(EchO)

To say goodbye to 2023 we want to focus on positive things and thank all the people who believed and support what we do in the way we do it, so needless to say our biggest THANK YOU goes to all the band we shared the stage with, and all the people who attended our shows. Let's go by the year:
_our dudes in Pilgrimage welcomed us in beautiful Malta, and From Dusk Till Doom Festival made us be back in Belgium along with our brothers in Esoteric and Evadne, and great bands such as Ophis, Ataraxie, Officium Triste and Shape of Despair Official.
_Right after that we focused on the making of Doom Heart festival, bringing to Italy bands like Clouds, Pantheïst, REMINA, Formalist and Somnent.
_Our biggest goal for 2023 was to record a live in studio version of Witnesses, which also saw the first official appearance of Agostino little by little rejoining the band. Heike Langhans and Alexander Högbom blessed us with their presence, and it all will see the light in early 2024 with the support of Meuse Music Records.
_Last but not least we played for the first time in Sardinia along with Ilienses Tree and Tales Around the Campfire , and we got stunned about how welcoming and kind hearted is our big island.

A very special and warm THANK YOU goes out to the guys in For The Storms, Francesco Genduso, Tancredi Cassina and to Mike Lamb, Heike Langhans, Riccardo Floridia, Giovanni Feroldi and REMINA for being our enlarged family.

Now, about 2024? We look forward to see what happens, the live in studio will be out, we have a few scattered ideas for new songs here and there, and we really hope to encrease the number of live shows.

Take care, Doom on.
(EchO), Doom from the Lake.

📷 Quest For Fire Photography

La nostra prima data in Sardegna ed é ultima data dell'anno é stata un successo.
A prescindere della formazione ridotta all'ultimo causa Covid, della batteria che ha perso pezzi durante l'esibizione e per concludere la caduta di Fabio dal palco, che grazie al cielo non si é spaccato l'osso del collo.
Grazie a per l'invito, in particolare a Maurizio e a Claudio.
Grazie al per averci ospitati. Complimenti alle band e per l'esibizione e per averci dato una mano con la strumentazione.
Infine grazie davvero al numeroso pubblico; la scena sarda non ha nulla da invidiare a nessuno.

EJA.

** NEWS ** NEWS ** NEWS **
!! We are proud to announce we are joining Meuse Music Records !!
Something is already boiling, follow us and be updated.
These are Meuse Music words:

"👋 Dear friends and followers, today is almost the last day before the holidays break to share some great news with you... Take one!

💥 We're pleased to let you know that (EchO) is joining Meuse Music! 🔥

👉 (ECHO) is a Doom Metal band formed in 2007 in Brescia (Italy).
The band from the shores of Lake Garda finds its roots in Doom Metal, with deep influences from Post-Metal, Sludge and Hardcore-Punk.
Someone says "(EchO) is a Doom-Core band", and it fits.

👉 Soon, with the band, we will present you some great stuffs! 👌

👉 Stay tuned for more news! 👍

WELCOME (ECHO)! 🤘"

A dispetto della non proprio felice notizia dell'altro giorno, ricordiamo che settimana prossima chiuderemo in bellezza quest'anno. Suoneremo per la prima volta in Sardegna, a Cagliari, insieme ai Ilienses Tree e Tales around the campfire.
Abbiamo preparato una scaletta speciale per l'occasione, con pezzi che difficilmente riproporremo a breve.
Link dell'evento nei commenti.
Ci si vede là. 👊🏻

We regret to announce that we ceased collaboartion with Black Lion Records, and that we intend to keep the reasons behind it private.
As of right now we are not signed to any label.

Our latest album Witnesses will still be available for purchase to all the online-stores as it was before, while stocks last, that being said the only way to DIRECTLY support the band, if that’s something you care about, is to purchase it via our Bandcamp page, which is also the only place where you will also find out merch (link in comments).

The videos that were available on Black Lion’s YouTube Channel will be shortly uploaded but on our own YT channel (ink in comments).

