Furor Gallico have released a video for the song ‘Waterstrings’, the second single taken from the band’s new album ‘Dusk Of The Ages’, out yesterday.
The album has been produced by Ralph Salati (Destrage), mixed by Tommy Vetterli (Eluveitie, Coroner, Kreator) and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Amon Amarth, Dimmu Borgir). The outstanding cover artwork has been made by Kris Verwimp (Arch Enemy, Marduk, Vital Remains).
Furor Gallico is an Italian folk death metal band formed in 2007 with the aim of blending metal riffs and vocals with traditional Celtic, Irish and Breton tunes. After more than 300 live shows in Italy and abroad – some of which in support of many leading metal acts – they established themselves as one of the most renowned folk metal bands in the country, along with Folkstone and Elvenking, consolidating their ever-growing fan base and receiving large consent in many countries (France, Germany and Switzerland notably).
Tracklist:
1. Passage To A New Life
2. The Phoenix
3. Waterstrings
4. Nebbia Della Mia Terra
5. Canto D’Inverno
6. Starpath
7. Aquane
8. The Sound Of Infinity
9. Dusk Of The Ages
10. The Gates Of Annwn
Check also the lyric video for the song 'The Phoenix':
ONLINE
LINEUP
Davide: Growl, Scream and Clean Vocals
Gabriel: Guitar and Backing Vocals
Marco: Bass
Mirko: Drum
Becky: Celtic Harp
BIOGRAPHY
The band was formed in 2007, when Becky Rossi, Melissa Milani and Stefano Centineo crossed their paths. Their will to play music and common passions flow into the foundation of today’s Furor Gallico.
In 2009, after playing small clubs of the area of Milan, the”Gauls” decided to record their first demo, “390 b.C. – The Glorious Dawn” with the following line-up: Davide Cicalese (vocals), Stefano Centineo & Luca Rossi (guitars), Maurizio Cardullo (bass guitar, tin & low whistles and bouzouki), Laura Brancorsini (violin), Becky, (Celtic harp) and Marco Boyer (drums).
Another year passed, full of live shows outside the area of Milan and Lombardy too. Mac (bass guitar) and Simone (drums) joined the band, which then started to record the first self-titled full length, featuring 13 tracks, of which some are acoustic.
The songs showed a clear extreme attitude, adding a Celtic atmosphere to a death/black metal sound, thanks to extreme guitar riffs by Luca and Stefano and to Davide’s eclectic vocals.
The band started to play some important festivals, in Italy and abroad, such as the Swiss Fiesta Pagana, where they shared the stage with some major acts like Stratovarius, Exploited, Crucified Barbara, Carburators and many more.
In the summer 2010 the first album, self-produced and self-distributed, was finally out, and sold 500 copies in 2 months only, starting off an intensive tour again in Italy and abroad.
In the same year, after being asked by Eluvetie to open their show at the Fri-Son in Fribourgh (Switzerland), the band met Oliver Macchi, manager of the Swiss act, with whom they started a professional collaboration, ended in the agreement with the German Massacre Records.
In 2011 the debut album was reissued and distributed all over the world, getting extremely positive reviews and being sold in thousands of copies not only in Europe, but also in the US, in Japan, in Australia, just to mention a few countries.
Again, the band started another intensive tour, playing numerous Italian folk metal festivals, sharing the stage with Moonsorrow and Arkona at the Fosch Fest, and headlining the Montelago Celtic Fest in front of 6,000 people.
For other 3 years the band kept on playing live shows, while concentrating on the second full length, after a change in the line-up , having now Fabio Gatto at the bass guitar and Paolo Cattaneo as multi-instrumentalist. The recording sessions took place at the Metropolis Studio in Milan and the Wardencliff Studio in the near town of Bovisio Masciago. The album was mixed at the Alpha Omega Studio in Blevio (near Como) by Alex Azzali (Ancients), featuring Federico Paulovich (Destrage – drums), Luca Verioli (Diabula Rasa – bagpipe on “Nemain’s Breath and “La Notte dei Cento Fuochi”), Simon Papa (MaterDea – female vocals on “To the End”) and Furor Gallico’s friend Sergio Colleoni (member of the Fosch Fest staff) who helped directing the choirs on “La Notte dei Cento Fuochi” and “Song of the Earth”.
After the recording session the band changed again, featuring now: Davide Cicalese, Luca Rossi, Becky Rossi, Fabio Gatto, Paolo Cattaneo, Mattia Pavanello (guitar), Riccardo Brumat (violin) and Mirko Fustinoni (drums). In 2013 they signed an agreement with Bagana Rock Agency, with whom they organized the “Tour di Mezzo”, playing all over Italy with the sound engineer Michele Boccalone (Lacuna Coil, Marta sui Tubi).
Once finished the album finished, Fabio left the band, replaced by Marco Ballabio, who has now the opportunity to take part to the tour to support “Songs from the Earth”, the kick-off gig being at the Cernunnos Festival in Paris, the first time in France for them.
DISCOGRAPHY
Furor Gallico - 2010
Songs from the Earth - 2015
Dusk of the Ages - 2019