History
Early years and Nebularium
Disarmonia Mundi was founded by Ettore Rigotti in 2000. The band would initially go through several line-up changes but would successfully record their debut album, Nebularium. The album was completely self-produced by Ettore in his home studio. The response to the album allowed the band to sign a contract with Self for Italian distribution and with Cd-Maximum for distribution in Russia. Line-up problems would prevent live performances to support Nebularium and in turn would slow down the process of recording the forthcoming album.
New members, label and Fragments of D-Generation
The only people remaining from the former line-up, Ettore Rigotti and Mirco Andreis, would be joined by newcomer Claudio Ravinale. The resulting promo would help Disarmonia Mundi attain a recording contract with Scarlet Records.
Ettore got in contact with Soilwork front man Björn "Speed" Strid. What started out as a "guest appearance" on a track for the forthcoming album, Fragments of D-Generation would turn into Strid performing as guest vocalist for most of the songs featured on the album. The release of Fragments of D-Generation would generate several positive feedback. While Strid would go back to working on Soilwork's Stabbing the Drama, Ettore and Claudio would begin composing the music and lyrics for their third album.
Mind Tricks
While Ettore and Claudio worked on the new record, Mirco decided to leave the band to concentrate on other interests. The remaining members tracked most of the new album in three weeks. The band remained a duo for the recording of Mind Tricks while having Strid guesting again on vocals, splitting them equally between Claudio with Ettore contributing clean vocals as well. During the recording, ex-member Mirco shot a video for the band's single "Celestial Furnace".
The Isolation Game
The new album entitled, The Isolation Game, was released December 9, 2009. Strid recorded guest vocals on a few songs while the majority of the scream and growl vocals being handled by Claudio, guitarist Olof Mörck of Nightrage performed a guest solo on one song.
On 12 November 2008 the band released new information on their MySpace: "We have finished the pre-production of our forthcoming fourth album entitled "The Isolation Game" scheduled for an early spring release. News about the label for this album will be revealed very soon." The label would later be revealed as Coroner Records; a new record label based out of Italy. The recordings took place at Ettore Rigotti's "The Metal House" studios in Italy. Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork, Terror 2000) recorded vocals for "a few songs" on The Isolation Game. Much like MindTricks, The Isolation Game features more singing from Ettore and Claudio. Upon its release, The Isolation Game received positive, if lukewarm reviews, with one critic commenting "however great an example of Swedish-style melodic death metal this is, it doesn’t do anything that we haven’t heard before".
Prior to the release of The Isolation Game, Disarmonia Mundi released a remastered edition of their debut album, Nebularium, in double disc packaging, with the second disc containing six songs that were b-sides to album recording sessions. The second disc is called The Restless Memoirs EP. The re-release package was put out by Coroner Records on 26 June 2009.
The forming of The Stranded
On 10 November 2011, Ettore and Claudio announced on the Myspace page of Disarmonia Mundi that they had formed a new band with NeroArgento and the American professional skateboarder Elliot Sloan, called The Stranded.On 2 July 2012 the band released the album Survivalism Boulevard on Coroner Records, the album has been met with a general positive feedback.
The band began writing for their fifth album in September 2012.On February 5th 2015, the band announced on their official Facebook page that they are currently mastering the album which is still untitled.
Cold Inferno
Following the March 16, 2015 announcement, the band's next album, Cold Inferno, got released on June 9, 2015. As for The Isolation Game, Cold Inferno featured the majority of vocals handled by Claudio with Ettore providing clean vocals and Speed guesting on a couple of tracks, while all the instrumental parts have been tracked and produced by Ettore at The Metal House studio as usual.
According to an interview with Ettore Rigotti, the next album will be released within less than two years. An Instagram post, dated 11th of January 2020, implied the release date would be sometime within the year, but did not specify.
5 Star Grave and The Silverblack Edit
Besides providing vocals for Disarmonia Mundi, Claudio has been active since 2005 with the horror metal band 5 Star Grave releasing three albums so far: Corpse Breed Syndrome (self-produced, 2008), Drugstore Hell (Massacre Records, 2012), Drugstore Hell (Sliptrick Records, 2017).
In late 2013 Claudio and longtime friend, producer and multi-instrumentalist NeroArgento started working on a new industrial metal project called The Silverblack releasing the self-titled debut album in 2014 via AExeron Media / FiXT divided into five monthly episodes of two songs each. The second album entitled The Grand Turmoil has been released by Sliptrick Records in autumn 2015 while in 2018 the band completed the production of their third full-length album entitled Rain On A Wedding Day that has been released via DarkTunes Music Group the 30th of November 2018. The Silverblack released their fourth album Prototype 6:17 November 21st 2019.
