– April 14th, 2025 –
The Spin Full-Size Out Now On Metallic Blade Information
Watch MESSA’s “Hearth On The Roof” HERE
The Italian doom steel alchemists in MESSA are happy to unveil their new video for “Hearth On The Roof.” The monitor comes off the band’s excellent new album, The Spin, launched on April eleventh by means of Metallic Blade Information.
Photograph by MESSA
MESSA‘s majestic, critically-lauded fourth full-length opus, The Spin takes its listeners on a wide ranging journey throughout the wide-open skies of their artistic creativeness and over a compelling panorama of moods, twists, and types. Based mostly within the band’s eclectic, self-defined “scarlet doom” sound, The Spin rises, falls, broods, bites, comforts, and destroys, all of the whereas resounding with each instinctive magic and obsessive, concerted laborious work. After lighting up the underground with a triptych of more and more distinctive and wondrous data – 2016′s Belfry, 2018′s Feast For Water, and 2022′s Shut – with The Spin, MESSA is audibly geared up for the proverbial massive leagues.
Metallic Injection precisely crowns MESSA “purveyors of the catchiest doom.” Of The Spin, Decibel Journal champions “… a sweeping assertion that pulls equally from doom and goth rock, with hefty doses of basic heavy steel and jazz thrown in.” Deaf Eternally concurs lauding “their strongest album up to now,” that, “definitively establishes MESSA as probably the most thrilling and inventive bands of the fashionable period.” Provides Metallic Hammer Germany, “Anybody who appreciates the free-spirited mixture of an distinctive voice with loads of quiet moments and a few blaring riffs will discover MESSA to be the proper band.”
Feedback the band on their “Hearth On The Roof” single, “Some have skilled forbidden and not possible love. The curse, the worry, the flames that information you to hell. Magnetism between two people is tough to disregard – however what will get in the way in which with these interactions? This music’s a testomony to trusting your personal guts and vulnerability.”
Watch MESSA‘s video for “Hearth On The Roof” HERE.
Watch MESSA‘s beforehand launched video for “At Races” HERE and “The Costume” HERE.
“… a sweeping assertion that pulls equally from doom and goth rock, with hefty doses of basic heavy steel and jazz thrown in. And sure – actual, honest-to-God jazz… On the coronary heart of The Spin is a love of shimmering sounds of the ’80s and the tools that made it.” – Decibel Journal
“Anybody who appreciates the free-spirited mixture of an distinctive voice with loads of quiet moments and a few blaring riffs will discover MESSA to be the proper band.” – Metallic Hammer Germany
“…purveyors of the catchiest doom…” – Metallic Injection
“MESSA’s magnum opus. They’ve in some way adopted a lingua franca between their previous and possible future selves, making a sound that harmonizes with the elder parishioners whereas charting the chord adjustments forward of the hymnal.” – Final Rites
“…although all of their output makes for simple suggestions, it’s The Spin that lastly shoulders MESSA out of the area of interest, best-kept-secret parameters they’ve been snagged in and onwards in direction of the oh, so elite, ‘many are known as however few are chosen’ province of unequivocal, rock n’ roll preeminence. That is analogous to Soundgarden’s flight path from Badmotorfinger to Superunknown. The Spin refines MESSA’s sound, introduces new trajectories, (on this case ’80s-era goth rock), and by no means forfeits any of the band’s appeal or individuality within the course of.” – New Noise Journal
“… among the best steel albums of the 12 months – one which acknowledges the advantages of a fishnets-and-battle-vests alliance. Possibly it’s not the sort of album you’d think about blasting throughout a playthrough of Galaga or cruising to the mall, however the go-for-broke grandeur of all of it can stand as much as the perfect of the last decade’s greats.” – Treble
“The Spin at all times has one thing nice occurring, from its most livid moments to its most tranquil. MESSA has delivered an excellent album right here, and it’s all however assured to get a large number extra, uh…spins, from me.” – Every part Is Noise
“…clearly their strongest album up to now and definitively establishes MESSA as probably the most thrilling and inventive bands of the fashionable period.” – Deaf Eternally
“MESSA present persona and sophistication of their writing, a outstanding style for melodies and preparations, and as soon as once more a willingness to problem themselves and ship an attractive, balanced and spellbinding album.” – Truemetal
“With The Spin, MESSA invitations us on an intense sonic journey, the place contrasts mix and echo, the place mild and shadow collide in a hypnotic dance. Via this album, the band demonstrates as soon as once more that doom steel could be a fertile floor for experimentation and uncooked emotion and delivers probably the most anticipated albums of 2025.” – RocknHell
“From heavy, crushing riffs to delicate, ethereal passages that enable the songs area to breathe, it’s all right here.” – Metallic Speak
“…a memorable expertise…” – Mystification ‘Zine
“…a jaw-dropping launch, with music that mixes intense emotional influence with musical greatness. Though rooted in doom steel, MESSA challenges the boundaries of the style and ship a surprising album that can present lasting pleasure for followers of nice music.” – Markus Heavy Music Weblog
“For longtime followers, The Spin might be a revelation – an enlargement of MESSA’s already huge sonic universe. For newcomers, it’s a breathtaking introduction to a band that refuses to be confined by custom or expectation.” – Antihero Journal
“For those who’re searching for doom with a pinch of gothic and melancholy, you’ll discover an album right here that digs deeper into your unconscious with each repetition. No noise, no clichés – The Spin is darkish magic.” – Away From Life
“I hesitate to say who MESSA jogs my memory of as a result of their sound could be very a lot their very own, but when doom steel with hints of Black Sabbath, Autumn (Netherlands) and Cauchemar sounds intriguing, you’ll very a lot wish to take a look at The Spin.” – Metallic Crypt
“… among the most compelling expertise within the entirety of the underground…” – Head Banger Evaluations
“For those who like tasteful guitar solos and guitar-focused rock that focuses on the instrument’s soul reasonably than turning into a Berklee clinic, you also needs to hear because it’s an important step ahead for the band.” – Ghost Cult
“…among the best fashionable doom bands on the market.” – Rest room Ov Hell
“MESSA’s newest document is one other mood-focused masterclass in emotive heavy music. They continue to be probably the most fascinating, pleasing, and notable bands on the market, and so they simply proceed to get higher and higher.” – Wonderbox Metallic
“If you’re searching for a heavy and doomy launch that’s not afraid to push the envelope, you’ll not discover a higher one than this.” – Infernal Masquerade
The Spin was partly recorded, produced, combined, and mastered by Maurizio “Icio” Baggio and contains synth work by Andrea Mantione (Nuovo Testamento) on “Hearth On The Roof” and canopy artwork by Nico Vascellari (Uroboro, 2023. Nero Portoro marble, tire. 57 x 57 x 10 cm).
