HESPERIA
“ROMA vol. II” - The second part of a concept about
ancient ROME.
This is the WOLF volume: the Capitoline she-wolf that suckled
Romulus and Remus, and Mars’ wolf, embodying the WAR
spirit.
Seven centuries through wars & battles from the foundation
of Rome to the creation of the Roman Empire.
More extreme and black metal, more complex and frenzied without
forgetting the spiritual feelings and the epic atmospheres.
ROMAN BLACK METAL mainly screamed in LATIN with the ancient
ROMAN pronunciation (language assistance by Andrea Verdecchia).
The
8 tracks talk about 8 great themes in the history of Rome:
(1) the foundation of Rome, (2) the seven kings, (3) the wars
against the Italic populations for the domain of Italy, (4)
the sack of Rome by Brennus and his Senones Gauls, (5) the
three Punic wars, (6) Spartacvs and the servile wars, (7)
the second Triumvirate and the death of Antonius and Cleopatra,
(8) the birth of the Roman Empire (Emperor Caesar Octavianus
Augustus).
1.
Lupa Capitolina / ROMA 753 A.E.V.
2. ROMANVM REGNVM
3. ROMANA ITALIA
4. CLADES GALLICA
5. CARTHAGO
6. SPARTACVS
7. TRIVMVIRATVS II
8. ROMANVM IMPERIVM / Satvrnia Regna
February
2015: Hesperus become official endorser of BC
RICH & GOLD
MUSIC
30
January 2015: OUT NOW, released from Sleaszy Rider Records
(www.sleaszyrider.com) Hesperia 5th album METALLVM ITALICVM.
The first 1000 copies will be released in a Deluxe Limited
Edition with slipcase and a 23x23cm poster.
The
CD has a 16-page booklet with lyrics, cultural-spiritual-artistic
explanation of the concept, instruments, ecc...
Like the previous albums, Metallvm Italicvm is an Enhanced
CD: a Multimedia menu will guide you through Hesperia general
concept explanation, illustrated story of the album, documents
about recording/photografic places, hidden meanings.
The
album is the 4th and final part of the tetralogy about Virgilio's
Roman poem ENEIDE, and ends the pre-Roman age.
Recorded
on the Picenian & Roman Holy Soil, near the ruins of the
ancient roman town of Helvia Recina , Metallvm Italicvm contains
ancient Ritual elements in Latin (taken from ENEIDE) celebrated
over that holy soil.
The
ritual elements will be shown in the next videoclips for the
singles extracted from the album.
The
album is a MANIFESTO of the ITALIC METAL genre, and this is
a cut streaming version (20 out of 43 minutes)
The
contest will end February 8th 2015. The winner will be contacted
by Hesperus himself through the same networks.
25 January 2015: The 5th HESPERIA's album titled “METALLVM
ITALICVM” (Aeneidos…pars IV) is ready
trailer
brano
da cui verrà estratto il primo video-singolo"METALLVM
ITALICVM I" soundcloud.com/hesperia-1/metallvm-italicvm-
The studio sessions for the MASTER are ended the 14 of dicember
2014 at the DPF STUDIO http://www.dpfstudio.it/
Avaliable
-The album TRAILER
-One of the song titled: Metallvm Italicvm I
-The artwork.
-Some other promo pics taken at the Theater of the roman ancient
town ruins of HELVIA RECINA (Macerata, MC) and at Scena Italica's
headquarter (Recanati, MC) www.scena-italica.org
The CD is announced for the 24 of january 2015, published
by SLEASZY RIDER RECORDS http://www.sleaszyrider.com/
The album is the 4th and last part of the concept about the
Holy Roman poem“ENEIDE” (P.M. VIRGILIO), and has
italian/latin lyrics.
