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.
Nebularium
Disarmonia Mundi Lyrics
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a story set in a game level,
we never leave until the will dies
if our credits were forever
forever…
and now the time has come
I feel so weak
and I can't believe
answer's here
in this silent shadow
all's silent in deepest freeze
flowing back I see
the steps of my history
and their immobility
people flowing, looking on
and never turn back
deepest dreaming hypnotized
our steps give rules to time
alone in a crowd, likes of me
shadows fight against shadows of time
alone in a room the end I can't see
I cry, just leave me alone
it follows near behind
alone against the shadows of time
I hear his breath of centuries
millennium-old heart pulse
be my nebularium
save my life from its hold
I slowly turn my look
there's a mirror behind
an old man in the reflection
the shadow is me
In Disarmonia Mundi's song Nebularium, the lyrics describe the idea that life is akin to a game level, where one is unable to leave until their will dies. The song starts off by making reference to how we can become so entrenched within our own lives that it feels like we are playing out a story set in a game level, where we can never leave until our will dies. The idea of being stuck in a game level represents the idea of being stuck in a particular stage of life, without the option of growing or maturing beyond the current level.
The lyrics then go on to describe a moment of weakness and exhaustion, where the answer is found in a silent shadow. The mentions of silence and darkness can be interpreted as the concept of death, a universal truth that every human being must one day confront. The lyrics are describing how in this moment of despair, we search for answers in the darkness and silence, and how we ultimately find ourselves in that same darkness and silence.
As the song progresses, the lyrics discuss the idea of people walking aimlessly through life, never turning back and always looking ahead. This is juxtaposed with the idea that we are all alone in the end, and all that will be left is the shadows of time. The song ends in a powerful moment, where the singer comes face to face with his own mortality, represented by an old man reflected in a mirror.
Overall, the lyrics to Nebularium explore a range of themes, including the fleeting nature of time, the inevitability of death, and the human experience of searching for meaning in an ultimately meaningless world.
Line by Line Meaning
our life is sometimes
Life can be compared to a story that takes place in a game level, where the journey doesn't end until the will to live ceases.
we never leave until the will dies
We continue living until our will to live comes to an end.
if our credits were forever
If our time to live was endless,
foreverâ¦
we would have been living forever.
and now the time has come
A moment has arrived,
I feel so weak
I am experiencing a sense of exhaustion,
I was weared out by the wander
I am tired from my wandering journey,
and I can't believe
I am unable to believe,
answer's here
The solution is present,
in this silent shadow
Within the quietness of the surrounding darkness.
all's silent in deepest freeze
Everything is motionless in complete stillness,
flowing back I see
I am able to look back,
the steps of my history
Upon reflection, I notice the events of my past life,
and their immobility
And how they remain unchanged.
people flowing, looking on
People are moving forward, not turning back,
and never turn back
And never looking back.
deepest dreaming hypnotized
Engulfed in a deep dream state that one can't wake from,
our steps give rules to time
Our actions guide the passage of time.
alone in a crowd, likes of me
Feeling isolated, amidst a sea of people,
shadows fight against shadows of time
Emotions are struggling with the passage of time,
alone in a room the end I can't see
Feeling isolated and unable to see the outcome or solution,
I cry, just leave me alone
Overcome by despair, requesting solitude.
it follows near behind
The passage of time is closely trailing my footsteps,
alone against the shadows of time
Isolated and struggling against the flow of time.
I hear his breath of centuries
Hearing the sound of time as it accumulates over the centuries,
millennium-old heart pulse
The life force flowing for a thousand years,
be my nebularium
Envelop me in a cloak of new life,
save my life from its hold
Preserve me from the grips of old age and death.
I slowly turn my look
Gently turning my head,
there's a mirror behind
Noticing a mirror positioned just behind me,
an old man in the reflection
Observing an elder version of myself in the reflective surface,
the shadow is me
And realizing that the shadow cast is my own.
Contributed by Kylie N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.