Volturian is a heavy metal band from Italy.
History
Volturian started as a project of Federico Mondelli from
Frozen Crown. He said that he enjoys writing songs much more than to actually play an instrument, and that several songs he wrote would justify a whole new band with a different style.
He worked in this project with Federica Lanna, singer of
Sleeping romance.
They had met during the Milady Metal Fest in
Mantova
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.
Mondelli wrote the songs specifically for Lanna's singing style, tastes and personality.
The first album, "Crimson", was released in 2021. Mondelli and Lana attempted to combine their influences of 1990's pop and heavy metal, along with lyrics and imagery reminiscent of films such as ''
Underworld
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...
'', ''
Van Helsing'', and ''
Blade''.
It includes a guest appearance of Frozen Crown's singer Giada Etro for the song "In a heartbeat", which contrasts their singing styles. They lived together for some days during the recording and became friends.
The album ends with a cover of
Roxette
Roxette was a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals and keyboards) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough second a ...
's song "
Fading Like a Flower
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" is a song by Swedish pop rock duo Roxette from their third studio album, '' Joyride'' (1991). Written by Per Gessle and produced by Clarence Öfwerman, the song was released as the second single from ...
". This song was recorded as an homage to
Marie Fredriksson
Gun-Marie Fredriksson (; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock pop duo, duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. ...
, who died in 2019.
The band made videos for both songs and for the singles "Broken", "Haunting Symphony", "The Killing Joke" and "New life".
The
COVID-19 lockdowns in Italy forced the members of the band to stay at their homes, so for the video of the single "Broken" each one filmed scenes on their own and they were mixed together later. Lanna mentioned that the scenes filmed in a room with black walls take place in her attic.
The video of the single "Haunting Symphony" was filmed right after the end of the lockdowns, and features lots of outdoor scenes. Crimson was also released as a vinyl album, and the band celebrated it with an acoustic version of the song "Days before you died".
The second album, "Red Dragon", was released in 2022. The name is a reference to the novel "
Red Dragon", and the lyrics are influenced by it and by graphic novels of
Alan Moore and
Frank Miller.
In September 2022 they made a concert at the Legend Club, in Milano, with
Infected Rain. In March 2023 they were the opening band in the concert where Frozen Crown presented their album "Call of the North". Federica was invited on stage by Giada Etro, with both singers singing in duet "Angels in disguise". She was also invited for the concert's final song,
Helloween's cover "
I Want Out", which included as well Grace Darkling and Rehn Stillnight from the other opening band, Nocturna.
Members
* Federica Lanna - vocals (2019 - present)
* Federico Mondelli - Guitars, keyboards, vocals (2019 - present)
* Massimiliano Rossi - Bass (2019 - present)
* Andrea Zannin - Drums (2021 - present)
* Alberto Mezzanotte - Drums (2019 - 2020)
Discography
* ''Crimson'' (2020)
* ''Red Dragon'' (2022)
References
External links
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Official site
2019 establishments in Italy
Female-fronted musical groups
Italian symphonic metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2019
Scarlet Records artists