It is a Manifesto of the cultural/spiritual genre called "METALLVM
ITALICVM" (it: Metallo Italico; eng: Italic Metal):
-Against the italian “esterofilia” & the Decay
of the Ancient Italic Glory & Spirit
-Against the homogenisation of music & art
-For the creation of the cultural & spiritual music genre:
METALLVM ITALICVM
-For the Return of the Italic “IMPERIAL” scene through
Metallum and Arts
-For the Return of Hesperia & the ITALIC Golden age
Metallvm Italicvm is a strong attack to the false emperors
of nowdays
(Hesperus - 2014)
the guests:
Fervs (L'EFFET C'EST MOI, ex MORKAL), Figlia della Tempesta
(Lo Spirito del Luogo), Lord Inferos, Adranor, Flagellum (LEGION
of DARKNESS), Mancan (ECNEPHIAS), "M" (The True
ENDLESS, SKOLL), Gianluca Mandolesi (CENTVRION), Marco Vitali
(IBRIDOMA)
ospite per i cori soprano: Chiara Malvestiti (CRYSALYS)
ospite le la voce tenore solista nella parte di musica lirica:
Christian Bartolacci (IBRIDOMA, SCALA MERCALLI)
Exceptionally among the Special Guests:
the Ukrainian black metal cult: Knjaz Varggoth (NOKTURNAL
MORTUM)
the metal hero of the '80s Mario "The Black" Di
Donato (REQUIEM, THE BLACK)
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November 2015 : 3rd Studio Report
Photo & video sessions: The new photo and video sessions
for the 5th album METALLVM ITALICVM took place at the end
of October.
The first place involved was the Ancient Roman Theater from
the ruins of the ancient Roman town HELVIA RECINA (Macerata,
MC, IT).
Footage taken by Forward Agency (www.forart.it) with the authorization
of "Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali
e del Turismo - Direzione regionale per i Beni Culturali e
Paesaggistici delle MARCHE - Soprintendenza Beni Archeologici
delle MARCHE". Area di proprietà della ”Soprintendenza
Beni Archeologici delle MARCHE".
Ancient Italic woman for the photo session interpreted by
Claudia Pagnanini.
The second session took place at the Scena Italica Crypt in
the Leopardian town Recanati (MC).
The first promotional pics are now available.
Recording places: the album, that ends the tetralogy on Virgilio's
ENEIDE and the pre-Roman cycle, has been recorded in 2 different
places: tracks 1-5 recorded with a mobile studio (by DPF Studio
http://www.dpfstudio.it/) near the Roman theater of HELVIA
RECINA (where the photos were also taken); tracks 6-7 recorded
at DPF Studio, played on a ghost ambient track taken by Hesperus
at the glacial lake of Sibilla (also called Pilatus Lake),
on the Sibillini Mountains (Marche).The lake was an initiatory
place for many alchemists, knights, esoterists (Virgilio,
the author of Eneide, might have been there).
Instruments & sounds: The album is a MANIFESTO of the
genre (Italic Metal) and uses every musical standard genre
to create an epic, luxurious, grandiose, spiritually/culturally
Italic, e formally metal & rock sound: from pagan black
metal to NWOBHM, from epic metal to AOR, from Italic folk
to identitary rock and opera music (in the structure there
is a Requiem sung by a Tenor and opera choirs).
About electric guitars: no pod or distorsion pedals used,
only a valve-amplifier and a 6-cone cabinet to obtain a nicer
old-style dynamic (except for chorus & delay on clean
sounds).
About bass: active pickup bass and a valve-amplifier.
Folk instruments: Italic-Roman instruments were used again
(tibia, flauto di pan, crotali, timpani, tamburelli, sistro)
and cetra & lira were added.
About Keyboards: no guitar synth or programmed keys (like
on the previous album Spiritvs Italicvs); everything on the
new album was actually played: controller midi keyboards to
use a professional orchestra software, an old '60s Mellotron
to create old colossal movies atmospheres, 2 Korg keyboards
and a Roland Jupiter to create epic, sophisticated wave sounds
in the '80s style.
About drums: a Vintage Rock kit, not a metal one, was used.
About vocals: more variety of clean vocals.
This time there are no movie dialogues but more Latin parts
originally taken from the Roman poem Eneide, interpreted by
Hesperus.
