METALLIAN - Fleshgod Apocalypse

Oracles – 2009 - Willowtip
Agony – 2011 – Nuclear Blast
Labyrinth – 2013 – Nuclear Blast
King – 2016 - Nuclear Blast
Veleno – 2019 – Nuclear Blast
Opera - 2024 - Nuclear Blast

Members

Vocals

Paolo Rossi – Atemno, Strider, Human Cluster>>Tommaso Riccardi>>Human Cluster, Locked In – Hour Of Penance>>FRANCESCO PAOLI - In Tenebra, Wisteria>>VERONICA BORDACCHINI>>In Tenebra, Wisteria

Guitar

Promaetheus Unbound, Eyeconoclast, Lord Vampyr, Shadowsreign>>Cristiano Trionfera>>Promaetheus Unbound, Lord Vampyr, Shadowsreign, Inno – Coffin Birth>>FRANCESCO PAOLI>>Coffin Birth - Hideous Divinity, Deceptionist, Belnejoum>>FABIO BARTOLETTI>>Belnejoum

Bass

Strider, Bloodtruth, Airlines Of Terror>>PAOLO ROSSI>>Bloodtruth, Airlines Of Terror

Drum

3rd Room, Degenerhate, Lord Vampyr, Shadows Reign, Promaetheus Unbound>>Francesco Struglia>>Lord Vampyr, Shadows Reign, Promaetheus Unbound, Funeral Mantra - Hour Of Penance, Bloodtruth>>Francesco Paoli>>Hour Of Penance, Bloodtruth, Oddko - Displease, The Symbioz, Castrum, GAZ-66 Intrusion, Locracy, Crucify Me Gently, Angerseed, Afgrund, Vital Remains, Obliterate, Waldschrat, Posthumous Blasphemer, Banisher, Vane, Belphegor, Decapitated>>EUGENE RYABCHENKO>>Angerseed, Castrum, Locracy, Afgrund, Banisher

Keyboard

Atemno, Human Cluster, Embryo, Olamot, Belnejoum>>FRANCESCO FERRINI>>Human Cluster, Atemno, Embryo, Olamot, Belnejoum

History & Biography

The deadly Fleshgod Apocalypse was formed in 2007 in Rome, Italy and set out immediately creating a demo called Promo ’07. This lead to a four-way split with Mordus Deliciti, Septycal Gorge and Onirik issued through Ripper Tattoo Productions. The group obtained a deal with Neurotic Records. The band entered 16th Cellar Studio in May, 2008 and recorded an album, which was issued by Candlelight in Europe and Willowtip in the USA. Neurotic Records and the Italians had parted ways in December of 2008, three months before the album’s release. Drummer Francesco Struglia departed in 2009. Human Cluster guitarist Tommaso Riccardi was added for shows. The Mafia EP was issued in 2010. The band’s drummer, Francesco Paoli, sang in Hour Of Penance. Cristiano Trionfera is also in a bunch of goth bands. Atemno Italy's “brutal/symphonic horde”, Fleshgod Apocalypse, signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Records in 2011. The band was part of the Summer Slaughter Tour in July with Powerglove, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Darkest Hour, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, etc. and wanted to have a release in that timeframe. Ferrini attended to the piano. Bloodtruth signed with Unique Leader in 2014. Fleshgod Apocalypse's drummer Francesco Paoli was sitting behind the drums for the recording sessions of an Embryo self-titled full-length album, which was taking place in San Marino at Simone Mularoni's Domination Studios (DGM). During the summer, the band would play at Masters Of Rock in Vizovice (Czech Republic) on July 11th and Total Metal Festival in Bitonto (Bari, Italy) on July 20th.

Alternative extreme band Fleshgod Apocalypse had an album called King in early 2016 through Nuclear Blast. Tommaso Riccardi left in 2017. The Metalitalia.com Festival announced the details of the 2019 edition of the festival, which would take place once again at the Live Music Club in Trezzo Sull’Adda (Milan), Italy. Fleshgod Apocalypse, Darkane, Gotthard, Arch Enemy and Hardcore Superstars were among the booked bands. Paoli abandoned the drums in 2020 after having retaken the microphone in 2017. Eugene Ryabchenko, drums-for-hire, took over. Female vocalist Veronica joined in 2020. The band mounted its piano on stage and played at Hellfest 2022. The band played multiple festivals in 2023 and travelled to Asia for a tour there. It also announced it would tour Europe with Kataklysm again (the band was managed by Kataklysm's Maurizio Iacono) and Stillbirth in 2024. The band and Kataklysm had toured Canada in 2012. A new festival called Metal Park was to take place in Vicenza, Italy from July 6th to July 7th 2024. Bands appearing were Bruce Dickinson, Emperor, Cavalera (with a Sepultura set), The Darkness, Stratovarius, Richie Kotzen, Dark Tranquillity, Michael Monroe, Moonspell and Fleshgod Apocalypse. The band was confirmed For 70000 Tons Of Metal 2024. Fleshgod Apocalypse and Wolfheart were touring Australia in March 2024. Fleshgod Apocalypse released a 2024 album called Opera, which was inspired by the mountain climbing accident that occurred to singer Francesco Paoli in 2021. Due out through Nuclear Blast Records on 23.08.2024, the album was structured as a ten-act theatrical piece. The band returned to North America for a co-headline tour with Shadow Of Intent and support acts Ingested, The Zenith Passage and Disembodied Tyrant in the autumn. Female soprano Veronica Bordacchini was in tow since 2020. Dying Fetus and Cradle Of Filth were to co-headline the 2025 Chaos & Carnage Tour of Canada and the U.S.A. Opening were Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth and Corpse Pile. The band embarked on a tour of Europe with Dark Funeral and Ex Deo in Janaury 2025. A guitarist and the keyboardist were in the keyboard damaged side-project, Belnejoum, in 2025.

Reviews

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - ORACLES - WILLOWTIP
If there’s any justice in this world, Oracles will contend for a Top 10 spot on many a critic’s best of ’09 list when the time comes. Fusing the finest moments of the Vital Remains and Behemoth catalogue but also benefiting from impressive song-writing in its own right, Italy’s Flesghgod Apocalypse has written and documented what is without a doubt its defining statement (thus far; this is remarkably only the group’s debut record). Brutal and technical but also eminently listenable, Oracles is a record that will appeal mightily to death metal fanatics, and the album’s initial impact holds up to repeated analysis and scrutiny (i.e. there is little to scrutinize here): that’s a testament to the excellence Fleshgod Apocalypse has presented the world via Oracles. - James Tape

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