ORNAMENTS

Ornaments is an instrumental band that was founded in mid-2003 due to the strong musical empathy that developed between Alessandro Zanotti and Davide Gherardi (both coming from The Death of Anna Karina), Simone Mambrini (Hangin' on a Thread) and Riccardo Bringhenti (7Note in Nero/Welch). Ornaments’ music started following the common coordinates found in the sensitivity of the four musicians, nodding to most innovative post-metal and post-core bands of the moment (such as Neurosis, Isis and Breach), and then gradually evolved to a more personal formula, able to merge the “mass” of doom-metal with progressive suggestions, meditative breaks and post-rock passages. The live debut at the Anti-MTV Day 2004 festival in Italy was followed by the recording sessions of a demo- CD.The promo was distributed at concerts, reaching more than 800 copies sold in a few gigs. The attention drawn from the release, as well as the impressive strength of their live shows allowed Ornaments, between 2004 and 2006, to play around Italy and in central and east Europe, supporting bands like Converge, The Red Sparrowes, Daughters, Playing Enemy, or to play in well-known festivals like Fluff Fest. From 2006 to 2010 the project suffered an unexpected stop which lasted until 2011, the year in which Ornaments agreed to take up the interrupted dialogue again. The line-up changed with the arrival of Enrico Baraldi on bass. The promo of 2011 (s/t) recorded by the same Enrico in the recording studio where he works, which took advantage of Luca Zampriolo’s (aka “Kallamity”) graphics took up and developed the most distinctive sound of the band, adding to the renewed emphasis on the treatment of sound, the clear intent to reach more arranged dryness: enveloping live impact and atmosphere.Since the release of the new promo, from September of 2011 to summer 2012, Ornaments resumed treading the stage, promoting their new songs in more than twenty concerts (including the opening act to the only italian gig performed by Pelican and the appearance at Solo Macello Fest, with Napalm Death, Unsane and other big bands). In the summer of 2012, Ornaments decided to start a new studio session to record their long-awaited debut full-length album. “Pneumologic” comes out in february 2013 after years spent in practice room and doing experiences around europe. it has been really appreciated and well followed. april the 18th 2015 came out an LP split with the incredible Italian duo named ZEUS! (http://zeuspower.bandcamp.com/album/opera-2),for Tannen Records (just signed as best independent italian musica label). it's named METAMORPHOSPLIT. In the meanwhile they’re catching attention outside Italy (again) and they will play at Dunk Festival 2015 (http://www.dunkfestival.be/dunkfestival/line-up/) together with Capian, Mono, Amenra and many others. They’re planning to tour central Europe in May 2015.

Posted on Oct 03 2014 at 10:08pm