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"Veleno" is the fifth full-length studio album from Italian heavy metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse. The album was released on 24th May 2019 through Nuclear Blast.
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There is no doubt in my mind that Fleshgod Apocalypse is Francesco Paoli and Paoli is Fleshgod Apocalypse. Throughout the band’s career and record catalog Paoli has handled almost every instrument, rhythm and lead guitars, vocals, and drums. For many, his return to vocals is a welcome surprise, and his efforts are relentless on Veleno. The guitar riffs are unlike any of their recent albums, throwing back to their early albums Oracles and Mafia EP. which favored the “death metal” angle. The guitar riff break in Carnivorous Lamb sounded like an entirely different ban, before kicking right back into what we know and love, and any band that can throw a curveball at listeners like that shoot straight to the top. The keyboard arrangements and Francesco Ferrini’s performance, with blistering runs, cheesily overdone strings and slower piano segments are all top-notch. The ballad, The Day We’ll Be Gone is a masterpiece and needs no further justification. The addition of sessions operatic vocalist Veronica Bordacchini, is probably the best decisions Fleshgod could have possibly made, and her falsetto and melodramatic range cuts through like a beam of warm sunlight in the chaos of the instrumentals. Paolo Rossi is back at the bass, and his bass tones are massive on Veleno as are his trademark clean vocals. As a personal quibble, his clean vocals do overstay their welcome a tad, especially when they have Veronica on board. Yet, those who are a fan of his vocal stylings will not be disappointed, as there are plenty of his vocal segments on this record.
Apart from the slight overuse of Rossi’s clean vocals, Veleno is nearly flawless. Veleno is a summation of Fleshgod Apocalypse as a band, and n terrifying force to be reckoned with. A monstrous meld of fury and majesty is a perfect description of this album and will serve as a benchmark for their future efforts, as well as the industry standard for any other band bold enough to attempt what Fleshgod Apocalypse have mastered. AOTY contender!
Reviewed by Saif Shaikh for metalwani.com.
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