Fleshgod Apocalypse announce new album ‘Veleno’

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have announced a new album!

Titled Veleno, Italian for venom, marks the band’s first record in three years, since the release of their critically acclaimed record King in 2016 and will be released in May this year. The ‘metal part’ of Veleno was recorded in Rome, Italy at Bloom Recording Studio and Kick Studio with long-standing collaborator Marco Mastrobuono, while the ‘orchestral part’ – the ensembles – were tracked at Musica Teclas Studio in Perugia. FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE then took the effort over to Grammy-nominated Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, EPICA) at Hansen Studios in Denmark for mixing and mastering. The entire production of Veleno took about three months. Artwork for the album was created by Travis Smith (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, OPETH, KATATONIA).

Speaking about the album, vocalist/guitarist/drummer (studio) Francesco Paoli says, “today is the day. A first taste of our new album, Veleno, is finally available for you all. No words can describe how excited we are and how long we waited for this moment. What you see is the harvest of three years of sweat, revolutions, intense emotions and extreme challenges. We proved ourselves to be stronger than ever, despising compromises, setting the bar higher no matter what. The album is massive to say the least. Every song is a unique piece, literally alive and breathing. Can’t wait for you guys to hear the rest…”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for first single Sugar. Speaking about working with director Giovanni Bucci, Paoli says, “I met Giovanni Bucci a couple of years ago, while collaborating on his own band ODDKO. We soon became good friends, so we started talking about having him as director for FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE’s new videos. He is a true visionary, with amazing directing and production skills. He’s been making music videos for bands like KORN, and he also has a shining career in the movie industry. We all agreed that he would’ve been the key to a huge step forward for us, visually and artistically, especially on a video like this, which was also extremely complex to produce and shoot. The result is on your screen now, and it’s better than any description. Just hit the play button and enjoy.”

Watch the official music video for Sugar here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List: 

01. Fury
02. Carnivorous Lamb
03. Sugar
04. The Praying Mantis’ Strategy
05. Monnalisa
06. Worship and Forget
07. Absinthe
08. Pissing On The Score
09. The Day We’ll Be Gone
10. Embrace The Oblivion
11. Veleno
Bonus Tracks (DIGI, DIGITAL & DIGITAL DELUXE)
12. Reise, Reise (RAMMSTEIN Cover)
13. The Forsaking (Nocturnal Version)

Veleno is set for release on May 24th via Nuclear Blast Records.

For more information on FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE like their official page on Facebook.