The document is accessible now on CD (jewel case within the US and digipak in EU) and digital codecs in addition to vinyl within the following colour variants:
White (US)
180g Black (EU)
Evening Blue Marbled (EU – Ltd. 1000)
Clear/Black Splatter (EU – Ltd. 500)
Pic-LP (EU Roadburn Unique – Ltd. 300)
Alternate Cowl – Crystal Clear (EU Band Unique – Ltd. 500)
Alternate Cowl – Silver/Black Splatter (EU – Ltd. 500)
Discover all orders at: orcd.co/the-dress
MESSA has confirmed reveals throughout Europe this Spring together with a particular efficiency at this 12 months’s version of Roadburn the place the band will play The Spin reside in its beautiful entirety.
MESSA Reside:
4/15/2025 Feierwerk – Munich, DE
4/16/2025 Gebäude 9 – Cologne, DE
4/18/2025 Roadburn Competition – Tilburg, NL * Performing The Spin reside
4/26/2025 Argo16 – Venice, IT
5/09/2025 DesertFest Oslo – Oslo, NO
6/22/2025 Hellfest – Clisson, FR
6/26/2025 Resurrection Competition – Vigo, ES
6/27/2025 Nazca Reside – Madrid, ES
6/28/2025 Sala Add – Barcelona, ES
6/29/2025 Molotov – Marseille, FR
7/11/2025 DC Rojc Open Air – Pula, HR
8/08/2025 Alcatraz – Kortrijk, BE
8/9/2025 Sonic Blast – Moledo, PT
11/8-9/2025 Damnation Competition – Manchester, UK
Extra on MESSA:
MESSA‘s signature sound absorbs influences from jazz and blues, punk and prog, and black steel and darkish ambient, however their stressed experimentalism has terribly easy and warranted outcomes. The Spin incorporates one other new component, interpolating an ’80s goth rock vibe in usually full-blooded trend. “We don’t wish to repeat ourselves and we continuously attempt to discover a new language to specific whereas holding our identification,” stresses the band. “This time we delved into the last decade of the Nineteen Eighties. We’re not a part of the ‘darkish scene’ in any approach. The affect for this document appears to be like again to the early goth rock/darkish wave reasonably than the later emanations of the style.” Along with Sisters Of Mercy and Virgin Prunes, the band cites data by Killing Joke, Mercyful Destiny, Jimmy Web page, Journey, The Sound, Boy Harsher, and Vangelis as impacting considerably upon the creation of The Spin.
One thing that appears to get each simpler and more durable on the identical time are Sara’s outstanding vocals. With larger expertise of stage and studio, her beguiling pipes proceed getting stronger and extra versatile; so the singing right here is extra assertive and assured, however the singer’s concerted push to new heights comes considerably on the expense of a wholesome psychological equilibrium. “For this document I gave up elements of my very own sanity,” reveals Sara. “I wore myself in so many various methods… You’ll be able to’t lie whenever you’re singing. My intention was to document my elements in essentially the most trustworthy approach attainable. Combine-wise, the vocals are extra on the highlight, in true ’80s trend. The lyrics contact on a number of subjects all through the document; destroying one’s ego, not possible cursed love, giving up on your self, others’ expectations, self-sabotage, resurrection. Whereas we have been touring the US I reread some books by Cormac McCarthy. It was essential to pave the way in which I wished to specific myself. I feel the lyrics this time are extra ‘straight in your face.’ I used metaphors like I at all times did, however I wished to get extra verbally bare and uncooked. I by no means spoke so clearly in our earlier data about insecurity, distress, uneasiness, anguish and misery.”
MESSA:
Sara – vocals
Marco – guitars/bass
Alberto – guitars
Rocco – drums
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