#scarlet doom

[kgustin87]

Painted up the Cursed Shacklehorde spearhead. That puts me at 66/100!

[wulfsbaiine]

Golden beast

Of anger repressing

And I'm captive like

A ghost in my own flesh

[xsailordoomx]

Messa - Pilgrim

'Pilgrim' is an important track for Messa," the band comments. "It was one of the first songs we composed for the album and we think it represents well the Middle Eastern/Mediterranean vibes we tried to convey with Close. The video was directed by Laura Sans, it was great to work with her again."

"The video was filmed across different locations in Southern France and Northern Italy," they continue. "The cave pictured in the second part of the video is the place where we recorded some parts of the album. We collaborated with an Algerian-descent choreographer and her crew to reproduce this ritual dance in the truest and most faithful way possible."

"We came in contact with this dance called Nakh because it's pictured on the cover photo we chose for our new album Close," they add. "Nakh is a ritual dance performed by women along the Algerian/Tunisian border. It features the swaying of the dancer's head and thrashing of the hair. When we discovered Nakh we immediately thought about the similarities that this dance has with headbanging. The video is centered on the similarities that these two distant worlds have in common. The connection that creates between them is unexpected but very spontaneous."

Close is out March 12th via Svart Records.

[theburningmemory]

[aqua-regia009]

Messa Doom metal: Stoner doom / Experimental From Italy

[dames0fdoom]

Another recent discovery that I cannot keep to myself: Italy’s Messa, who describe their sound as “scarlet doom”, strike a perfect balance between eerie drone and devastating heaviness on their maginificent debut LP Belfry. Purchase & stream the album on Bandcamp.

[theburningmemory]

MESSA - Live Session NEL POSTO

[theburningmemory]

"BLOOD" - Live in the Studio - Messa