{"product_id":"8715392263224","title":"HESPERIA – PICENUM (TRUE MARCHIGIAN BLACK METAL RENAISSANCE) - CD •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 8715392263224 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: NAPALM \u003cbr\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: August 28, 2026\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis winter \u0026amp; historical Black Metal is true Marchigian Black Metal!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Picenum (True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance)“ is the natural continuation of “Fra Li Monti Sibillini”, expanding its concept to the entire Marche region (the title Picenum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eindicates the ancient name for a large part of this region). The album is set mostly in the late Middle Ages but also at the beginning of the Renaissance (here highlighted in its darker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esides, experienced through the darkness of my region and the places where I was born).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a brief intro about the region’s ancient origins, the album is divided into 3 parts:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• The first is dedicated to the history and the very dark legends of the region Marche: the Da Varano Lords who rebelled against the Church by joining the Cursed League in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1375; the history and legend of the Rocca di Pitino (Pitino Fortress) and its deconsecrated church and cemetery; the history and legend of the very dark Roccaccia (The Ugly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFortress) and its warlord necromancer, a servant of the devil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• The second is dedicated to the folklore and legends of my region: lu lupu mannà (the Marchigian werewolf), the Mazzamurello (a dark Marchigian sprite), the Sdrega (the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarchigian witch), before returning once again to the Sibilline Mountains… In this part, Hesperus’ grandmother’s voice (R.I.P.) narrates these folklore legends a couple of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003etimes (she knew quite a few). Here a bigger amount of Marchigian dialect than italian (more than Fra li Monti Sibillini)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• The third and longest part is, in fact, a continuation that closes the circle with the previous album, and the part is “Ritorno fra li monti Sibillini” (Return to the Sibilline\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMountains), with two tracks focusing on the goat-fairies and the Sibylla, and another two tracks that speak of the geographical novel of the Chevalier De la Sale, a real\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistorical figure who was tasked with exploring the Sibilline Mountains and understanding what was inside the Sibylla’s cave (thus, not a knight from an epic poem like in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe previous album); he truly met the inhabitants of Montemonaco (Mons Daemoniacus) who led him to the vestibule of the Sibylla’s cave (on the summit of Monte Sibilla)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand told him numerous stories of those who entered the cave, including that of a German knight who returned because he was not forgiven by the Church and remained\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethere… forever (the last track: the final 12’ suite).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStylistically, the album has many similarities with the previous record (a Mediaval Black Metalin the vein of ‘90s) but adds some Renaissance parts and some ‘80s proto Black\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMetal passages. As you will notice, there are folk\/ambient interludes as in the previous album, but they are not on separate tracks; they are at the end of each track (incorporated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003einto the tracks even if they appear in the tracklist).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVer Sacrum: Picus Martius Picenos In Picenum Ducit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1375, La Lega Maledetta: I Signori Da Varano Si Ribellano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCastrum Pitini: II Castello Sopra La Necropoli Picena E Il\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Leggenda Della Roccaccia: Il Necromante Signore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLu Lupu Mannà\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Sdrega\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIl Sentiero Delle Fate, Atto I: L’ira Della Sibilla A\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIl Sentiero Delle Fate, Atto II: Le Fate Caprine Non Si Accorsero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIl Paradiso Della Regina Sibilla, Atto I: L’arrivo Del Cavaliere A. 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