{"title":"Messa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMessa is a Doom Metal band hailing from Cittadella (Padua), Veneto, Italy. The band was formed in early 2014 by Mark Sade and Sara, who began developing a concept and writing songs. Later on, Mistyr and Albert joined the group to complete the lineup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith their unique blend of doom metal, Messa has carved out their own distinct sound within the genre. Drawing inspiration from bands like Enthralled, SubRosa, Mizmor, and YOB among others, they have created a captivating musical experience that resonates with fans worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for their powerful performances and thought-provoking lyrics, Messa continues to push boundaries and explore new sonic territories. Their music is an immersive journey that transports listeners into a world of dark emotions and introspection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"close-11","title":"Close","description":"\u003cp\u003eSvart Records to release new album by rising stars of eclectic heavy rock, Messa on the 11th of March 2022. Messa’s rising trajectory hits the stratosphere on their immense new album “Close”. Soaring up out of the Italian Doom Rock underground in 2014, Messa have been rapidly garnering a frenzied throng of devotees, in thrall to their monumental and broad-ranging sound craft. Releasing two widely celebrated cult records, the latest of which “Feast For Water” in 2018 was a critical breakthrough success, with Rolling Stone calling the whole album “captivating, wringing maximum drama out of its savvy stylistic clash,” Messa have had everyone on tenterhooks, waiting for what was next. New album “Close” draws us further into Messa’s spellbinding textures and immersive dynamics. Described as “Stevie Nicks fronting Black Sabbath,” singer Sara’s colossal voice omnipotently carries the listener on an emotional rollercoaster ride where the sonic cauldron of Iommi guitars gives way to Arabian oudh and progressive solos in a masterful style-clash that well befits Messa’s incendiary reputation. The hushed Fender Rhodes piano intro on opener “Suspended,” picks up where Messa left off on their previous album “Feast For Water” but then collapses gloriously into Jazz guitar and widescreen impassioned crushing riffs, lighting our way for the odyssey ahead. The scene is set magnificently for the journey that “Close” expertly takes the listener on, with Messa’s obvious care and passion for the album as a pilgrimage of sonic experience. Heavyweight tracks like “If You Want Her To Be Taken” or “0=2” are modern Doom Rock classics that expertly upgrade and leave the genre reeling in their wake. “Pilgrim” and “Orphalese” are woven with tapestries of Mediterranean sounds where oudh and eastern chord phrasings expand Messa’s cinematic palette with a panache that is all their own. Atmospheric and grandiose belters like “Rubedo” and “Dark Horse” build into an almost limitless climax of discord and harmony where blast beats and saxophones descend into a thrilling cacophony that’s a masterclass in artful cutting edge Doom. Referencing bands like Dead Can Dance, Swans and Om, Messa have created an album where song, experience and atmosphere are focused into a crystalline modus where high art flawlessly embraces good old fashioned riff-worship. Transcending the occult and noir-tinted atmospheres of their past works, “Close” confidently weaves Messa’s multifarious influences into a singular breath-taking sound that leaves the listener enthralled. Perfection or something extremely close, Messa’s “Close” is not just a Metal record, but it’s definitely one of the best things to break out of the confines of Metal in a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Svart Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50400260849995,"sku":"2180761","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_b01f6148_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726511298"},{"product_id":"live-at-roadburn-8","title":"Live at Roadburn","description":"\u003cp\u003eSvart Records offers up Messa's extraordinary live show from Roadburn Festival 2022. Italian Doom trailblazers, Messa captured live at the Roadburn Festival 2022 with a special extended lineup, immortalised on LP, CD and digital via Svart Records. Relive Messa's main-stage Roadburn Festival triumph, featuring songs from album CLOSE, and joined by a unique constellation of musicians and instruments that give their massive new album its distinctive sound.  This stunning new live album presents select cuts from the band's critically acclaimed album CLOSE, which the critics have called \"the sound of a band fleshing out their place in doom metal's past, present and future\"(Metal Injection) and \"If you've ever longed for an album that could reconcile Stevie Nicks at her witchiest with the sublime gloom of How the Gods Kill-era Danzig, this is the LP of your dreams\" (Spin). Messa's packed out Roadburn set was one of the most talked about of the 2022 edition, and left the audience gob-smacked in their wake. Invisible Oranges said it best when they described Messa live as \"Captivating from the start, the band meld doom and Mediterranean influences to create a sound that inspires devotion, not least through vocalist Sara's powerful voice and commanding presence.\"  Of their Roadburn set Messa said:  \"Our appearance at Roadburn 2022 saw us performing a specially dedicated and one of a kind set. We played songs from our new record \"CLOSE\" with a unique line-up that included other fellow musicians within our project. We involved Giorgio Trombino (Oud, Duduk, Saxophone), Alex Fernet (Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar) and Blak Saagan (Synthesizers) to recreate the sounds of \"CLOSE\" in their true form.   Our aim with Messa's performance was to embrace a musical wandering that could allow all of us - on and off stage - to drift away into another place. We couldn't wait to be on Roadburn's stage again and we were very excited to be part of the 2022 edition.