Stormlord is:
-Christiano Borchi (vocals since the beginning - 1991 - and bass '91 - '96)
-Gianpaolo Caprino (guitar, keyboard, clean vocals - '02-)
-Maurizio Pariotti (keyboards 2008-)
-Francesco Bucci (bass since '97)
-Andrea Angelini (guitar - 2010 -)
-David Folchitto (drums since '99)
Male operatic vocals on the albums are performed by A.G. Volgar from Deviate Damaen.
Occasionally, the band has utilized other clean and operatic vocals. (referred to as 'Battle Choirs')
Cristiano Borchi uses both black metal-style shrieking (referred to as 'epic war screams') and death growls. Giampaolo Caprino sings the gothic style male vocals used in songs such as 'The Castaway' and 'Dimension: Hate'
Giuseppe Orlando of the gothic metal band Novembre and Outer Sound Studios (Where most Stormlord releases are recorded and produced) has contributed a few growled vocal lines throughout Stormlord's career, notably on 'Dimension: Hate', '...And Winter Was' and 'Stormlord'.
The band has released following albums:
- The Supreme Art of War (1999, Last Episode)
- At the Gates of Utopia (2001, Scarlet Records)
- The Gorgon Cult (2004, Scarlet Records)
- Mare Nostrum (2008 Locomotive Records)
Other releases:
Demo 1992 (demo, 1994, self-released)
Black Kinght (demo, 1994, self released)
Under the Sign of the Sword (EP, 1997, Metal Horse)
Promo 1997/Where My Spirit Forever Shall Be (demo, 1997, independent, later released as the Where My Spirit Forever Shall Be EP in 1998 by Last Episode)
The Curse of Medusa (EP, 2001, Scarlet Records)
The Battle of Quebec City: Live in Canada (Live DVD, 2007, Scarlet Records)
The Legacy Of Medusa – 17 Years of Extreme Epic Metal (2CD Compilation, 2008, Scarlet Records.)
Stormlord's lyrical themes on most 1990's material were based around fantasy, and the majority of content themes on the band's later releases centers around History, Greek and Roman Mythology, battles, and Literature. (occasionally touching on other topics or mythological themes)
Examples include "And the Wind Shall Scream My Name" ("Mare Nostrum") is based on Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy (Hell)'. "I Am Legend" ("At the Gates of Utopia"), has the same title as Richard Matheson's book. And "Xanadu (A Vision In the Dream)" ("At the Gates of Utopia") is based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan - A Vison In the Dream', and "Legacy of the Snake" ("Mare Nostrum") is based on stories from Hindu beliefs.
Stormlord's music video for the song 'Under the Boards' from "The Gorgon Cult" contained copious amounts of blood and gore, resulting in banning from TV and the gaining of both underground popularity and notoriety through downloads.
Moonchild
Stormlord Lyrics
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Seven deadly sins, seven ways to win
There are seven major flaws that can lead to a person's downfall, yet there are also seven methods to overcome them and claim victory.
Seven holy paths to hell, and your trip begins
There are also seven righteous paths that lead to a sort of 'hell', and the journey down any one of these paths is just beginning.
Seven downward slopes, seven bloodied hopes
There are seven paths of decline, and with each one, the hope for redemption becomes increasingly battered and difficult to achieve.
Seven are your burning fires, seven your desires
There are seven intense and passionate fires that drive a person's desires and ambitions, and they are different for every individual.
I am he the bornless one, the fallen angel watching you
The artist is a powerful and perhaps malevolent entity who is constantly observing and keeping watch over the actions of others.
Babylon, the scarlet whore, I'll infiltrate your gratitude
The singer is associated with the infamous city of Babylon, and will intrude upon the thankfulness or devotion that others may feel for it.
Don't you dare to save your son, kill him now and save the young ones
The singer is urging someone to make a drastic and cruel decision, to sacrifice their own child for the greater good of others.
Be the mother of a birth strangled babe, be the devils own, Lucifer's my name
The artist encourages someone to take on the role of a mother who bears a lifeless infant, and to embody the character of the devil himself.
Moonchild - hear the mandrake scream
The title character's powers and influence can be felt even in the cries of the poisonous plant called the mandrake.
Moonchild - open the seventh seal
The Moonchild has the power to unlock the final seal that will bring about the apocalypse.
Moonchild - you'll be mine soon child
The singer is eager to take possession of the Moonchild and make them their own in some kind of dark, ominous way.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: CARL MCCOY, TONY PETTITT, ALEXANDER JAMES WRIGHT, PAUL ALEXANDER WRIGHT, PETER YATES
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Ivan Rivero
This is one of the best metal covers and reinterpretations available to the world of music.
Absolute madness musicianship and singing, if you can still call that singing. Awesome! ♥️
SLEBZ666
One of my favourite Maiden covers.
齋藤房子
これは、メタル界の傑作のひとつです。なぜ、過小評価されるのか?
Franz Wolf Heart
Que bestialidad de cover, por la grandísima...!!! Ufff que poder...!!!
FreedomCall7
AWESOME cover
Connie Paeonia
This is awesome
turbo claudio
Grandi come sempre ;)
Pablo Velasco
😎😍🤘
Jac M
pretty awesome... love the Necrophobic version best though
Теофило Радовић
That's more like it!!!