OvO
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OvO has always been one of the most active bands in the worldwide noisy rock scene. They have been known pretty much everywhere through more than 1000 gigs, their large amount of releases, and for their original, unique music. They’re a duo, formed by a little possessed singer and guitar player (Stefania Pedretti) and an enormous drummer who plays a mini-set like it was a full metal drum set (Bruno Dorella). Their live performances are legendary, and they’ve played them all over the world. What they do is not easy to file. It’s not noise, not metal, not doom, not punk, not rock and roll, even if there’s a little bit of all these. Their massive use of electronics even gives them an industrial touch. Their new and eleventh album "Gemma" will be released on October 3, 2025 by Canadian label Artoffact Records.
OvO: Opale (feat. Lord Spikeheart), out now, is the first single from the new upcoming album Gemma, set to release on October 3, 2025 via Artoffact Records
OvO release their new single Opale (feat. Lord Spikeheart), the first excerpt from Gemma, their eleventh studio album, which celebrates their twenty-five years of activity.
Opale, available today May 2nd on all digital platforms, immediately highlights the breakdown of musical genres. With Bruno Dorella‘s (Ronin, Sigillum S) programming, and the unmistakable guitars and vocals of Stefania Pedretti (Alos), it also features the abrasive voice of Martin Kaja aka Lord Spikeheart, with whom OvO share an ancient affinity, going well beyond music, rooted in a mutual recognition of unconventional paths, free from compromise. Opale takes on a dance-like pulse, hinting at iridescent shades in the future of the duo, beyond any predetermined structure.
The music of OvO, already legendary in the vast landscape of noise rock, industrial metal, and avant-doom, continues in the sign of perpetual reinvention, seeking further synthesis between electronics and experimentation, connecting to their brave and acclaimed albums from the past few years, Miasma (2020) and Ignoto (2022). Each track from Gemma is like an act of creation, an alchemical passage through the elements toward a form of new weird life that blossoms, explodes, and changes.
Gemma is a manifesto of transformation. Like a seed that makes a promise, Gemma is not just the title of the album, set to be released on October 3, 2025, on CD, vinyl, and digital through the Canadian label Artoffact Records, but indeed an invitation to regenerate, to rediscover the hidden potential in everything. It is a dance of exploration between human nature, matter, and the mystery of existence, a journey that rejects staticity.
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