Italian doom/black metal act Ponte Del Diavolo premiere new single and music video »Covenant«; debut album »Fire Blades From The Tomb« out February 16th via Season Of Mist!
Italian doom/black metal act Ponte Del Diavolo premiere new single and music video »Covenant«. This is the second single taken from the band’s upcoming debut album, »Fire Blades From The Tomb«, set to release on February 16th, 2024 via Season Of Mist.
Tracklist:
01. Demone
02. Covenant
03. Red As The Sex Of She Who Lives In Death
04. La Razza
05. Nocturnal Veil
06. Zero
07. The Weeping Song
Courtesy of Season Of Mist:
It’s fitting that Ponte Del Diavolo are named after the “Bridge of the Devil”. The Italian band weld doom and black metal into a towering force that’s as cruel and unforgiving as the infamously steep road that medieval peasants had to cross on the way to their home country.
With the announcement of their very first album, Ponte Del Diavolo cast a delightfully gloomy shadow over the holiday season. Today, they’re letting the bad times roll into the new year by unveiling their second single. Watch the spellbinding video for »Covenant« HERE!
»Fire Blades From The Tomb« is out February 16, 2024.
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»Covenant« swears off the conventional wisdom that sometimes less is more. After all, what’s better than a dark and doomy bass line? How about two dark and doomy bass lines that swarm like a sky full of thunderclouds.
Photo by Cristina Ferrero
“»Covenant« is a hymn to nature, a pact with the elements, a reconciliation with death.” Ponte Del Diavolo says. “The video is a tribute to Turin, which we believe encapsulates all this in its magical and often decadent romanticism. It’s the song that has more ‘forays’ than the other tracks on the album. Theremin, synthesizers and clarinet (played by Lucynine, Andrea L’Abbate and Vittorio Sabelli respectively) can be heard between dark wave-inspired and typically doom parts. It is the first song born during the composition sessions and its refrain contains the lyrics that gave the album its title.”
Having two bassists is what gives Ponte Del Diavolo such an earthshaking foundation, though the hammering drum fills and sludgy riffs could send even the blackest of hearts to their grave. But »Covenant« adds some more gothic flourishes to their dance with death. Laid to rest by an ominous foghorn of thermin, the song ends with a spooky, spine-chilling whistle of synth.
“Surrender to the tomb”, Erba Del Diavolo beckons with unflappable cool. Resistance is futile. Come join Ponte Del Diavolo on the dark side of the Italian arts.
Ponte Del Diavolo bridges the gap between two separate worlds. After all, the band are named after the real “Bridge of the Devil”, a pointedly steep road that medieval peasants had to cross on their way to Italy.
Though formed out of a friendly jam session, Ponte Del Diavolo already made for quite the eclectic pairing when the five members officially banded together during the winter of 2020 in Turin, the finely cultivated Italian metropolis. Whereas most metal bands are spearheaded by dueling guitars, this one writhes on the slick-yet-scaly back of not one but two bassists.
Their debut album, »Fire Blades From The Tomb« forges classic, cultish doom metal with modern bents of post-punk and dark wave. Lead single and opening track »Demone« is whipped along by a boiled black bassline. Heck, you could mistake vocalist Erba del Diavolo for Siouxsie Soux, the way she cooly flips between frantic talk-singing and bleak, seductive croons.
Artwork by Aura Negativa.
Line-up:
Elena Camusso (as Erba Del Diavolo) – Vocals
Alessio Caruso (as Krhura) – Bass
Andrea l’Abbate (as Kratom) – Bass
Stefano Franchina (as Segale Cornuta) – Drums
Rocco Scuzzarella (as Nerium) – Guitars
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Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well