Talking about Disarmonia Mundi is like talking about an ever morphing foetus
that despite being not born yet keeps changing
throughout the time without achieving a complete form of any sort,
eventually leaving the observer quite confused about the
identity and the purpose of its strange and ever changing nature...
Let's start from the easiest part: there have been style changes, there have
been line-up changes, but the only thing that
remained (and probably always will be) unchanged since the beginning of this
band is the presence of Ettore Rigotti as a
player, composer, sound-engineer and producer.
We could easily say that Disarmonia Mundi is simply his own vision of
extreme-melodic music and end the biography right
here, but it would maybe be a little disappointing for you all, so weíll
have to spend some more words about the past of
this band and find a better way to introduce you to its bizarre world.
It all started around the year 2000 when Ettore with a bunch of
friends/musicians composed and recorded into his own home-studio
the first self-produced opus entitled "Nebularium": a brilliant piece of
progressive and atmospheric extreme music. Despite
lacking a massive distribution and live activity (due to line-up problems)
the record received an amazing feedback from both
media and metal fans and allowed the band to sign a contract for the
worldwide distribution of the next two albums.
While working on the new album the band almost lost all of its components
(except Mirco, the bass player and of course Ettore)
and joined forces with Claudio to complete the lyrics and vocal structures
of the new songs and successfully got in contact with
Speed from Soilwork to have him as a guest on the new record as well.
The year 2004 finally saw the release of the long anticipated second studio
album entitled "Fragments of D-Generation": no more
progressive atmospheres, but a faster and more energetic musical vibe with a
huge injection of melody and a more twisted and
aggressive vocal/lyrical approach. Being a worldwide success the record
helped the band to enlarge their fan base a lot despite
the lack of live activity and granted them their own place in the crowded
melodic extreme metal scene.
The year after Mirco eventually left the band to dedicate all his efforts to
his movie director career, but new songs were already
coming out Ettoreís hat and the third record ("Mind Tricks" - 2006) showed
that the renewed creative identity built by Ettore and
Claudio was stronger than ever and far from being exhausted: a darker and
heavier sound featuring multiple vocal layers by both
Claudio and Ettore (with Speed collaborating again as a guest on some parts
of the new songs) made this record their best release
so far.
And finally year 2009: Ettore and Claudio are once again working together to
properly complete the songs that will be featured on
the fourth Disarmonia Mundi record entitled "The Isolation Game",
tentatively scheduled for an autumn/winter release.
Before the unleashing of the new full-length album a re-issue of the first
album "Nebularium" sees the light via Coroner Records
featuring a brand new artwork and an additional cd of previously unreleased
tracks entitled "The Restless Memoirs".
Winter 2009: finally "The Isolation Game" is unleashed worldwide through
Coroner Records and via King Records for the Japanese market.
The album sounds like the heaviest thing the band has recorded up to date: a
perfect combination of brutal aggression, classical
guitar melodies, extreme vocals and catchy choruses. Some of the songs also
feature guest appearances by Speed Strid (Soilwork) on
vocals and Olof Mörck (Nightrage) on solos.
| TIMELINE |
| 2001 - Nebularium |
| 2004 - Fragments of D-Generation |
| 2006 - Mind Tricks |
| 2009 - Nebularium (remastered) + The Restless Memoirs
EP |
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NEBULARIUM |
| 01. Into D.M. |
| 02. Blue Lake |
| 03. Mechanichell |
| 04. Guilty Claims |
| 05. Burning Cells |
| 06. Demiurgo |
| 07. Nebularium |
| 08. Awakening |
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|
FRAGMENTS OF D-GENERATION |
| 01. Common State of Inner Violence |
| 02. Morgue of Centuries |
| 03. Red Clouds |
| 04. Quicksand Symmetry |
| 05. Swallow the Flames |
| 06. Oceangrave |
| 07. A Mirror Behind |
| 08. Come Forth my Dreadful One |
| 09. Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams |
| 10. Colors of a New Era |
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MIND TRICKS |
| 01. Resurrection Code |
| 02. Mindtricks |
| 03. Celestial Furnace |
| 04. Nihilistic Overdrive |
| 05. Parting Ways |
| 06. Venom Leech And The Hands Of Rain |
| 07. Liquid Wings |
| 08. Process Of Annihilation |
| 09. Last Breed |
| 10. A Taste Of Collapse |
| 11. Mouth For War |
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|
NEBULARIUM (remastered digipack
edition) |
| 01. Into D.M. |
| 02. Blue Lake |
| 03. Mechanichell |
| 04. Guilty Claims |
| 05. Burning Cells |
| 06. Demiurgo |
| 07. Nebularium |
| 08. Awakening |
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| THE RESTLESS MEMOIRS EP |
| 01. Across The Burning Surface |
| 02. Flare |
| 03. Kneeling On Broken Glass |
| 04. Spiral Dancer |
| 05. Chester |
| 06. Ghost Song |
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