King (Fleshgod Apocalypse album)

King is the fourth studio album by Italian symphonic death metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse. The album was released on February 5, 2016 through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studio in Örebro, Sweden. King is the last album to be released featuring Tommaso Riccardi on vocals and guitar before his departure in October 2017, as well as the last album to feature founding lead guitarist Cristiano Trionfera who departed at an unknown date in 2017 with no announcement.

Concept

Production

Due to the high cost of using a live symphonic orchestra, the orchestral sounds for the album were produced using software instruments.

Track listing

Personnel

Fleshgod Apocalypse

• Tommaso Riccardi – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Cristiano Trionfera – lead guitar
• Paolo Rossi – bass, clean vocals
• Francesco Paoli – drums, backing vocals, additional guitars
• Francesco Ferrini – piano, orchestral arrangements

Additional personnel

• Veronica Bordacchini – soprano vocals (Tracks 5, 7, 11)
• Gino Ven Makes – logo
• Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
• Marco Mastrobuono – engineering, co-production
• Eliran Kantor – artwork

Charts

References