Italian epic doom metal outfit IV Sigillo share new music video for »Satrap Of The Cruel« from their debut album »Quarto Sigillo«

Italian epic doom metal outfit IV Sigillo (feat. current and former members of Thunderstorm, Epitaph and Menace) share a music video for the first single »Satrap Of The Cruel« taken from their debut album, »Quarto Sigillo«, due out on April 25th, 2025 via Metal On Metal Records.

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We are excited to present a little masterpiece of a music video by the Italian Dark Sound doom metal band IV Sigillo for »Satrap Of The Cruel«. The song is from their upcoming debut album »Quarto Sigillo«, which will be released on April 25th. By clicking on the link above, you will go to the clip included in the playlist featuring over a dozen high quality live videos of the band.

IV Sigillo features Omar Roncalli on bass, Attilio Coldani on drums (both formerly of Thunderstorm), Emiliano Cioffi (ex-Epitaph) on vocals, and Dario Vicariotto (Menace) on guitars. The video, based on the band’s idea, was shot at Villa Vittadini built in 1908 in Livraga, Lombardy. It was directed and edited by Giorgio Gibellini, who co-authored the screenplay together with the band, and filmed by Fabio Bruno. Special thanks go out to Giancarlo Morosini, the President of Vittadini Foundation in Livraga, for granting the access to this amazing location.

IV Sigillo (Quarto Sigillo) was born in northern Italy at the end of 2021 from the ashes of the epic doom metal band Thunderstorm, from which they inherited the rhythm section with Omar on bass and Attilio on drums. They were joined by Emiliano, the voice on the first two albums of the doom metal band Epitaph and previously with All Souls’ Day. The line-up was completed with Dario, the axeman of the heavy/speed metal band Menace.

The band got down to working on their debut album soon after. Almost all tracks started from a bass line and keyboards parts recorded at Omar’s house. Attilio boosted them with thundering drums, Emiliano charged them with his charismatic voice, and finally, Dario added his dramatic guitars. All songs have been refined and pre-recorded at Guanella’s studio lab during 2023. In February 2024, the band entered the Elfo’s studio, a perfect secluded place dipped in the fog. In May, the same year, they finalized the album mastering at the renowned Newsin Studio.

After playing their first two gigs in Italy, IV Sigillo were invited as opening act to the Mountain Throne’s »Silver Light« album release party in Göppingen, southern Germany.

The band contacted Metal On Metal Records in the spring of 2024, and received an enthusiastic response. Their eponymous debut album »Quarto Sigillo« will be released in early 2025. Expect dark sound impregnated with doom metal which continues the tradition rooted in the sacred Sabbath and the typical Italian occult and ossianic sound.

IV Sigillo is:
Emiliano Cioffi – Vocals
Dario Vicariotto – Guitars
Omar Roncalli – Bass
Attilio Coldani – Drums

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