{"id":21689,"date":"2025-10-03T11:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digipur.it\/?p=21689"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:10:25","slug":"ovo-release-their-new-album-gemma-an-act-of-electro-metal-creation-out-now-via-artoffact-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digipur.it\/en\/ovo-release-their-new-album-gemma-an-act-of-electro-metal-creation-out-now-via-artoffact-records\/","title":{"rendered":"OvO release their new album “Gemma”, an act of electro-metal creation, out now via Artoffact Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

OvO<\/strong>‘s eleventh studio album\u00a0Gemma<\/strong><\/em>, celebrating their twenty-five years of activity, is a manifesto of\u00a0transformation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Like a seed that makes a promise,\u00a0Gemma<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is not just the title of the album, released\u00a0today\u00a0October 3rd, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0on CD, vinyl, and digital by the Canadian label\u00a0Artoffact Records<\/strong>, but also 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.<\/p>\n

The music of\u00a0OvO<\/strong>, 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\u00a0electronics and experimentation<\/strong>, connecting to their brave and acclaimed records from the past few years,\u00a0Miasma<\/em>\u00a0(2020) and\u00a0Ignoto<\/em>\u00a0(2022).<\/p>\n

Each track from\u00a0Gemma<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is like an\u00a0act of creation<\/strong>, an\u00a0alchemical passage<\/strong>\u00a0through the elements towards a form of new weird life that blossoms, explodes, and changes.<\/p>\n

The electronics blend more and more with the guitars of\u00a0Stefania Pedretti<\/strong>\u00a0(Alos) and the percussions of\u00a0Bruno Dorella<\/strong>\u00a0(Bachi da Pietra, Ronin, Sigillum S), forging an even more solid and cohesive alloy, where the basic substances melt and confuse each other, united by unique and unmistakable Pedretti’s voice, which becomes the key that dissolves all barriers, shaping a personal and timeless language.<\/p>\n

According to Pedretti and Dorella: \u00abGemma<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a reflection on change, a seed that sprouts in the fertile soil of new inputs.\u00a0Gemma<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is metamorphosis, a challenge to immobility. It is an artistic gesture that aims to redraw the boundaries, to go beyond what has already been heard, towards new sound horizons\u00bb.<\/p>\n

The first single\u00a0Opale\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>immediately highlights the breakdown of musical genres. With Dorella’s programming, and the guitars and vocals of Pedretti, it also features the abrasive voice of Martin Kaja aka\u00a0Lord Spikeheart<\/strong>, with whom OvO share an ancient affinity, going well beyond music, rooted in a mutual recognition of unconventional paths, free from compromise.\u00a0Opale<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0takes on a dance-like pulse, hinting at iridescent shades in the future of the duo, beyond any predetermined structure.<\/p>\n

The second single\u00a0Stagno<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0– in English, “Tin” – is resistance. It makes it through the world’s changes, like OvO during these years maintained its essence through a number of events, progressing but keeping their precise and fierce identity.\u00a0Stagno<\/em>\u00a0is a mine that razes everything to the ground, with a tight industrial rhythm inspired by Ministry.<\/p>\n

The third single\u00a0Cobalto<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is pure energy.\u00a0Cobalto<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(“Cobalt”) is a hard but fragile metal, essential for the life of mammals, and it’s a surprising\u00a0dance doom<\/strong>\u00a0track. It combines the duo’s proverbial edginess and their idea of \u200b\u200baccessibility. A strange, deviant dance makes its way between drum beats and electric strings.<\/p>\n

Gemma<\/em>, the initial title track, is an emblem of life. In\u00a0Iridio<\/em>\u00a0the lyrics shout loud and clear which side OvO are on, that of sisterhood, of queerness, of the fight against patriarchy.\u00a0Diamante<\/em>\u00a0is embellished by the cello of musician and theatre artist\u00a0Paige A. Flash<\/strong>\u00a0(performer as The Reverend Mother Flash, cellist of Cult Of Youth and choreographer-director Florentina Holzinger, noise icon in Cock ESP and Laundryroom Squelchers).\u00a0Orocromo<\/em>\u00a0is symbolic invention.\u00a0Zolfo<\/em>\u00a0is hot, primitive intensity.\u00a0Neon<\/em>\u00a0is clear light that does not fear darkness.\u00a0Rame<\/em>\u00a0is a connecting thread,\u00a0Fossile<\/em>\u00a0represents the sense of a past that does not vanish.<\/p>\n

As the beauty of existence is in its continuous evolution, that of\u00a0OvO<\/strong>\u00a0is in the ability to renew themselves infinitely. From this suggestion started the collaboration with the tattoo artist\u00a0Neroatto<\/strong>, to arrive at a cover artwork that evokes the themes exposed so far in a visionary perspective. Visionary like\u00a0Gemma<\/strong><\/em>, like\u00a0OvO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n