Then we had, we discussed with the label and we created two other videos, which were “Marching On Versailles” first and “See You In Hell” and then we did an additional lyric video and when we realized that, you know, the coronavirus happened and we would not toured this year, when we realized this might happen, we decided to make another video which was “Fire And Ice”, because we wanted to create more content and it can be seen anywhere in the world, because we couldn’t tour and meet people we had to find another way to connect with them. The idea was releasing a song, a video and show people what they could expect, so that was the first single back in 2018. It started with the video of “I Am The Storm”, it was because I needed to show something to people who would take part in the crowdfunding campaign, not just say: “Hey, we have this project. How come have you opted to film four singles? Was it due to a sort of deal you have with the label or was it simply due to the fact that you wanted to increase your popularity and allow people to get in touch with your music? I think it caught people’s attention and that’s what led us to what I call “a successful release”. We actually released another additional single just before we released the album, which was “Live Before You Die” and it was to show all the aspects of Ad Infinitum from, you know, the very party-ish songs to the very dark gothic songs. I think it worked pretty well, we wanted to show people what we were doing and what they could expect from us. Do you think it can be a great calling card for the band? I think you have to see it as a book and “Chapter One” is the beginning of our story, for sure we’re now already working on Chapter Two, which it won’t be related in terms of story, but it will be the next chapter of the band.įrom this very first album you’ve unleashed 4 singles: “I Am Storm”, “Marching On Versailles”, “Fire And Ice” e “See You In Hell”. Taking a look at the album title, i would like to ask you if this first album will also be the first one of a trilogy and where did the idea of calling your very first record this way come from? We were completely blown away by their response, it was so positive and so encouraging that… you know, it just encouraged us to continue and do better. We knew that we had some people following us already, but you know we started this on our own with our Youtube channel and we were publishing everything through Napalm Records and it was a little bit stressful, because we didn’t know how people would welcome it, and you know, it started to be your fanbase, following you in this metal community, discovering you. We’ve released this single in order to start a crowdfunding campaign and get some help to finance the album. We were very enthusiastic and we knew that we had already a fanbase from the very first single that we’ve released in 2018. We’ve got an amazing feedback, we were not expecting that from the very first album, you know. What kind of feedback did you get so far and what kind of appraisal can you make about it? On March you’ve released your debut album, “Chapter I: Monarchy”. I don’t like to put ourselves out of the box, because we have influences from different genres and even not only metal, but yeah, we are four musicians playing symphonic metal and we’ve released our debut album in April this year! Of course! We are a symphonic, power metal band. Ok as you know we’re here today in order to talk about Ad Infinitum, so let’s break the ice: would you mind introducing the band for those who have not familiarity with you? Let’s do it! Thanks for the invitation! Thank you! Hi Melissa and welcome to Femme Metal! This is our very first interview, so I’m more than happy to host you here. We’ve managed to talk to Melissa about this matter, giving a great space to this very first concept album and to the related acoustic version, that is going to be released soon! Pandemic, indeed, is not only one of the many topics that Melissa had to deal with in this very first record, because 2020 was mainly ruined and devastated by this new century’s pandemic, COVID-19, that brought tons of bands to postpone or even cancel their own tours. The symphonic metal band led by the dynamic frontwoman Melissa Bonny (Rage Of Light, Serenity) introduces a concept album that thrust us out to 1347, to one of the most perilous historical periods of mankind, Black Death, a tough pandemic that hit Europe in that particular age. In an area of interest when, quite often, novelty lacks a lot and where’s tough to find even the smallest drop of inspiration, Swiss Ad Infinitum, one of the latest additions to Napalm Records’ roster, peeks out in the music panorama with the very first record, “Chapter I: Monarchy”.
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