Guests:
guest
vocals:
Fervs (L'EFFET C'EST MOI, ex MORKAL)
Figlia della Tempesta (Lo Spirito del Luogo)
Lord Inferos, Adranor, Flagellum (LEGION of DARKNESS)
Mancan (ECNEPHIAS)
Marco "M" De Rosa (The True ENDLESS, SKOLL)
guest bass:
Gianluca Mandolesi (CENTVRION)
guest guitar:
Marco Vitali (IBRIDOMA)
guest for soprano choirs:
Chiara Malvestiti (CRYSALYS)
guest for lead tenor vocals on the lirycal Opera parts:
Christian Bartolacci (IBRIDOMA, SCALA MERCALLI)
Exceptionally among the Special Guests:
the Ukrainian black metal cult: Knjaz Varggoth (NOKTURNAL
MORTUM)
the metal hero of the '80s Mario "The Black" Di
Donato (REQUIEM, THE BLACK)
Coming soon the preview of 2 new songs and the cover artwork
18
September 2014: Hesperia is now wrapping up work on new
album "Metallvm Italicvm" (the fourth part of the
"Aeneidos Metalli Apotheosis"). Mixing and mastering
is being handled at DPF
Studios.
Guest
musicians include Mario "The Black" Di Donato (Requiem,
The Black) and Knjaz Varggoth (Nokturnal Mortum). The album
is divided into 10 tracks featuring about 43 minutes of music.
The track listing is as follows:
1.
Incipit: AENEIDOS Apotheosis
2. DE BELLO ITALICO I
3. DE BELLO ITALICO II
4. Interludium I: Ave Metallvm Italicvm
5. METALLVM ITALICVM I
6. METALLVM ITALICVM II
7. Interludium II: Ave Hesperia
8. HESPERIA
9. HESPERIAs Triumphator (instrumental)
10. Apotheosis: ROMA Incipit
8
September 2015 :New video clip out now for "Spiritvs
Italicvs I," the title track off the album of the same
name released last year by Sleaszy Rider Records.
The
album is a manifesto about the rebirth of the true Italic
spirit and is part of a series of releases by the band dedicated
to the Holy Roman poem "Eneide."
10
June 2014: Hesperia has begun the recordings of the new
Hesperia album titled Metallvm Italicvm and the recordings
are being made by DPF STUDIO http://www.dpfstudio.it/
The album is the fourth and last part of the concept about
the Roman poem Eneide. Metallvm Italicvm will be influenced
from every musical style (from Italian opera to epic metal,
from black metal to AOR and folk music) to create an epic
and italic sound. Among the guests will be a Tenor-singer
to perform some passages. This will be the first experiment
ever that puts metal and Italian opera (Musica Lirica) with
a male opera lead singer together.
23
DECEMBER 2013 : Today 23 December 2013, in occasion of the"Natalis
Solis Invicti", Sleaszy Rider Records (label that has
just released Motorhead's "Aftershock" with exclusive
license for Greece) officially releases "SPIRITVS ITALICVS",
the 4th album by HESPERIA.
The album is the 3rd part of the concept about the Roman holy
poem ENEIDE (by P.M. VIRGILIO), that was started in 2003 with
the 1st album "Aeneidos Metalli Apotheosis pars I"
and continued in 2009 with "IN HONOREM HEROIS".
This work is also an album Manifesto about the rebirth of
the ancient "ITALIC SPIRIT", recorded by the Sibillini
Mounts, in the castle of Pievefavera, built on the ruins of
the ancient Roman town Faveria.
The CD contains 8 tracks (duration time: around one hour),
a multimedial CD-rom track with information about the general
concept of Hesperia and about the Historical/Spiritual/Ritual
meaning; illustrated story of the album, photographic documentation
of the recording places, and it has a 16-page booklet with
illustrations, full lyrics, explanation of the concept and
the meaning.
The album contains another hidden album, and the first 100
copies will include a golden twigs of Laurel
Three tracks are still avaliable in streaming on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/hesperia-1
Official
words by Hesperus:"It's a real honor for HESPERIA to
be released under the same label that has just released the
newest Motorhead album, in exclusive for Greece, at the beginning
of this month; Sleaszy Rider Records is doing a great job".
