Disarmonia Mundi
Disarmonia Mundi | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Avigliana, Italy |
| Genres | Melodic death metal |
| Years active | 1999−present |
| Labels | Scarlet, Coroner |
| Members | Ettore Rigotti Claudio Ravinale |
| Past members | Mirco Andreis Benny Bianco Chinto Simone Palermiti Federico Cagliero |
| Website | disarmoniamundi |
Disarmonia Mundi is an Italian melodic death metal band from Avigliana. The project is the brainchild of producer and multi-instrumentalist Ettore Rigotti and is mainly known for featuring Soilwork's vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid as guest vocalist on several albums. After releasing two albums under Scarlet Records, they published all further work under their own record label, Coroner Records.
History
[edit | edit source]Formation and first three albums
[edit | edit source]Disarmonia Mundi was founded by Ettore Rigotti in 1999. The band went through several line-up changes before recording their debut album, Nebularium. The album was completely self-produced by Ettore in his home studio. The response to the album allowed the band to sign a contract with Self for Italian distribution and with Cd-Maximum for distribution in Russia. Line-up problems prevented live performances to support Nebularium and slowed down the recording the forthcoming album.
The only people remaining from the former line-up, Ettore Rigotti and Mirco Andreis, were joined by newcomer Claudio Ravinale. The resulting promo helped Disarmonia Mundi attain a recording contract with Scarlet Records.
Ettore got in contact with Soilwork front man Björn "Speed" Strid. What started out as a guest appearance on a track for the forthcoming album, Fragments of D-Generation,[1] turned into Strid performing as guest vocalist on most songs on the album. Fragments of D-Generation was met with positive feedback.[2][3] While Strid returned to work on Soilwork's Stabbing the Drama, Ettore and Claudio began composing the music and lyrics for their third album.
While Ettore and Claudio worked on the new record, Mirco left the band to focus on to focus on other activities not related to the musical world. The remaining members tracked most of the new album in three weeks. The band remained a duo for the recording of Mind Tricks while having Strid as guest again on vocals,[4] splitting them equally with Claudio, with Ettore contributing clean vocals as well. During the recording, ex-member Mirco shot a video for the band's single "Celestial Furnace".
The Isolation Game
[edit | edit source]The new album, The Isolation Game, was released 9 December 2009. Strid performed guest vocals on a few songs while the majority of the harsh vocals were handled by Claudio. Guitarist Olof Mörck of Nightrage and Amaranthe performed a guest solo on one song.[5]
On 12 November 2008 the band announced on their MySpace: "We have finished the pre-production of our forthcoming fourth album entitled "The Isolation Game" scheduled for an early spring release. News about the label for this album will be revealed very soon." The label was later revealed to be Coroner Records; a new record label based out of Italy. The recordings took place at Ettore Rigotti's "The Metal House" studios in Italy. Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork, Terror 2000) recorded vocals for a few songs on The Isolation Game. Much like on Mind Tricks, The Isolation Game features more singing from Ettore and Claudio. Upon its release, The Isolation Game received highly positive reviews cementing the band's reputation with songs like "Perdition Haze," "Stepchild Of Laceration" and the title track becoming instant fan favorites.
Prior to the release of The Isolation Game, Disarmonia Mundi released a remastered edition of their debut album, Nebularium, in double disc packaging, with the second disc containing six songs that were b-sides to album recording sessions. The second disc was called The Restless Memoirs EP. The re-release package was published by Coroner Records on 26 June 2009.
Cold Inferno and The Dormant Stranger
[edit | edit source]Following the 16 March 2015 announcement, the band's next album, Cold Inferno, was released on 9 June 2015.[6] Like on The Isolation Game, the majority of vocals on Cold Inferno were handled by Claudio, with Ettore providing clean vocals, and Speed appearing as guest on a couple of tracks, while all the instrumental parts were recorded and produced by Ettore at The Metal House studio.
On 21 February 2025, it was announced that the band's new album, The Dormant Stranger, will be released the following month on 21 March 2025, their first album in a decade since Cold Inferno.[7]
“The Dormant Stranger” has been met with general positive reviews and enthusiasm from fans, showcasing the classic Swedish melodeath sound the band has proposed since "Fragments Of D-Generation" onwards.
Side Projects
[edit | edit source]On 10 November 2011, Ettore and Claudio announced on their Myspace page that they had formed a new band with NeroArgento and the American professional skateboarder Elliot Sloan, called The Stranded.[8] On 2 July 2012, The Stranded released the album Survivalism Boulevard on Coroner Records; this album has been met with a general positive feedback. After the first album the band has not given any more signs of life and there is no further news regarding a possible continuation of the activity.
Over the years singer Claudio Ravinale has formed several side projects. The industrial metal band The Silverblack with producer and multi-instrumentalist NeroArgento which released the following albums: "The Silverblack" (2014), "The Grand Turmoil" (2015), "Rain On A Wedding Day" (2018), "Prototype 6:17" (2019), "Judgment" (2022) and "Serenades Of Hate" (2024). The horror metal band Infernalizer which released two albums: "The Ugly Truth" (2021) and "After Dark" (2023) and the horror punk metal band 5 Star Grave which recorded three albums "Corpse Breed Syndrome" (2008), "Drugstore Hell" (2012) and "The Red Room" (2017) before suspending their activity indefinitely.
Band members
[edit | edit source]Current members
[edit | edit source]- Ettore Rigotti − guitars, drums, keyboards, clean vocals (1999–present) bass (2005–present)
- Claudio Ravinale − extreme vocals, lyrics (2004–present)
Session members
[edit | edit source]- Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals
Former members
[edit | edit source]- Mirco Andreis − bass guitar (1999–2005)
- Benny Bianco Chinto − vocals, lyrics (1999–2002)
- Simone Palermiti − guitar, songwriting (1999–2002)
- Federico Cagliero − guitar, songwriting (2001)
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Discography
[edit | edit source]Studio albums
[edit | edit source]- Nebularium (2001)
- Fragments of D-Generation (2004)
- Mind Tricks (2006)
- The Isolation Game (2009)
- Cold Inferno (2015)
- The Dormant Stranger (2025)
Miscellaneous
[edit | edit source]- Nebularium + The Restless Memoirs (EP, 2009)
- Perdition Haze (single, 2009)
- Princess Ghibli (split, 2011)
- Princess Ghibli 2 (split, 2012)
- Love (Feelingless) (feature, 2022)
- Oathbreaker (single, 2024)
- Adrift Among Insignificant Strangers (single, 2025)
Videography
[edit | edit source]- "Red Clouds" from Fragments of D-Generation
- "Celestial Furnace" from Mind Tricks
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External links
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