Infernalizer
October 31st 2020 sees the unveiling of another project by Claudio called Infernalizer (a nickname he's also been using referring to himself in the last The Silverblack records): the new band is more horror-metal oriented and deeply rooted in 80s metal sound. A video is released for the song "Leaving So Soon?" (with Claudio showcasing an heavy monster-like horror make-up) while the band is still busy putting the finishing touches on the full-length album entitled "The Ugly Truth" scheduled for a late 2020/early 2021 release by Rockshots Records.
Mechanichell
Disarmonia Mundi Lyrics
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it couldn't be so real
to believe that in our small and stacked lives
our left time is running still
mechanichell
for us is set beyond the black white line
infernal grief in heaven
not a switch
I feel my life became an old set
where I can see the gears dance
I know my life became an old set
wheels dance and we take their step
months are days in this set
we'll never see again mother earth
we are just cogwheels, no hero
the part that grinds reverse
in course of time, we are the rust
beyond the black white line
infernal grief in heaven
don't live twice
the resurrection comes
destroy the life for your time
your time
In the song "Mechanichell" by Disarmonia Mundi, the lyrics speak of a sense of being trapped or limited by the constraints and routine of daily life. The opening lines, "growling in this side/it couldn't be so real" suggests a feeling of discomfort or dissonance that is not easily dismissed. The lyrics further describe how in such a busy world, time seems to be running out and yet no one has the ability to stop it. The title itself, "Mechanichell," suggests a mechanical and robotic style of living.
The lyrics then reference the "black white line" which can be interpreted as a boundary between the mundane and the supernatural or otherworldly. This line represents the struggle that humans face of being both physical and spiritual beings in a world that often seems at odds with both sides of our nature. The line also represents a final division between life and death, with "infernal grief in heaven" suggesting that the afterlife is not necessarily a paradise for all.
Overall, "Mechanichell" depicts a sense of helplessness and frustration in the face of life's limitations and constraints. The repetition of the phrase "we are just cogwheels" emphasizes the theme of being trapped within the machinery of life and the difficulty in breaking free.
Line by Line Meaning
growling in this side
Starting off with an intense low growl, the song portrays a sense of foreboding and unease.
it couldn't be so real
Even though the subject matter is hard to believe, it is very real and impactful.
to believe that in our small and stacked lives
Despite living such small and insignificant lives, we are affected by the mechanization of the world as a whole.
our left time is running still
Our time on this earth is finite and slipping away from us quickly, as we become caught up in the cold machinery of the world around us.
mechanichell
The term Mechanichell is used to describe a hellish mechanical world, where we are all cogs in an endless system of gears, without any control or individuality.
for us is set beyond the black white line
The mechanization of the world has gone too far to the point where we have passed a point of no return, beyond which there is no hope of returning to a life without these cold, uncaring machines.
infernal grief in heaven
The world we live in now is stripped of meaning and spirituality, with no hope or light to be found within it.
not a switch
This implies that the system is so vast and complex that it cannot be easily turned off or undone. It is simply too late.
caught aside a narrow cold trip
The cold, unfeeling nature of the mechanized world traps us in its iron grip, leaving us with no choice but to continue on this narrow, unfeeling path.
I feel my life became an old set
The artist feels their life is no longer their own, that it has become like an old toy, moving and whirring on its own, without any sense of control or purpose.
where I can see the gears dance
The gears of the machine have become so all-consuming in the singer's life that they now see them everywhere, dancing and grinding away without end.
wheels dance and we take their step
In this cold, unfeeling world, we are no longer masters of our own lives. Instead, we are forced to dance to the tune of lifeless gears and machines.
months are days in this set
Time has lost all meaning in this world, with even months feeling like mere days in the endless tedium of the machine.
we'll never see again mother earth
Our dependence on machines has cut us off from nature, and we can never go back to the way things were.
we are just cogwheels, no hero
We have no power or control over the world, we are simply small cogs in an endless machine, with no grand purpose or destiny.
the part that grinds reverse
The artist is lamenting the state of the world, where even the gears themselves are starting to grind in reverse, signifying the inevitable collapse of the system as a whole.
in course of time, we are the rust
Over time, we ourselves will also begin to break down and rust away, just like the machines we have created.
don't live twice
In this life, we have only one chance to make a difference, to change things and make them better. We must not waste this opportunity, and instead fight against the lifeless machines that threaten to consume us all.
the resurrection comes
This speaks to the hope that one day, things may change and we may be able to shake off the chains of the mechanized world, and make a true resurrection into something different and better.
destroy the life for your time
The mechanized world forces us to destroy our own lives and wellbeing in order to keep up with the ceaseless demands of the machine.
your time
In this unforgiving world, our time is not our own, but rather belongs to the machines that drive us ever forward, with no end in sight.
Contributed by Riley K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.