1- Praeludium/SIBYLLA
2-SPIRITVS PATRIS
3-Interludium I: Nova Invocatio Musae
4-ITALICA
5-Interludium II: Ave Spiritvs Italicvs
6-SPIRITVS ITALICVS I
7-SPIRITVS ITALICVS II
8-Postludium: Ad Metallvm Italicvm
Photo Location: Roman Amphitheater of URBS SALVIA, Urbisaglia
(MC), Italy, courtesy of "Ministero per i Beni e le Attività
culturali-Direzione regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici
delle MARCHE-Soprintendenza Beni Archeologici delle MARCHE"
12
NOVMBER 2013 : The album "Spiritvs Italicvs" will
be released the 12th November by Sleaszy
Rider RECORDS.
The album is also a MANIFESTO about the Ancient Lost ITALIC
SPIRIT.The album is the 3rd part of the series based on the
poem ENEIDE by P.M. Virgilio, and the sequel of the last two
albums on the same topic: "Aeneidos Metalli Apotheosis
pars I" (which came out in 2002 for Forart/Il Male Production),
and "IN HONOREM HEROIS - (Aeneidos... pars II)"
(which came out in 2008 for Blazing Productions - www.blazing.ws).
It has been recorded in PIEVEFAVERA castle, a Medieval castle/village
built on the ruins of the ancient Roman town Faveria, near
the SIBILLINI MOUNTAINS.
The
first 77 copies will contain a little golden brunch of laurel.
Some
of the metal/hard rock bands just released or to be released
in Greece by Sleaszy Rider Records:
Blackmore's Night, Def Leppard, Place Vendome, etc...
and some black metal bands: Ancient, Crest of Darkness, Satarial,
etc...
MAY
2013: new preview tracks from the forthcoming album "SPIRITVS
ITALICVS" on official MY
SPACE and SOUNDCLOUD
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APRIL 2013, Birth of ROMA: Trailer Preview of the new HESPERIA
album titled "SPIRITVS ITALICVS (Aeneidos...pars III)
Hesperus
dedicates this album to the Eternal Holy "URBS"
and to the Italic lands in the hope that they return to the
ancient glory.
The location of the video trailer is Ancient Roman Amphitheater
and Ruins of the old ancient town of URBS SALVIA (Urbisaglia,
MC, ITALY)
Filming Location "under courtesy of":
"Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali-Direzione
regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici delle MARCHE-Soprintendenza
Beni Archeologici delle MARCHE"
Video
shots taken by Forart/Forward Agency http://www.forart.it
Spiritvs
Italicvs by HESPERIA® is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribuzion - Non commercial - No derivated works 3.0 Unported
License.
Based on a work at http://www.hesperianlands.tk
All rights reserved 2013.
Hesperus
plays:
Guitars electric & acoustic
Bass & bass effects
Every voices, singing, screaming, narration, characters
Synth & synth guitars
Movie peplum effects
Ancient Roman acoustic instruments: pan flute(syrinx), tibia,
crotali, sistrum, cimbali
Drums (with the assistance of the drummer Saturnus)
JANUUARY
2013: a preview track from the forthcoming "SPIRITVS
ITALICVS - (Aeneidos... pars III)" is ready for download
in EPITOMAES section. You can
listen it in
HESPERIA OFFICIAL MYSPACE too
MAY
2012: the recordings for the music and the vocals on the new
studio album "SPIRITVS ITALICVS - (Aeneidos... pars III)"
have been concluded. The album is the 3rd part of the series
based on the poem ENEIDE by P.M. Virgilio, and the sequel
of the last two albums on the same topic: "Aeneidos Metalli
Apotheosis pars I" (which came out in 2002 for Forart/Il
Male Production), and "IN HONOREM HEROIS - (Aeneidos...
pars II)" (which came out in 2008 for Blazing Productions
- www.blazing.ws).
