Italian doom metal band Messa premiere their live album »Live At Roadburn« ahead of its official release!

Italian doom metal band Messa premiere their live album »Live At Roadburn« ahead of its official release on April 28th, 2023 via Svart Records.

Tracklist:
01. Suspended
02. Orphalese
03. 0=2
04. Pilgrim

Messa comments: “Our »Live At Roadburn« is out now! Now available via Messa’s Bandcamp, Svart Records store and all digital platforms. You can now listen to the album in all platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music! The vinyls have three different color variants, limited edition: Black, Gold and Purple. Available in stores from April 28th!

For those of you that bought the vinyl in pre-order: we’ve been having some delays with the record’s manufacturing, therefore we won’t be able to ship them over in this week. As soon as the vinyls arrive at our warehouse we’ll ship them over, as fast as we can! Thanks a lot for your patience.”

Courtesy of Freeman Promotions:

Italian doom trailblazers, Messa captured live at the Roadburn Festival 2022 with a special extended lineup, have been immortalized on LP, CD and digital via Svart Records with their new album, »Live At Roadburn«. Relive Messa’s main-stage Roadburn Festival triumph, featuring songs from album »Close«, and joined by a unique constellation of musicians and instruments that give their massive new album its distinctive sound.

This stunning new live album presents select cuts from the band’s critically acclaimed album »Close«, which the critics have called “the sound of a band fleshing out their place in doom metal’s past, present and future” (Metal Injection) and “If you’ve ever longed for an album that could reconcile Stevie Nicks at her witchiest with the sublime gloom of »How The Gods Kill«–era Danzig, this is the LP of your dreams” (Spin).

Messa’s packed out Roadburn set was one of the most talked about of the 2022 edition, and left the audience gob-smacked in their wake. Invisible Oranges said it best when they described Messa live as “Captivating from the start, the band meld doom and Mediterranean influences to create a sound that inspires devotion, not least through vocalist Sara’s powerful voice and commanding presence.”

Photo by Federico Floriani

Of their Roadburn set Messa said: “Our appearance at Roadburn 2022 saw us performing a specially dedicated and one of a kind set. We played songs from our new record »Close« with a unique line-up that included other fellow musicians within our project. We involved Giorgio Trombino (oud, duduk, saxophone), Alex Fernet (mandolin, acoustic guitar) and Blak Saagan (synthesizers) to recreate the sounds of »Close« in their true form.Our aim with Messa’s performance was to embrace a musical wandering that could allow all of us – on and off stage – to drift away into another place. We couldn’t wait to be on Roadburn’s stage again and we were very excited to be part of the 2022 edition.”

Seeming to both embrace and defy everything it means to be a metal band, Messa mesh Mediterranean sounds with crushing doom riffs, with an emphasis on atmosphere and unusual use of instrumentation. Messa are one of the leading lights in the heavy underground, and this performance at Roadburn saw the band shine forth with a brilliant and dominating presence. Get closer than »Close« and witness for yourself what the bottled magic of Messa’s live alchemy can bring.

»Live At Roadburn« LP/CD/Digital is out on April 28th on Svart Records.

Pre-order here:
messaproject.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-roadburn
svartrecords.com/en/artist/messa/10124

»Live At Roadburn« was recorded 21st April 2022 at Poppodium in Tilburg (NL) by Marcel Van De Vondervoort and his team. FOH by Alessandro Galli. Mixed and mastered by Maurizio “Icio” Baggio at La Distilleria in Bassano del Grappa (VI).

All songs were written and arranged by Messa.

Line-up:
Sara – Vocals
Marco – Bass
Alberto – Guitar
Rocco – Drums
Giorgio – Oud, Duduk, Saxophone
Alex – Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar
Samuele – Synthesizers

Frame design drawn by View From The Coffin

Messa Live (with extended line-up):
15/05 Libertas, Koper, SLO 🇸🇮
16/05 Kabinet Muz, Brno, CZ 🇨🇿
17/05 Nova Cvernovka, Bratislava, SK 🇸🇰
18/05 Soulstone Gathering Festival, Krakow, PL 🇵🇱
19/05 Stary Klasztor, Wroclaw, PL 🇵🇱
20/05 Desertfest, Berlin, DE 🇩🇪
08/06 The Periscope, Lyon, FR 🇫🇷
09/06 Le Ciel, Grenoble, FR 🇫🇷
10/06 L’Atelier du Neez, Jurançon, FR 🇫🇷
11/06 Temple Protestant, Toulon, FR 🇫🇷

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