Stormlord - Hesperia (CD)

With a career spanning over 20 years, four full-length albums released so far and hundreds of live gigs performed worldwide, Stormlord is one of Italy’s most celebrated extreme metal bands .The style of the band, classified as Extreme Epic Metal, blends influences from black metal, death metal, mediterranean folk music and symphonic music, creating an unique and recognizable sound supported by legions of loyal fans since 1991.

The new album, entitled “Hesperia”, is the first concept album of their career and it’s inspired by “Aeneid”, the Latin epic poem written by ancient Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) between 29 and 19 BCb.The album features various languages, including english, italian and ancient latin; the lyrics of the opening song, “Aeneas”, are taken from the proem of the "Aeneid" and are sung in latin following the original metrical accent (dactylic hexameter), an experiment never tried before in metal music.

The production was handled by Giuseppe Orlando (Novembre, Necrodeath, The Foreshadowing, Klimt 1918, Crest of Darkness, Hour of Penance, Deinonychus etc.) at The Outer Sound Studios (Rome, Italy), while for the mastering the band has chosen Mika Jussila (Stratovarius, Nightwish, Wintersun etc.) of Finnvox Studios (Helsinki, Finland). The cover and the booklet artworks were created by Hungarian illustrator Gyula Havancsák (Destruction, Stratovarius, Grave Digger, Tyr etc.).

Tracklist:
01. Aeneas
02. Motherland
03. Bearer of fate
04. Hesperia
05. Onward to Roma
06. Sic Volvere Parcas
07. My lost empire
08. Those upon the pyre

Rock Hard Italy (8 / 10) points
Queensofsteel.com (9 / 10)
Rock Hard DEU  (8,5 / 10)
Music-Scan (8,5 / 10)
Empyre Mag (8 / 10)
Necroweb.de (8,5 / 10)
Hellpress.com (7,5 / 10)