Bella Morte is a gothic rock band that was formed in 1996 in

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. The band's name means "beautiful death" in Italian. According to Andy Deane, the name was chosen to "suggest that beauty can be found in tragedy", which is a theme occurring in every Bella Morte album. As of 2015, they are signed to Metropolis Records. Bella Morte previously released albums through their own label, Some Wear Leather, and through

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. In early fall 2006, Metropolis Records announced that Bella Morte had reached number one on the company's pre-order sales list with their new album, ''Bleed the Grey Sky Black'', which was released on October 10, 2006. The bass guitarist and co-founder Gopal Metro decided to leave the band, playing his last show on March 10, 2007, in Charlottesville. At the same show, the vocalist Andy Deane announced that Tony Pugh would replace Metro. At the beginning of summer 2008 it was announced that Jordan Marchini would not be touring with the band any longer. He returned in 2011.

Current Band Members

*Andy Deane – vocals *Tony Lechmanski – guitars *Marshall Camden – bass

Former Band Members

*Gopal Metro – bass *Tony Pugh – bass *Jordan Marchini – drums *Branden Shores – drums *Scotty Derrico – drums *Clay Caricofe – drums *Chris "Frizzle" – guitars *Bn Whitlow – guitars *Micah Consylman – keyboards (mainly the keytar during live performance) *James Warnock – keyboards, lighting

Discography

Full releases

* ''Remorse (cassette only, demo)'' (1996) * ''Remains'' (1997) * ''Where Shadows Lie'' (2000) * ''The Death Rock EP (Vinyl – limited to 300)'' (2001) * ''The Quiet'' (2002) * ''The Death Rock EP (CD w/ bonus tracks)'' (2002) * ''Remains (Remastered Version)'' (2002) * ''As the Reasons Die'' (2004) * ''Songs for the Dead'' (2004) * ''Bleed The Grey Sky Black'' (2006) * ''Beautiful Death'' (October 7, 2008) * ''Before the Flood'' (June 14, 2011) * ''Rare and Unreleased, volume 1'' (February 14, 2012) * ''The Best of Bella Morte 1996–2012'' (June 25, 2013) * ''Exorcisms'' (2014) * ''Year of the Ghost'' (August 14, 2017)

Side projects

Andy Deane released a solo album as "The Rain Within", a reference to the Bella Morte song "The Rain Within Her Hands", in 2010 titled ''Pain Management''.

Compilations

* ''The Pink and The Black'' (1998) (Delinquent Records) – "One Winter's Night" * ''The Unquiet Grave Vol 1'' (1998) (

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) – "Fall No More" * ''The Darkest Millennium'' (2000) (Cleopatra Records) – "The Rain Within Her Hands" * '' A Gothic-Industrial Tribute to Smashing Pumpkins'' (2001) (Cleopatra Records) – "Soma" * ''New Dark Noise'' (2002) (Cleopatra Records) – "Relics" * Electronic Saviors Volume 2: Recurrence (2012) ( Metropolis Records) – "Lost" * Electronic Saviors Volume 3: Remission (2014) ( Metropolis Records) – "The One Beside Me"

Music videos

*"In The Dirt" directed by

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" directed by Eric Thomas Craven. Released on February 14, 2007 *"Another Way" directed by Wendy Shuey (2004) *"Exorcisms" directed by Marshall Camden (2014) *"Water Through Sand" directed by Brian Wimer (2015)

References

External links

*
Bella Morte band
at Metropolis Records official website * * * * {{Authority control American dark wave musical groups American gothic rock groups American industrial music groups American death rock groups Punk rock groups from Virginia American synth-pop groups Musical groups established in 1996 Metropolis Records artists 1996 establishments in Virginia