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Artist News: Ex Deo - Studio Blog: Part 1 & 2

Posted on Sunday, March 15 @ 06:08:18 UTC by nightowl

Ex Deo, the new band featuring Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono, is currently heavily at work on their debut album with producer/guitarist J-F Dagenais. Iacono recently started a weekly studio blog on the Ex Deo MySpace [page] which will last until mid-March. Every week the blog will also include a section called "Do you know Rome?", that will give a historic fact about the Roman Empire.

Studio Report Part One: "The album is musically complete and tracking has been in the works for the last few weeks. Drums are almost done and on Monday I fly to Montreal to lay down the Roman law and track some vocals!



"I?ve been a fan of history all of my life but the last few years I?ve really been studying ancient Rome's rise and fall. I have to say it?s by far the most impressive subject I?ve ever studied. I'm totally addicted to it and its glory, its power, its weaknesses and its passion. I wanted to do this project for many years, but was never ready and the timing was all wrong. I never thought I could do it justice either but I'm ready now. The urge finally took over and I feel its power calling me and almost driving me crazy.

"Now that I hear these symphonies created by my boys I?m so very proud of what they have created. Now it?s my turn to do them justice! I?ll be in the studio for the next two weeks tracking vocals and working on the arrangements. This is much more complex then anything we have done with Kataklysm. It?s super challenging and it has opened new doors for us as songwriters. I will give everyone an update on how things are progressing shortly."

DO YOU KNOW ROME? - FACT ONE: Did you know that according to the Roman legend, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers fathered by the god of Mars (god of war) and the priestess virgin Rhea. To keep her virginity from being uncovered, she set to have the twins be killed by her keeper.

Instead, the keeper put them in a basket along a river, they were caught in the banks and were nurtured underneath a fig tree by a she wolf (lupa in Latin) and were fed by a woodpecker named Picus.

Romulus later in life slayed his own brother Remus and became king. That?s how Rome was born and got his name.

Ex Deo's debut album Romulus is scheduled for release June 19, 2009 (Europe) and June 30, 2009 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.

[Source: Nuclear Blast]

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