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Interview with Cristiano Trionfera from "Fleshgod Apocalypse".




A band that raised between the brutality of the technical death metal and the epicness of the symphony! Their new album is one of the most successful albums of the year and they still have so much to give!
Ladies and gentlemen , I had a great honor to interview the Vocalist/guitarist of Italian band FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE about their latest release "Labyrinth"

1-First of all, I would like to thank you for your time and for the chance you gave to Metalitty webzine to talk more about your path. Let's start by labyrinth, the first concept album based upon the labyrinth of Knossos. Can you tell me more about it? And how did you get the idea to write about this part of the Greek mythology?

We're always searching for topics that interest us and that can give us the chance to develop a fitting atmosphere and description of what we think our music should create into an album. We usually start talking about the next album lyric concept quite a few months before working properly on the music. It is very important for us to make it so the music and the lyrics fit well to draw the picture we have in mind. The Greek mythology has always been a part of our heritage since we study the ancient Greek culture at school. Also, we're all fascinated by it and it came out perfectly to design the metaphor, as most of the ancient myths, of the modern and actual human condition.

2-What makes “Labyrinth” different from the other albums?

The first thing I can tell you is this time we worked with more time to spend on the details. The writing process has been long and stressful, but we managed to put much more things inside the album than in the past, since we wanted to make a step forward. The harmonies and the melodies of Labyrinth are much more complex and yet direct than what we have been doing in Agony and it all came out like a very twisted musical maze, along with the lyrics, much more detailed and developed into the storyline. Labyrinth is different from the previous albums because with that you'll hear Fleshgod Apocalypse at their highest level so far.

3-We haven’t heard the voice of Poalo in Labyrinth as we heard his voice in Agony; many fans are wondering why!!

In Labyrinth we have found ourselves in the need of having the characters of the story interacting and the different voices in this album are thought as the different people acting into the concept and shaping the story as it has to. We approach the vocals as everything else in the composition, as an instrument, meant to be structured into the whole thing and interacting with the music and, more important, with the concept.

4- Are you satisfied with the reaction of your fans towards labyrinth so far?

We're not only satisfied, but really amazed by the reaction. We can see the fan base growing every day and we feel really proud when we get to receive the fans comments and feedback on our work.

5- Are you planning in making a new video?

Yes we are. Actually we will be working on that soon so hopefully you'll see something really cool in the next future.

6- Your music is a mix between the epicness of the symphony and the brutality of technical death! If you had to give a name to you kind, what would you name it?

We like to call our music symphonic extreme metal. I think it fits well.

7-Who inspires you to write such music? And is there any particular process in writing it?

Well the inspiration comes from a lot of things. Obviously the musical inspiration comes from our the years passed listening to music and enjoying making it, other than all the music that comes out nowadays that we like and respect artistically.
The writing process starts with Francesco Paoli and Francesco Ferrini sitting together to write the music, after we all discussed the concept and how we want it to develop. Then, once the structure of the songs is done (even roughtly), we work on the lyrics of the specific songs. On labyrinth the lyric part has been developed by Tommaso and Paolo mainly.

8-Who was behind the amazing idea of performing in grimy makeup and dusty costumes of the 17th century?

We've always wanted to go further on our path of building up a proper show and the basic idea of the band has driven us to this, since the visual part of the project has always been important to us. Francesco Paoli came up with the idea years ago now and we have worked to develop it as our attitude in regard to what we felt like the band would have sounded and looked like has grown in us.

9-Tell me more about your news and upcoming events!

Well we're currently working on several things and planning the live work for 2014 in order to promote our music in different areas than the ones we have been working on so far. We're now playing some festivals here in Europe, then on January and February we'll be on a big tour all around Europe along with Kataklysm and Krisiun. Afterwards you'll see us playing places that are new for us, so stay tuned if you live where we have never played before, cause you might have good news.

10-Do you have any message to your Moroccan fans and Metalitty readers in general?

You guys keep it up with the great work and keep on listening to good music. We would love to come visiting your country at one point. For now enjoy metal music and support your favorite bands! Cheers to all of you.