All
of the vocals have been recorded in PIEVEFAVERA castle, a
Medieval castle/village built on the ruins of the ancient
Roman town Faveria, near the SIBILLINI MOUNTAINS.
The
album will see several guests, who will contribute to the
vocals. All of these guests come from well-known bands that
are part of the Scaena Italica (www.scena-italica.org).
Drums
are created and recorded by HESPERUS together with the new
drummer SATURNUS.
The
album should be out by the end of this year. Tracklist:
1-Praeludium/SIBILLA
2-SPIRITVS PATRIS
3-Interludium I: La Nuova Invocazione alle Muse
4-ITALICA
5-Interludium II: AVE SPIRITVS ITALICVS
6-SPIRITVS ITALICVS I
7-SPIRITVS ITALICVS II
8-Postludium: AD METALLVM ITALICVM
Based
upon the books #6-7-8-9 of the poem "Eneide" by
Virgilio (the first five Books were covered on the previous
albums), the album will once again include a multimedia interactive
track with an illustrated history and material regarding the
recording places; the music has a ritual meaning.
2008-2009:
O
U T N O W Official album CD release (avaliable January 2009): HESPERIA
IN HONOREM HEROIS
-AENEIDOS METALLI APOTHEOSIS PARS II-
The second part of the colossal Italic metal epopea based
on the Roman poem Eneide (Aeneidos)
(CD-rom track inside with illustrated story, Hesperia’s
concept, recording places, video)
Taste
the greatness of the purest Metallvm Italicvm
Hesperia
is the ancient name of the Italic lands
Hesperia is metal from the Archaic Italic spirit
-MOS MAIORUM-
More info on HESPERIA in BLAZING PRODUCTIONS Homepage:
-IN
HONOREM HEROIS (Aeneidos Metalliapotheosis parte II) "CD
in glass master professionale, versione completa con booklet"
prevista in inverno (fine 2007-inizio 2008); Questa è la
Seconda parte della
Tetralogia (4 parts)sull'ENEIDE
e che appartiene ai CDs del primo Compendio (Storico-Mitologico)
-SPIRITVS
ITALICVS (Aeneidos Metalliapotheosis parte III): previsto per il
2009 sara' la terza parte.
-METALLUM
ITALICUM (Aeneidos Metalliapotheosis parte IV): la parte finale
di "Aeneidos Metalliapotheosis".
MARZO
2007- Presentazione di "IN HONOREM HEROIS-Aeneidos
Metallipaotheosis part II" a"La Tana Delle Tigri"
http://www.latanadelletigri.org/.
FEBBARAIO
2007- ESCE: "IN HONOREM HEROIS-Aeneidos
Metallipaotheosis part II" in Promo versione card-case, serygrafia
CD-R promozione dellaFORART.EU. Promozione
presso numersoe etichette. Infos http://www.civiltacrepuscolare.org/hesperia/popupnews2.htm
SETTEMBRE
2006- Iniziano missaggio e masterizzazione
dell'album "IN HONOREM HEROIS-Aeneidos Metallipaotheosis part
II"previsto per il prossimo anno. Mix & masterrizzazione
avranno luogo ai Patchworks Dungeons.
LUGLIO
2006 - Batteria e percussioni verranno registrate
in un luogo rivelato all'uscita del novo album. Le parti di batteria
verranno registrate dal batterista session "HERCULES"
(cortesia della BM band marchigiana EMPERIAL ABYSS).
MAGGIO/GIUGNO
2006- Hesperus registra le parti vocali di
"IN HONOREM HEROIS-Aeneidos Metalliapotheosis parte II"
APRILE
2006 -
Hesperus è ospite nel programma tv "Extreme Metal"
(ROCK TV) condotto da Aleister (FAUST); durante il prgramma, Hesperus
introduce il nuovo VIDEO CLIP "Il Ritorno di una Civiltà
Arcaica", e illustra il concept di Hesperia e della "Civiltà
Crepuscolare della Seconda Era"
MARZO
2006 - FORART.eu (http://www.forart.eu)
e Hesperus girano le scene del nuovo video di HESPERIA"Il Ritorno
di una Civiltà Arcaica".Inscenate nuove foto. Scene
e fot ambientate alle Grotte di S. Eustacchio (in questi monti).
