The Ossuary
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The Ossuary Interviews and Features
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Interview
The Ossuary Enters "Oltretomba"
There's no school like the old school, as I'm sure you've heard before. It's true though. No matter how brutal and technical metal music becomes, there will always be a fondness for the old guard that launched the genre, even the bands not considered metal by today's standards. The seventies was a time of huge change. Music and movies were becoming a lot more brave and challenged the established notions of what was acceptable. It's not surprising then that so many groups are still influenced by this era and quite frankly, its kickass music.
One such band keeping this sound and spirit alive is The Ossuary, a quartet from the Italian city of Bari, who until recently, were more known for playing death metal in Natron (with the exception of vocalist Stiv Fiore.) Only a few months ago, this Mediterranean four piece unleashed their third album, "Oltretomba" and with it came more attention to their occult rock/proto metal leanings. To find out more about the album, I caught up with drummer and founding member Max Marzocca, where we discussed the meaning behind the album's title, music videos, live plans and more.
Diamond Oz: Congratulations on the release of "Oltretomba." It's been a few months now. How do you feel the reception has been so far?
Max Marzocca: So far the album has been very well received and we obviously can't help but being happy with it. We look forward to get more promotion in order to make it known to as many people as possible out there. We played a couple of gigs by the end of 2021 and people liked it live.
Oz: What's the meaning behind the album title?
Max: It simply means the “Underworld”. This time around we were looking for one word to sum up the album concept so we ended to pick up an Italian world for it because it sounded more intense and impactful. "Oltretomba" is also the name of a horror-porn comic series well famous in Italy between the 70’s and the 80’s. The use of an Italian word was a kind of a statement to remind the world that we are Italian and we’re paying homage to our cultural tradition of cinema, music and art.
Oz What would you say makes "Oltretomba" a different album from "Southern Funeral"?
Max: I don't think the new album is much different than what we did with the previous two records. I just think it's another step in the evolution of our sound, it's a well done and well produced album where we can express ourselves better as a band. We have introduced in a more decisive way some new solutions such as acoustic guitars and there is a greater presence of synthesizers in the background, ultimately I think there was more desire to dare stylistically on our part. It's been some years since we formed and the band couldn't help but improve.More...