Dreaming the Strife for Love, by Bedsore (2024)

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Minerva's Obelisque

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Scars of Light 06:17

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Entra!Dov'è, il mio me?Per quanto ha dormito il sonno superficiale? Sono queste inerti ossa riposate più a fondo, Adesso?È dalle lucenti ruote di Febo che un secondo sonno allora cade, Più profondo e intimo;Conducente al cammino che iniziaL'Amore nel Sogno,La Battaglia nel Sogno.Oh, Lame di Luce! Lentamente, penetrano la selva.Oh, pallida Luce! Così flebilmente irradi la mia dimessa anima. Ma no! Non vorrai saziar la seteA questa fonte!Lascia che le tue mani si disgiungano Bagnando questa terra ormai assetata; E ascendi!Cercati dentro la radice nera, ascendi! E dormi ancora! Cercati dentro,Cerca ora!E ascendi! E dormi ancora!

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A Colossus, an Elephant, a Winged Horse; the Dragon Rendezvous

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Realm of Eleuterillide 08:05

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Arsa e irrequieta è quest'anima che mai è sazia di ciò che è, Di ciò che tu sei!E allora ricade nell'inganno più antico, Irrequieta! Incatenata!Da uno stesso morbo che chiami amore.Come una fonte d'acqua scura Ecco!Sgorga questo amore vuotoChe nessun risparmia,Ma al tempo abbraccia con discolpa.E ti chiedi se questo è amare! E domandi al tuo cuor Dov’è?Ma come saprei trattenere la vibrazione dell'animo? Del corpo? Trattenerla, dentro me!Per me! Che egoismo!Ma sarei io forse meno degno se amassi la moltitudine? Sono forse adesso immondo?Ma se nei tuoi reami è stato concesso di venire E di peregrinar, vacui alla ricerca dell'essenza È qui per questo che allora vago!Dell'essenza di un amore pieno e puro,Che tutti accoglie e al tempo con fuoco cinge Sono allora alla caccia!Paga e lieta è quest'animaChe ora può saziarsi di ciò che è. Non teme più l'amore!Ora sa dov'è il suo cuore!

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Fanfare for a Heartfelt Love

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Fountain of Venus

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With the new second album ‘Dreaming The Strife For Love’, Italy’s Bedsore have jumped headfirst into the progressive warmth and obscure atmospheres of the 1970s. Inspired by the mysterious renaissance-era book ‘Hypnerotomachia Poliphili’, the album musically weaves the concepts of love as a battlefield, where desire and devotion are tested through trials and spiritual awakenings, with visions of pagan temples, mystical gardens, and arcane symbols.

An aspirational and operatic aura envelops ‘Dreaming The Strife For Love’, from the longer compositions and spacious production to the extravagant and diverse instrumentation that includes 12 string guitar, copious use of synthesizers, mellotron and organs, fretless bass, percussion and horns; the dynamic range of the album embracing the most crucial elements of prog rock’s lofty imagination.

Though the Progressive side of Bedsore has been given much more room to stretch out, the Death Metal foundations remain present in the DNA. Vocally throughout the album the agonized screams of Jacopo Gianmaria Pepe endure, and the manic dark death and blackened metal riffs now segue and merge into the whole more adeptly than ever before. This results in an album that, rather than feeling like two separate albums in one, embraces a coherence for both forms, to create a surreal, reality-bending immersion wholly their own.

Lush, symphonic, ambitious and romantic in scope, Bedsore’s ‘Dreaming The Strife For Love’ is 2024’s most surprising fusion of 70s Progressive and Dark Death Metal, old and new production elements, the passionate and the horrific. Like so many of their Italian brethren from Goblin and Devil Doll, to Death SS and Black Hole, Bedsore both embrace tradition and blow it up simultaneously.

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releases November 29, 2024

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Jacopo Gianmaria Pepe - Vocals / Electric Guitar / 12-String Guitar
Stefano Allegretti - Classical Guitar / Synthesizers / Mellotron / Organ and
Keyboards
Giulio Rimoli - Fretless Bass / Bass Pedals
Davide Itri - Drums / Percussion

GUEST MUSICIANS
Kariti - Vocals (Track 1)
Giorgio Trombino - Saxophone / Flute (Tracks 1, 2, 3)
Giulio Guidotti - Trumpet / Trombone (Tracks 1, 4, 6)

CREDITS
All the music on this album was conceived and composed by Jacopo Gianmaria Pepe and Stefano Allegretti under mutual inspiration, and arranged by BEDSORE
Lyrics by Jacopo Gianmaria Pepe and Stefano Allegretti

Concept by BEDSORE and Timo Ketola, inspired by the Italian Renaissance book “Hypnerotomachia Poliphili” (1499)

Recorded between Palestrina and Rome during 2023-2024. The main recording sessions took place at NMG Recording Studios, engineered by Lorenzo Stecconi and assisted by Alex Di Nunzio. Vocals and all instruments were recorded at Le Trombe degli Angeli Studios by Jacopo Gianmaria Pepe and Stefano Allegretti. Hammond B3 Organ, Farfisa Organ, ARP Solina, Harpsichord and Minimoog Model D were recorded at Blind Faith Recording Studio, engineered by Lorenzo Stecconi and assisted by Luca Sapio.

Mixed by Lorenzo Stecconi
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg
Front and back paintings by Denis Forkas Kostromitin
Additional illustrations by Costin Chioreanu
Layout by Ebe Paciocco
Band photography by Francesco Maria Pepe

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