Disarmonia Mundi
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Disarmonia Mundi is a melodic death metal
band from Avigliana
, Italy
that started out as a progressive metal
band. After Benny Bianco Chinto left the band it featured Soilwork
's vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid for two albums. After releasing two albums under Scarlet Records
, they have signed to Italy-based Coroner Records.
. The album was completely self-produced by Ettore in his home studio. The response to the album allowed the band to sign a contract with Self for Italian
distribution and with Cd-Maximum for distribution in Russia
. Line-up problems would prevent live performances to support Nebularium and in turn would slow down the process of recording the forthcoming album.
.
Ettore got in contact with Soilwork
front man Björn "Speed" Strid. What started out as a "guest appearance" on the forthcoming album, Fragments of D-Generation
would turn into Strid joining the band. The release of Fragments of D-Generation would generate several positive feedback. The band would follow up the success by shooting a video at Cinecittà
's studio for the song "Red Clouds". While Strid would go back to working on Soilwork's Stabbing the Drama
, Ettore and Claudio would begin composing the music and lyrics for their third album.
, was released December 9, 2009. Strid recorded guest vocals on seven songs, vocalist Antony Hämäläinen
and guitarist Olof Mörck
both of Nightrage
performed guests on two songs.
On November 12, 2008, the band released new information on their MySpace: "We have finished the pre-production of our forthcoming fourth album entitled "The Isolation Game" scheduled for an early spring release. News about the label for this album will be revealed very soon." The label would later be revealed as Coroner Records; a new record label based out of Italy. The recordings took place at Ettore Rigotti's "The Metal House" studios in Italy. Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork
, Terror 2000
) recorded vocals for "a few songs" on The Isolation Game. Much like MindTricks, The Isolation Game features more singing from Ettore and Claudio. Upon its release, The Isolation Game received positive, if lukewarm reviews, with one critic commenting "however great an example of Swedish-style melodic death metal this is, it doesn’t do anything that we haven’t heard before"
Prior to the release of The Isolation Game, Disarmonia Mundi released a remastered edition of their debut album, Nebularium, in double disc packaging, with the second disc containing six songs that were b-sides to album recording sessions. The second disc is called The Restless Memoirs EP. The re-release package was put out by Coroner Records on June 26, 2009.
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band from Avigliana
Avigliana
Avigliana is a town and comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, with c. 11,000 inhabitants, located about 25 km west of Turin. Avigliana lies in the Susa valley, on the highway going from Turin to Frejus ....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
that started out as a progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band. After Benny Bianco Chinto left the band it featured Soilwork
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
's vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid for two albums. After releasing two albums under Scarlet Records
Scarlet Records
Scarlet Records is an Italian independent record label based in Milan. It is most notable for featuring two side projects from Soilwork front-man Björn "Speed" Strid, as well as band like Agent Steel, Royal Hunt, Skyclad, Eldritch, Hatesphere, Primevil, Labyrinth, Dark Moor and more. Born in 1998,...
, they have signed to Italy-based Coroner Records.
Early years and Nebularium
Disarmonia Mundi was founded by Ettore Rigotti in 2000. The band would initially go through several line-up changes but would successfully record their debut album, NebulariumNebularium
Nebularium is the debut studio album by the Italian melodic death metal band, Disarmonia Mundi. It was independently released and recorded by Ettore Rigotti in his home studio. The album would help the group obtain a recording contract with Italian based Scarlet Records...
. The album was completely self-produced by Ettore in his home studio. The response to the album allowed the band to sign a contract with Self for Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
distribution and with Cd-Maximum for distribution in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Line-up problems would prevent live performances to support Nebularium and in turn would slow down the process of recording the forthcoming album.
New members, label and Fragments of D-Generation
The only people remaining from the former line-up, Ettore Rigotti and Mirco Andreis, would be joined by newcomer Claudio Ravinale. The resulting promo would help Disarmonia Mundi attain a recording contract with Scarlet RecordsScarlet Records
Scarlet Records is an Italian independent record label based in Milan. It is most notable for featuring two side projects from Soilwork front-man Björn "Speed" Strid, as well as band like Agent Steel, Royal Hunt, Skyclad, Eldritch, Hatesphere, Primevil, Labyrinth, Dark Moor and more. Born in 1998,...
.
