Survival of a tragic accident big or small feeds the spirit and opens the eyes of those who suffer such life-threatening incident. In this case, Francesco Paoli of the Italian symphonic death metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse turned a nightmare into a glorious and eloquent composition titled “Opera”. Francesco Paoli did no shy away when asked by many about his accident, he came back stronger, and immediately got back on his creative feet and worked hard with devotion and passion on this magnum opus of an album. The titled album “Opera” is out now via Nuclear Blast Records, and it is as beautiful as life itself. 

Fleshgod Apocalypse are no strangers to captivating orchestrations, guitar solos and ferocious riffs and drum work, all which are perpetually caressed by amazing opera vocals giving their compositions life. This album has tracks like “I Could Never Die”, which aggressively depict the tragedy vocalist Francesco Paoli underwent. The song is intense from the get-go, with vicious guitar riffs and a majestic vocal sung by Veronica Borcheli.

The song is followed by “Pendulum”, a much slower track, yet heavy. There is plenty of classical tones in this track, binding all the intricate sections, building up to Veronica’s opera explosive vocals on the last-minute leading to a tasteful guitar solo and piano note. Francesco, is a maestro of orchestrations and continues to deliver magnificent theatrical sounds amplifying Fleshgod Apocalypse propelling them towards great success. 

The intensity continues, the titled track “Morphine Waltz”, will bring you back to life. From the amazing guitar riffs, solos, you can also hear Veronica push her limits and sing with power and makes this track an epic sound. The introduction to this song is astonishing, a phenomenal piano sequence kicks off the song, who said classical piano cannot mesh well with death metal? Despite the catastrophe, this album is a celebration of life in its purest essence, it’s a comedy, tragic yet beautiful. There is a lot of emotion in each track, overwhelming and captivating, in the track “Per Aspera Ad Astra”, there are many strings making it a striking song the build-up will keep you on your toes. With more leads on vocals by Veronica, and the combination of death metal and classical Fleshgod Apocalypse have relentlessly and expressively conjured a romantic album one to surpass the end of time. The band will embark in a North American tour with, , and will bring their magnificent “Opera” to a town near you.