NOVEMBRE
2004-ESCE
IL NUOVO FULL-LENGHT "Il Ritorno di una Civiltà Arcaica
(HESPERIAN METAL)"un nuovo album basato solo concettualmente
sul vecchiorehearsal completamente risuonato, riregistrato, riarrangiato
(con passagi differenti, with Liriche riarrangiate in italiano-latino);
sara' la Prefazione ai VOLUMI (CDs) del Secondo e Terzo Compendio.
Limitato a 300 copie, stampa professionale e CD-r serigrafato, traccia
cd-rom (suoni ambient registrati sui Monti Sibillini, ovviamente.)
Promozione a cura de "Il Male production" &: Forart.it,
Old Italia distribution, Il Male production, ATC distribution.
-Per"Fieri
Hesperiani": le prime 50 copie conterranno un"Souvenir
Sibillino-Hesperiano"ordina e prenota ORA a
HESPERUS
SETTEMBRE
2004-
Un traccia di "Aeneidos ...parte I" passata su Radio R-Lupinaria,
durante il programma LupOnair
. Sul sito una breve
intervista .
AGOSTO
2004-Problemi
prima del missaggio dell'imminente album; parti di basso e batteria
cancellate: le parti saranno risuonate e riregistrate da Hesperus
stesso (incluse le parti di batteria acustica) e non da Vulcano,
per problemi di tempo; l'uscita verrà ritardata di qualche
settimana.
MAGGIO
2004-Registrazione
del nuovo FULL-LENGHT "Il Ritorno di una Civiltà Arcaica"
completata. Missaggio e masterizzazione previste per estate-autunno
2004 aiPatchwork Dungeons.
APRILE
2004-
HESPERIA will JOIN to the SECOND compilation OF "IL MALE production"
titled "I Fiori del Male volume 2"; the track inserted
is "Il Ritorno di una Civlità Arcaica".
MARZO
2004-
ESCE un CD single intitolato "Il Ritorno di una Civiltà
Arcaica"; contiene:
la
Title Track dell'imminente full-lenght album "Il Ritorno di
una Civiltà Arcaica" + il VIDEO track "The Archetypal
Tyrant of Hesperia" (8 min.); marchiato "Il MALE production"
& printed on request da Forart.eu.
The
print of This CD 7'' will be stopped 1 month before the release
of the new full-lenght "Il Ritorno di una Civiltà Arcaica
"(foreseen for autumn 2004).
FEBBRAIO
2004-Prevista
una ristampa di"Aeneidos Metalliapotheosis parte I" per
la label "IL MALE production" (http://www.ilmaleproduction.com/)
come IMP 010.
GENNAIO
2004-La
prima "Aeneidos Metalliapotheosis parte I" è SOLD-OUT;
IL MALE production diviene Independent Label.
DICEMBRE
2003-
Il batterista VULCANO" (Ex- Sulphuria) diviene temporaneamente
membro di HESPERIA.
JUNE
2003-HESPERIA partecipa alla COMPILATION de"IL MALE
production" titled "I Fiori del Male volume 1"; latraccia
inserita è "The Archetypal Tyrant of HESPERIA (HESPERUS
Return's) dal rehearsal '97 "The Return of an Archaic Civilization";è
una versione riregistrata nel 2001 e aggiunta come Bonus Track sulle
prime 200 copie di "Aeneidos Metalli apotheosisi part I"
MAGGIO
2003- HESPERIA ENTRA NELL'ETICHETTA PROMOZIONALE "IL
MALE production"
FEBRUARY
2003-USCITA DI "AENEIDOS METALLIAPOTHEOSIS part I"
limitato a 200 copies con Bonus Track & CD-Rom track -Narration
Illustrated & spiegazione del Concept totale che lega e unira'
ogni uscita di HESPERIA; rilasciato sotto"Ab Sibillinis Montibus
Artificii" etichetta dell'auto-produzione.
