Mariangela Demurtas

MARIANGELA DEMURTAS, vocalist of acclaimed metal bands Tristania and Ardours, has released a new video for her single “City” . The song is from her upcoming EP Dark Ability which will be released on February 11 2022.

Mari comments: “City” is a place where our dreams grow. Either we love it, or we hate it, and it is always coming with an expectation that sometimes can burn you out…

Watch exclusively on Moshville, here.

Purchase: https://mariangelademurtas.bandcamp.com/album/dark-ability

Mariangela’s journey as a professional singer began in 2007 with TRISTANIA, a pioneer of gothic metal in the world. Since joining TRISTANIA, they have released two albums: Rubicon in 2008 and Darkest White in 2013. MARIANGELA has worked with well-known producers such as Waldemar Sorychta, Sasha Gerstner and Cris Cedeberg. Along with touring across continents and sharing stages with the likes of MOONSPELL, DARK TRANQUILLITY ORPHANED LAND and more.

ARDOURS began in 2016, formed by MARIANGELA together with Kris Laurent, an old friend. They released an album on Frontiers Records in 2019 titled Last Place On Earth and along with their 2020 EP Eu4ia Ep. ARDOURS took to the stage with major names including PARADISE LOST prior to the pandemic bringing a halt to further shows. Now they are waiting with eager anticipation to return to the live scene.

MARIANGELA’s voice is powerful and versatile, complementing a wide range of musical styles. She initially wrote her solo album in 2013 but it remained unreleased, unsure of the musical direction to take. Initially choosing to release her solo work on Patreon, MARIANGELA is preparing to unleash her EP into the wider world and make her solo debut in 2021.

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TRISTANIA Singer Mariangela Demurtas has issued the first official announcement, via her facebook page, to release her debut solo album:

This work brings you ten songs that have been maturing in my head for the last two years and finally, they will be available for all of you that have been following my path with Tristania. Even being aware that my career has been mostly linked to the Gothic Metal genre, which I really praise, there’s much more about me and my musical roots that people should know about. So, this time I felt I should release something that would honestly represent what my heart wishes to speak, by stepping away from the over produced music that sometimes doesn’t let the message be clear.

Writing a solo record isn’t perhaps the easiest task in the world because after all you will have to deal mostly with your doubts and fears when trying to find the song that represents you and what you wish to speak, but at the end of the day it is indeed a very rewarding process that lets you know more and more about yourself. I guess that’s the purpose of art… Learning through expression.

This album will bring you some honest, simple, clear half-acoustic songs, that obviously, talk about my life experiences, and mostly the way I look at the world we’re living. Hope you can all connect to it somehow. I believe, my metal brothers and sisters will like this album even though it doesn’t sound like Tristania or any of my other projects.

I am already considering the next one; maybe in Italian or Sardinian? I don’t know yet, but either way more information will follow in the next few months. I am just getting started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgcD87B4kC8

I would also like to thank you all for the great support! Enjoy this teaser!
You can pre-order the album at http://www.themurtas.com/music