LABEL: Svart Records
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 4/14/2023
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2022
VARIANT: Blue Vinyl 2LP

2022 release from the eclectic heavy rockers. Messa’s rising trajectory hits the stratosphere on their immense album Close. Soaring up out of the Italian Doom Rock underground in 2014, Messa have been rapidly garnering a frenzied throng of devotees, in thrall to their monumental and broad-ranging sound craft. Releasing two widely celebrated cult records, the latest of which “Feast For Water” in 2018 was a critical breakthrough success, with Rolling Stone calling the whole album “captivating, wringing maximum drama out of it’s savvy stylistic clash,” Messa have had everyone on tenterhooks, waiting for what was next. Close draws us further into Messa’s spellbinding textures and immersive dynamics. Described as “Stevie Nicks fronting Black Sabbath,” singer Sara’s colossal voice omnipotently carries the listener on an emotional rollercoaster ride where the sonic cauldron of Iommi guitars gives way to Arabian oudh and progressive solos in a masterful style-clash that well befits Messa’s incendiary reputation.