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MESSA – Italian Doom Metallers Unveil Video For “Reveal” | European Tour With Paradise Lost To Begin Next Month

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on September 26, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Nicola Pianalto

Italian doom metal outfit MESSA are pleased to unveil their new video for “Reveal.” The track comes off the band’s critically-adored new full-length, The Spin, released in April via Metal Blade Records.

Based in the band’s eclectic, self-defined “scarlet doom” sound, The Spin rises, falls, broods, bites, comforts, and destroys, all the while resounding with both instinctive magic and obsessive, concerted hard work. After lighting up the underground with a triptych of increasingly distinctive and wondrous records as 2016’s Belfry, 2018’s Feast For Water, and 2022’s Close, with The SpinMESSA is audibly equipped for the proverbial big leagues.

Comments the band on their “Reveal” video, “The main riff in ‘Reveal’ manifested itself spontaneously. Our guitar player Alberto dreamed of it one night. He suddenly woke up at 4:00am and recorded it with his phone so he wouldn’t forget it. It was the most immediate song to write out of all those we wrote for The Spin and it features two key elements: the typical, ‘blues’ use of slide guitar and the ‘metal’ element of the blastbeats. This video was entirely shot with analog equipment in a tire warehouse in our hometown. We chose the lo-fi aesthetic on purpose, using the dynamism of strobe and neon lights. We tried to make it as spontaneous as the songwriting process for the track.”

Watch MESSA’s video for “Reveal” HERE.

Watch MESSA’s previously released video for “At Races” HERE, “The Dress” HERE, and “Fire On The Roof”HERE.

The Spin was partly recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Maurizio “Icio” Baggio and includes synth work by Andrea Mantione (Nuovo Testamento) on “Fire On The Roof” and cover art by Nico Vascellari (Uroboro, 2023. Nero Portoro marble, tire. 57 x 57 x 10 cm).

The record is available now on CD, vinyl, and digital formats at metalblade.com/messa.

Next month, MESSA will serve as direct support to Paradise Lost on a month-long European trek. The Ascension Of Europe Tour 2025 begins on October 9th in Manchester, United Kingdom and runs through November 6th in Antwerp, Belgium. Additional support will be provided by High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.

MESSA w/ Paradise Lost, High Parasite:
10/09/2025 New Century Hall – Manchester, UK
10/10/2025 KK’s Steel Mill – Wolverhampton, UK
10/11/2025 University – Newcastle, UK
10/12/2025 Garage – Glasgow, UK
10/14/2025 Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, UK
10/15/2025 SWX – Bristol, UK
10/16/2025 The 1865 – Southampton, UK
10/17/2025 Islington Assembly Hall – London, UK
10/19/2025 Tyrant Fest – Lille, FR **
w/ Paradise Lost, Lacrimas Profundere:
10/20/2025 Elysée Montmartre – Paris, FR
10/21/2025 La Rayonne – Lyon, FR
10/23/2025 Live Music Hall – Cologne, DE
10/24/2025 Rockhal – Luxembourg, LU **
10/25/2025 Conrad Sohm – Dornbirn, AT
10/26/2025 Hall – Padova, IT **
10/28/2025 Backstage Werk – Munich, DE
10/29/2025 Palac Akropolis – Prague, CZ
10/30/2025 Boogaloo – Zagreb, HR
10/31/2025 SiMM City – Vienna, AT
11/01/2025 Durer Kert – Budapest, HU
11/03/2025 PTR/L’Usine – Geneva, CH **
11/04/2025 Z-Bau – Nürnberg, DE
11/05/2025 Pandora – Utrecht, NL
11/06/2025 Trix Hall – Antwerp, BE
** Paradise Lost, MESSA only

MESSA:
Sara – vocals
Marco – guitars/bass
Alberto – guitars
Rocco – drums

https://www.facebook.com/MESSAproject

https://www.instagram.com/messa_band

https://messaproject.bandcamp.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

MESSA Signs To Metal Blade Records

Posted in doom metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , on October 15, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by MESSA

Metal Blade Records is very pleased to welcome Italian doomsters MESSA to its worldwide roster!

MESSA plays evoking doom metal with Middle Eastern vibes. Deliciously haunting female vocals, ‘70s guitars, and Arabian Oud combine to conjure a sound that is entirely their own. With influences as diverse as Dead Can Dance, Om, Swans, Killing Joke, Electric Wizard, Thergothon, and Current 93, the band has moved from the first occult then noir-tinged doom metal of their previous works to an innovative atmospheric Mediterranean sound. The evolution is clearly showcased in their latest studio album, Close.

MESSA emerged on the first day of 2014. Guitarist/bassist Marco and vocalist Sara began to develop the basic concept while writing the first songs. Later, guitarist Alberto and drummer Rocco joined the band. The extreme diversity of their musical backgrounds immediately proved to be essential in the construction of their sound. In 2016, their first opus, Belfry, was released, and MESSA embarked on several tours across Europe and the US.

By 2018, their second work, Feast For Water, brought the band on tour even more extensively. Their latest studio work, Close, released in 2022, was lauded by critics and defined as, “the sound of a band fleshing out their place in doom metal’s past, present, and future” by Metal Injection. MESSA appeared on such illustrious festivals as Hellfest Open Air, Roadburn, and Desert Fest. The band’s latest record, Live At Roadburn, was released on April 7th, 2023, offering their main-stage triumph, joined by a unique constellation of musicians and instruments. Seeming to both embrace and defy everything it means to be a metal band, MESSA meshes Mediterranean sounds with crushing doom riffs, with an emphasis on atmosphere and an unusual use of instrumentation.

Comments MESSA, “We’re glad to announce we’ve joined forces with the legendary Metal Blade Records. We are beyond stoked to become part of the incredible legacy of this label, marking their catalog with our music. Since 1982, Metal Blade has put fundamental metal artists on the map, and being in this label’s roster is a big honor for us. We can’t wait to share some glimpses of what we are working on! In the meantime, you can catch our live shows in the following European cities.”

MESSA Live:
10/17/2024 Sunset – Martigny, CH
10/18/2024 Artik Club – Freiburg, DE
10/19/2024 Kufa Haus – Braunschweig, DE
10/20/2024 Desertfest – Antwerp, BE
10/21/2024 AZ – Aachen, DE
10/22/2024 Cassiopeia – Berlin, DE
10/23/2024 VooDoo – Warsaw, PL
10/24/2024 2Progi – Poznan, PL
10/25/2024 AJZ – Chemnitz, DE
10/26/2024 Lazy Bones – Hamburg, DE
10/27/2024 Samhain Festival – Maastricht, NL
11/09/2024 Catania Tattoo Convention – Catania, IT
12/13/2024 Kapu – Linz, AT
12/14/2024 Hellgart Festival – Stuttgart, DE

MESSA:
Sara – vocals
Marco – guitars, bass
Alberto – guitars
Rocco – drums

Source: EARSPLIT PR

https://www.facebook.com/MESSAproject

https://messaproject.bandcamp.com

https://www.instagram.com/messa_band

https://www.metalblade.com