MESSA Italian Doom Metallers Unveil Video for "Reveal"
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Italian doom metal outfit MESSA are pleased to unveil their new video for "Reveal." The track comes off the band's critically-adored new full-length, The Spin, released in April via Metal Blade Records.
Based in the band's eclectic, self-defined "scarlet doom" sound, The Spin rises, falls, broods, bites, comforts, and destroys, all the while resounding with both instinctive magic and obsessive, concerted hard work. After lighting up the underground with a triptych of increasingly distinctive and wondrous records - 2016's Belfry, 2018's Feast For Water, and 2022's Close - with The Spin, MESSA is audibly equipped for the proverbial big leagues.
Decibel Magazine championed, "… a sweeping statement that draws equally from doom and goth rock, with hefty doses of classic heavy metal and jazz thrown in." Deaf Forever concurred, lauding the band's, "…strongest album to date," that, "definitively establishes MESSA as one of the most exciting and creative bands of the modern era." Gushed New Noise Magazine, "…though all of their output makes for easy recommendations, it's The Spin that finally shoulders MESSA out of the niche, best-kept-secret parameters they've been snagged in and onwards towards the oh, so elite, 'many are called but few are chosen' province of unequivocal, rock n' roll preeminence. This is analogous to Soundgarden's flight path from Badmotorfinger to Superunknown." Added Metal Hammer Germany, "Anyone who appreciates the free-spirited combination of an exceptional voice with plenty of quiet moments and some blaring riffs will find MESSA to be the perfect band."
Comments the band on their "Reveal" video, "The main riff in 'Reveal' manifested itself spontaneously. Our guitar player Alberto dreamed of it one night. He suddenly woke up at 4:00am and recorded it with his phone so he wouldn't forget it. It was the most immediate song to write out of all those we wrote for The Spin and it features two key elements: the typical, 'blues' use of slide guitar and the 'metal' element of the blastbeats.
This video was entirely shot with analog equipment in a tire warehouse in our hometown. We chose the lo-fi aesthetic on purpose, using the dynamism of strobe and neon lights. We tried to make it as spontaneous as the songwriting process for the track."
Watch MESSA's video for "Reveal" below!
The Spin was partly recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Maurizio "Icio" Baggio and includes synth work by Andrea Mantione (Nuovo Testamento) on "Fire On The Roof" and cover art by Nico Vascellari (Uroboro, 2023. Nero Portoro marble, tire. 57 x 57 x 10 cm).
The record is available now on CD, vinyl, and digital formats at: metalblade.com/messa
Next month, MESSA will serve as direct support to Paradise Lost on a month-long European trek. The Ascension Of Europe Tour 2025 begins on October 9th in Manchester, United Kingdom and runs through November 6th in Antwerp, Belgium. Additional support will be provided by Lacrimas Profundere and High Parasite on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.
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