Italian instrumental space prog rockers L’Ira Del Baccano announce new album »The Praise Of Folly«; first single streaming now!

Rome, Italy based instrumental space prog rock quartet L’Ira Del Baccano has announced their new full-length album, »The Praise Of Folly«, which will be released on February 20th, 2026 via Subsound Records.

Listen to the first single »The Praise Of Folly (Part 1)« below!

Tracklist:
01. The Praise Of Folly (Part 1)
02. The Praise Of Folly (Part 2)
03. Stigma
04. Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead

Courtesy of Subsound Records:

Doomdelic instrumental space prog rockers L’Ira Del Baccano presents the first single from the upcoming album »The Praise Of Folly«. Out on Subsound Records February 20th, 2026.

The album release will be preceded by the single »The Praise Of Folly (Part 1)«. First 13 minutes of a long composition that will take up the entire side A of the album for a total of 21 minutes.

Says the band: “»The Praise Of Folly (Part 1)« is the first of a two chapters, 21 minutes long, composition inspired by Erasmus of Rotterdam essay Morie Encomium. It’s a one-way journey through what we imagined could be the various representations of folly – from its visionary aspect to anger, but also irony and lightness in facing life. The entire song has been recorded live in one, continuous passage for three times and then we decided wich one had the best vibe as a whole, no comping between takes to chase perfection for each section of the song. We wanted to keep the performance and general sound of the main intruments as “real” and LIVE as possible. Then we added some layers to emphasize some passages.”

Photo by Gianluca Giannasso

Guitarist Alessandro Santori says about the new album: “We are very excited to finally release these three songs that we have worked hard to arrange on over the past two years. Once again we invite the listener to join us on a journey beyond the constraints of song form and genre, and to dive into »The Praise Of Folly« like reading a book where you never know what will happen when you turn the page… sometimes exactly what you expect, but very often… absolutely not. From the production point of view we pushed even more on the live aspect and sounds of the single performance.

We decided to not edit and comping between different takes of each song but to choose wich one to use on the base of general feeling and then add some post arrangements to emphasize specific passages. We definitely did not want to create a perfect Frankenstein but to take the listener in the room with us during the performance, as in concert.”

Pre-orders available here:
liradelbaccanoofficial.bandcamp.com | subsoundrecords.bigcartel.com

The band will begin the live promotion of the album immediately after its release with an
initial series of concerts across Germany and Austria:

The Road To Folly 2026 Tour:
25/02 Salzburg – Rockhouse
26/02 Wien – Venster 99
27/02 Bayreuth – Glashaus
28/02 Berlin – Neue Zukunft – Blues Bumps Fest
01/03 Dresden – Chemiefabrik
03/03 Weimar – C. keller
04/03 Nuremberg – Kunstverein
05/03 Recklinghausen – Backyard Club
06/03 Würzburg – Immerhin
07/03 Erlangen – Transfer
27/03 Rome – Defrag
More TBA

Rome based L’Ira Del Baccano melt doom & stoner rock influences such as Black Sabbath, Kyuss, Monster Magnet; the psychedelia of Pink Floyd & Hawkwind; the heavy-prog vibes of early Rush; modern bands like Motorpsycho, Elder, Monolord and the Italian progressive heritage.

Since 2014, the collaboration with the Italian label Subsound Records has led to the release of four full-lengths and one split album: »Terra 42« (2014), »Paradox Hourglass« (2017), »Si Non Sedes iS…Live« (2018), »Cosmic Evoked Potentials« (2023) & »Tempus Deorum« (2025). In 2026, the fifth album, »The Praise Of Folly«, will be released.

L’Ira Del Baccano has toured intensely Europe and participated in festivals as Dome Of Rock, Psychedelic Network Festival, Pietrasonica Fest.

Thanks to the broad and heterogeneous kind of listeners, who goes from metalheads to progressive rock fanatics and stoner-doom fan the band played in different kinds of venues and shared the stage also with different types of bands (Church Of Misery, Ozric Tentacles, Ufomammut, Zu, Nebula, Orange Goblin, Samsara Blues Experiment and more).

Power, dynamics, psychedelic sounds layers and a love for improvisation are the defining features of the Italian combo’s live shows. The long tracks that have always characterized L’Ira Del Baccano are in constant evolution and motion during every concert.

Produced & mixed by Alessandro Santori.
Main instruments recorded live in one take.
Music by A. Santori & R. Malerba.
Arranged by Santori with Malerba, Giannasso & Montemara.
Mastering by Claudio Gruer at Pisi Mastering Studio.
Artwork by Michele Carnielli.

L’Ira Del Baccano is:
Alessandro Santori – Guitars, Loops, Synths
Roberto Maldera – Guitars, FX, Slide Guit, Synths
Gabriele Montemara – Bass
Gianluca Giannasso – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well