Ettore got in contact with Soilwork
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
front man Björn "Speed" Strid. What started out as a "guest appearance" on the forthcoming album, Fragments of D-Generation
Fragments Of D-generation
Fragments of D-generation is the second album by the Italian, melodic death metal band, Disarmonia Mundi, released by Italian label Scarlet Records in January, 2004. After numerous line-up changes, this album features Soilwork's Björn "Speed" Strid on vocals...
would turn into Strid joining the band. The release of Fragments of D-Generation would generate several positive feedback. The band would follow up the success by shooting a video at Cinecittà
Cinecittà
Cinecittà is a large film studio in Rome that is considered the hub of Italian cinema.-History:The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini and his head of cinema Luigi Freddi for propaganda purposes, under the slogan "Il cinema è l'arma più forte"...
's studio for the song "Red Clouds". While Strid would go back to working on Soilwork's Stabbing the Drama
Stabbing The Drama
* * * ** -Charts:-Credits:Soilwork* Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals* Peter Wichers − guitars* Ola Frenning − guitars...
, Ettore and Claudio would begin composing the music and lyrics for their third album.
Mirco departs and Mind Tricks
While Ettore and Claudio worked on the new record, Mirco decided to leave the band to concentrate on other interests. The remaining members tracked most of the new album in three weeks. The band remained a duo for the recording of Mind Tricks while recording with Strid again on vocals, splitting them equally between Claudio with Ettore contributing clean vocals as well. During the recording, ex-member Mirco shot a video for the band's single "Celestial Furnace".The Isolation Game
The new album entitled, The Isolation GameThe Isolation Game
The Isolation Game is the fourth full-length studio album by the Italian melodic death metal band Disarmonia Mundi, and was released on December 9, 2009 by Coroner Records...
, was released December 9, 2009. Strid recorded guest vocals on seven songs, vocalist Antony Hämäläinen
Antony Hämäläinen
Antony Hämäläinen , is a Finnish musician and composer living in the United States.-Biography:In the early 1990s, he started playing bass, drums, and singing for multiple bands based both in the USA and Finland...
and guitarist Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck is a guitarist in the melodic death metal band Nightrage and guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. Besides Marios, Olof is the longest running member of Nightrage...
both of Nightrage
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
performed guests on two songs.
On November 12, 2008, the band released new information on their MySpace: "We have finished the pre-production of our forthcoming fourth album entitled "The Isolation Game" scheduled for an early spring release. News about the label for this album will be revealed very soon." The label would later be revealed as Coroner Records; a new record label based out of Italy. The recordings took place at Ettore Rigotti's "The Metal House" studios in Italy. Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
, Terror 2000
Terror 2000
-History:A side project of Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid, the band also includes guitarists Klas Ideberg and Nick Sword , drummer Erik Thyselius, and bassist Dan Svensson...
) recorded vocals for "a few songs" on The Isolation Game. Much like MindTricks, The Isolation Game features more singing from Ettore and Claudio. Upon its release, The Isolation Game received positive, if lukewarm reviews, with one critic commenting "however great an example of Swedish-style melodic death metal this is, it doesn’t do anything that we haven’t heard before"
Prior to the release of The Isolation Game, Disarmonia Mundi released a remastered edition of their debut album, Nebularium, in double disc packaging, with the second disc containing six songs that were b-sides to album recording sessions. The second disc is called The Restless Memoirs EP. The re-release package was put out by Coroner Records on June 26, 2009.
Current members
- Ettore Rigotti − guitarsElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, lead clean vocals, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:... - Claudio Ravinale − lead extreme vocals, lyricsLyricsLyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
- Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals
Former members
- Mirco Andreis − bass guitar
- Benny Bianco Chinto − vocals
- Simone Palermiti − guitar
- Federico Cagliero − guitar
Studio albums
- NebulariumNebulariumNebularium is the debut studio album by the Italian melodic death metal band, Disarmonia Mundi. It was independently released and recorded by Ettore Rigotti in his home studio. The album would help the group obtain a recording contract with Italian based Scarlet Records...
(2001) - Fragments of D-GenerationFragments Of D-generationFragments of D-generation is the second album by the Italian, melodic death metal band, Disarmonia Mundi, released by Italian label Scarlet Records in January, 2004. After numerous line-up changes, this album features Soilwork's Björn "Speed" Strid on vocals...
(2004) - Mind Tricks (2006)
- Nebularium + The Restless Memoirs (2009)
- The Isolation GameThe Isolation GameThe Isolation Game is the fourth full-length studio album by the Italian melodic death metal band Disarmonia Mundi, and was released on December 9, 2009 by Coroner Records...
(2009) - Mind Tricks (Extended Edition with 4 extra tracks) (2011)
- Fragments of D-Generation (Re-release with bonus CD) (2011)
Videography
- "Red Clouds" from Fragments of D-Generation
- "Celestial Furnace" from Mind Tricks, available for viewing on the official Disarmonia Mundi website