Full assertion from the band as follows: “We might by no means thought this second would come however, after twenty years of friendship and collaboration, Paolo determined to vary his life’s path and take a step again from the band. The pandemic turned out being an especially powerful problem for everybody, particularly musicians. After attempting all the things potential to cling to the music enterprise with out “shortcuts”, Paolo discovered one other job that, though exterior our subject, was an important alternative for him and granted stability throughout these turbulent instances.
“When life began getting again to regular, permitting us to play reside exhibits once more, we encountered many difficulties in making his new commitments coexist with our touring schedule. Paolo tried actually exhausting for over a yr to make it occur, even involving non permanent replacements like Ludovico Cioffi (Delain), who we thank so much for his assist, however sadly these weren’t the mandatory circumstances to make all of it work. Subsequently, he took the powerful choice to step down from his function in Fleshgod Apocalypse. He’ll all the time stay a part of our household.
“Shifting ahead, the band will stay a 5 piece unit, with Francesco taking up bass duties and Veronica now dealing with all clear vocals. We assist his choice and we invite you all to hitch us in wishing him and his household all one of the best. As a final reward to our followers, we determined to portrait this transition with a chunk of artwork, by the succesful fingers of visionary Italian photographer Francesco Esposito, who created the masterpiece you possibly can see right here. Paolo will all the time be with us, we would not be the place we stand at present with out his contribution. Thanks all in your fixed love and assist, see you on the highway.”
