesco Paoli
  • Francesco Ferrini
Fleshgod Apocalypse chronology
Veleno
(2019)		Opera
(2024)
Singles from Velena
  1. "Pendulum"
    Released: 8 March 2024 [3]
  2. "Bloodclock"
    Released: 14 June 2024 [4]
  3. "I Can Never Die"
    Released: 19 July 2024 [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 8.5/10 [1]
MetalSucks 9/10 [6]

Opera is the sixth studio album from Italian symphonic death metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse. The album was released on 23 August 2024 through Nuclear Blast Records. It is their first album without founding bassist/clean vocalist Paolo Rossi who left the band following a year's absence, [7] [8] their first album to feature drummer Eugene Ryabchenko, as well as their first album since 2009's Oracles to feature no drumming from vocalist Francesco Paoli.

Contents

Promotion

In March 2024, the band released the album's first single, "Pendulum". [3] The song chronicles frontman Francesco Paoli's fall while mountain climbing in August 2021 that caused the band to go on hiatus. [9] Two more singles followed; "Bloodclock" [10] and "I Can Never Die". [11]

Touring

The band has done some touring in support of Opera from September to October 2024 in North America with bands Shadow of Intent, Ingested, The Zenith Passage, and Disembodied Tyrant, [12] [13] [14] followed by a tour in January 2025 in Europe with bands Dark Funeral, Ex Deo, and Kami No Ikari. [15]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Francesco Paoli; all music is composed by Francesco Paoli and Francesco Ferrini, except "Ode to Art (De' sepolcri)" and "Opera" by Paoli.

Opera track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Ode to Art (De' sepolcri)"2:18
2."I Can Never Die"4:30
3."Pendulum"3:58
4."Bloodclock"5:14
5."At War with My Soul"5:06
6."Morphine Waltz"3:32
7."Matricide 8.21"5:31
8."Per Aspera ad Astra"4:48
9."Till Death Do Us Part"5:31
10."Opera"2:42

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Lawson, Dom. "Reviews - Opera - BLABBERMOUTH.NET" . Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Five For Friday: August 23, 2024". 23 August 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Streams First Song Since FRANCESCO PAOLI's Accident, "Pendulum"". 8 March 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Returns With A Massive New Single, New Album Due In August". 14 June 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Becomes Immortal On New Single "I Can Never Die"". 19 July 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Delorean, C.C. "Review: Fleshgod Apocalypse Again Treat Us to a Spectacle of Beauty and Brutality on Opera" . Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Founding Fleshgod Apocalypse Bassist & Vocalist Paolo Rossi Leaves The Band". 26 February 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Bassist and Vocalist Paolo Rossi Leaves Fleshgod Apocalypse". 26 February 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Fleshgod Apocalypse's Francesco Paoli on The MetalSucks Podcast #553". 26 August 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Fleshgod Apocalypse Announce Their Sixth Album Opera, "Bloodclock" Streaming Now". 18 June 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Fleshgod Apocalypse Attain Eternal Life with New Track "I Can Never Die"". 19 July 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Fleshgod Apocalypse Announces North American Tour Feat. Shadow of Intent & More". 25 June 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Fleshgod Apocalypse to Co-Headline North American Tour with Shadow of Intent This Fall". 25 June 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Fleshgod Apocalypse Announces Summer/Fall 2024 North American Tour With SHADOW OF INTENT". 25 June 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Dark Funeral, Fleshgod Apocalypse & Ex Deo Announce 2025 European Tour". 23 September 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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