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artist: Messa
title: Live at Roadburn
year: 2023
genre: Metal
type: Album
label: Svart Records
language: English
rel. date: 2023-04-07
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:37:42
size: 91.73 MB
rip date: 2025-04-12
source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/419726237
tracklist:
1. Suspended 8:01
2. Orphalese 7:19
3. 0=2 10:30
4. Pilgrim 11:52
release notes:
Messa emerged on the first day of 2014. The extreme diversity of their
musical background immediately proved to be essential in the
construction of the band's sound: Prog, Black Metal, Punk, Dark Ambient,
jazz, Blues and Doom... all those influences have been channelled into a
sonic cauldron that the band defines "Scarlet Doom".
Italian Doom trailblazers, Messa captured live at the Roadburn Festival
2022 with a special extended lineup, immortalised on LP, CD and digital
via Svart Records. 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."
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.