{"id":62163,"date":"2017-10-10T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=62163"},"modified":"2017-10-10T22:07:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T22:07:38","slug":"news-fleshgod-apocalypse-part-ways-with-vocalist-guitarist-tommaso-riccardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-fleshgod-apocalypse-part-ways-with-vocalist-guitarist-tommaso-riccardi\/","title":{"rendered":"FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Part Ways With Vocalist \/ Guitarist Tommaso Riccardi (October 10th, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Part Ways With Vocalist \/ Guitarist Tommaso Riccardi<\/strong><\/span>
\nOctober 10th, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Italian symphonic death metal group Fleshgod Apocalypse have parted ways with vocalist and guitarist Tommaso Riccardi following an eight-year tenure, revealing this development on October 10th, 2017.<\/p>\n

Fleshgod Apocalypse issued the following statement: \u201cAbout a couple of months ago, our singer Tommaso left the band for personal reasons. Our separation wasn\u2019t painless, but everybody thought this was the best solution. Therefore, we sat down and tried to figure out all possible scenarios for a band that suddenly loses its frontman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe will to go on and continue this journey was stronger than everything else. Since the message of Fleshgod Apocalypse goes beyond music itself, we couldn\u2019t let someone who wasn\u2019t there since the beginning be its spokesman. So the only way to go on was to take a look back at our roots: We decided that Francesco Paoli, our drummer, songwriter, founder and first frontman of the band, was the natural choice for this delicate and also challenging position. Our mastermind has finally taken back his originary role as lead vocalist and guitarist.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom now on, besides our precious soprano singer Veronica Bordacchini, we\u2019ll have the honor to share the stage with the Italian metal legend David Folchitto on drums together with the phenomenal Fabio Bartoletti on lead guitar.<\/p>\n

\u201cFleshgod Apocalypse are more focused and determined than ever. Expect new epic live experiences and, most likely, the darkest and heaviest Fleshgod Apocalypse album that we\u2019ve ever written.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to start this new, exciting chapter of our career. Our friends in South America will be the first ones to witness the new course of the band, with Francesco as our frontman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat doesn\u2019t kill you makes you stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fleshgod Apocalypse\u2019s line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Francesco Paoli (vocals and guitars)
\nFabio Bartoletti (lead guitars)
\nCristiano Trionfera (guitars and backing vocals)
\nPaolo Rossi (bass and backing vocals)
\nDavid Folchitto (drums)
\nFrancesco Ferrini (piano and orchestration)<\/p>\n

Francesco Paoli was vocalist and guitarist for Fleshgod Apocalypse from their April 2007 inception until shortly following the release of March 2009 debut full-length studio album Oracles<\/em>, issued via Candlelight Records in Europe, with Willowtip Records handling North American distribution. Tommaso Riccardi joined the ranks, Paoli switching to the drum position. Lone EP Mafia<\/em> emerged in May 2010, the band signing with Nuclear Blast Records in May 2011. Riccardi\u2019s vocals could be heard on the next three studio affairs, namely; Agony<\/em> (August 2011), Labryrinth<\/em> (August 2013), and King<\/em> (February 2016).<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by MediaRomantica PH.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Part Ways With Vocalist \/ Guitarist Tommaso Riccardi October 10th, 2017 Italian symphonic death metal group Fleshgod Apocalypse have parted ways with vocalist and guitarist Tommaso Riccardi following an eight-year tenure, revealing this development on October 10th, 2017. Fleshgod Apocalypse issued the following statement: \u201cAbout a couple of months ago, our singer Tommaso […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fleshgod-apocalypse-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62168,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62163\/revisions\/62168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}