\"     Seeming to both embrace and defy everything it means to be a metal band, Messa mesh Mediterranean sounds with crushing doom riffs, with an emphasis on atmosphere and unusual use of instrumentation. Messa are one of the leading lights in the heavy underground, and this performance at Roadburn saw the band shine forth with a brilliant and dominating presence. Get closer than CLOSE and witness for yourself what the bottled magic of Messa's live alchemy can bring. 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Soaring up out of the Italian Doom Rock underground in 2014, Messa have been rapidly garnering a frenzied throng of devotees, in thrall to their monumental and broad-ranging sound craft. Releasing two widely celebrated cult records, the latest of which \"Feast For Water\" in 2018 was a critical breakthrough success, with Rolling Stone calling the whole album \"captivating, wringing maximum drama out of its savvy stylistic clash,\" Messa have had everyone on tenterhooks, waiting for what was next.   New album \"Close\" draws us further into Messa's spellbinding textures and immersive dynamics. Described as \"Stevie Nicks fronting Black Sabbath,\" singer Sara's colossal voice omnipotently carries the listener on an emotional rollercoaster ride where the sonic cauldron of Iommi guitars gives way to Arabian oudh and progressive solos in a masterful style-clash that well befits Messa's incendiary reputation.    The hushed Fender Rhodes piano intro on opener \"Suspended,\" picks up where Messa left off on their previous album \"Feast For Water\" but then collapses gloriously into Jazz guitar and widescreen impassioned crushing riffs, lighting our way for the odyssey ahead. The scene is set magnificently for the journey that \"Close\" expertly takes the listener on, with Messa's obvious care and passion for the album as a pilgrimage of sonic experience. Heavyweight tracks like \"If You Want Her To Be Taken\" or \"0=2\" are modern Doom Rock classics that expertly upgrade and leave the genre reeling in their wake. \"Pilgrim\" and \"Orphalese\" are woven with tapestries of Mediterranean sounds where oudh and eastern chord phrasings expand Messa's cinematic palette with a panache that is all their own. Atmospheric and grandiose belters like \"Rubedo\" and \"Dark Horse\" build into an almost limitless climax of discord and harmony where blast beats and saxophones descend into a thrilling cacophony that's a masterclass in artful cutting edge Doom.     Referencing bands like Dead Can Dance, Swans and Om, Messa have created an album where song, experience and atmosphere are focused into a crystalline modus where high art flawlessly embraces good old fashioned riff-worship. Transcending the occult and noir-tinted atmospheres of their past works, \"Close\" confidently weaves Messa's multifarious influences into a singular breath-taking sound that leaves the listener enthralled. 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Releasing two widely celebrated cult records, the latest of which \"Feast For Water\" in 2018 was a critical breakthrough success, with Rolling Stone calling the whole album \"captivating, wringing maximum drama out of its savvy stylistic clash,\" Messa have had everyone on tenterhooks, waiting for what was next.   New album \"Close\" draws us further into Messa's spellbinding textures and immersive dynamics. Described as \"Stevie Nicks fronting Black Sabbath,\" singer Sara's colossal voice omnipotently carries the listener on an emotional rollercoaster ride where the sonic cauldron of Iommi guitars gives way to Arabian oudh and progressive solos in a masterful style-clash that well befits Messa's incendiary reputation.    The hushed Fender Rhodes piano intro on opener \"Suspended,\" picks up where Messa left off on their previous album \"Feast For Water\" but then collapses gloriously into Jazz guitar and widescreen impassioned crushing riffs, lighting our way for the odyssey ahead. The scene is set magnificently for the journey that \"Close\" expertly takes the listener on, with Messa's obvious care and passion for the album as a pilgrimage of sonic experience. Heavyweight tracks like \"If You Want Her To Be Taken\" or \"0=2\" are modern Doom Rock classics that expertly upgrade and leave the genre reeling in their wake. \"Pilgrim\" and \"Orphalese\" are woven with tapestries of Mediterranean sounds where oudh and eastern chord phrasings expand Messa's cinematic palette with a panache that is all their own. Atmospheric and grandiose belters like \"Rubedo\" and \"Dark Horse\" build into an almost limitless climax of discord and harmony where blast beats and saxophones descend into a thrilling cacophony that's a masterclass in artful cutting edge Doom.     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From a basis in the band's eclectic, self-defined 'Scarlet Doom' sound, The Spin rises and falls, broods and bites, comforts and destroys, while resounding with both instinctive, compulsive magic and obsessive, concerted hard work. After lighting up the underground with a triptych of increasingly distinctive and wondrous records - 2016's Belfry, 2018's Feast For Water and 2022's Close - Messa are audibly equipped for the big leagues, and with the help of Metal Blade Records, The Spin should ensure they attain them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metal Blade","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51475706970443,"sku":"R8451-3097","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51475707003211,"sku":"R8451-6932","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Blue","offer_id":51475707035979,"sku":"R8451-5780","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0039841614701.jpg?v=1742390674"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_352dfeca_thumbnail_4096_dbd6fe40-d2ef-4707-b45a-209648429a5d.jpg?v=1726511278","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/messa.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}