As far as our music’s availability on streaming platforms (Spotify, Deezer, etc) nothing changes, since that was already in our hands.

Stay tuned on our social media pages, since we have stuff boiling up, ready to be released!!!

Fabio, Simone, Mauro, Agostino.

Here's some words from Fabio:

"A week ago we entered the studio, and we finally had the chance to record and to shoot our performance.
As a small underground band like us, reckon the fact that we have not management, we could not provide a decent promotion to our last album "Witnesses".
We simply can't afford certain investments required by current music industry. But it also true that is also a ethical choice to which we try be faithfull.

However, we record a full perfomance of our last album with a treat.
It has been special.
First of all Agostino reached us for this time, and he delivered and amazing performance.
We also recorded in our hometow whose art concept and lyrics are dedicated.
Thanks to for the ospitality.
And to conclude, and joined us, unfortunately in different times, to record their guest vocals plus more.
More details soon."

A dutiful thanks to ( ), and () for the great job.

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Here's some great shots from our last performance at From Dusk Till Doom, in Belgium. 🇧🇪
Thanks to for the amazing photos.

PER LA PRIMA VOLTA IN SARDEGNA.

Siamo più che felici di chiudere l'anno in bellezza con questo evento; avremo l'onore di calcare il palco del Fabrik di Cagliari, insieme agli e .
È anche la prima data da Headliner dopo tanto tempo, e prepareremo qualcosa di speciale per l'occasione.

Non vediamo l'ora!!

For everybody who saw our last post.

The only reason we removed is that Heike's bag was found.
Thanks to everybody who showed support in these hours to the guys in REMINA.

All's well that ends well.

Belgium, It has been AWESOME.
True to form, this beautiful country did not dissapoint.

Thanks to all the bands involved: , , , , and our spanish bros
And obviously, thanks to Chris, Mike and all the for being so great.

We'll be back.
Take it slow!

📷www.brothersinraw.com

Here's another guitar playthrough from our latest album Witnesses, this time for the opening track Laudanum, feat. Alexander Högbom of the mighty October Tide!!

(EchO) - Laudanum ft. Alex Högbom (Official Guitar Play-through 2023) Taken from our latest album Witness released on November 25th 2022 via Black Lion Records.Get the album here: https://echodoom.bandcamp.com/Follow us: https:...

Sold out.
See you on Saturday.
Come early.

Cheers.

Our first time in Malta has been RAD. It has also been our first promotion gig for "Witnesses" and we are delighted that the Maltese crowd has appreciated.
Thanks to our bros for the gentle invitation, and we hope to share the stage again very soon.
Great band, amazing people.

Next week we'll play at
in Belgium, where we'll share the stage with some of the greatest Doom metal bands out there.
We'll also have the honor to get on stage with us. We'll play together the songs in which she partecipated.

It will certainly a show to be remembered.

📷.89

Within less than a month, we'll be back on stage after a long year on taking care to our lives and other commitments.
Agostino is still part of the band, but we'll have to wait for his return. Mattia and other friends will help us for the gigs.
We also planned something special for this fall, as well as announcing other gigs.
Keep following us for more details.

DOOM FROM THE LAKE

After months of silence, we are more than glad to announce this show.
We'll play for the first time in Malta. We'll have the honor to share the stage with at the Garage!
We have more shows to announce, and we hope to don't take back these words, as unfortunately it happened this spring.
Our daily commitments and professional lives have prevailed, but now we are ready to come back to play some gigs, with also Simone and his place.
In the meanwhile, we are workin' for something different for this autumn.

DOOM FROM THE LAKE

FB event:
https://facebook.com/events/s/pilgrimage-mtnl-echo-it-live-i/251545094256606/

We are more than glad to announce that we will co-operate to the organization of Doom Heart Festival for the third time. The event will take place at and we'll host .official.band, , .doom , and .
See you there!

It looks like "Witnesses" has been released for three months already.
We are overwhelmed of your support, it's very difficult to receive great feedbacks in times like these, there's a lot new music out there.
We haven’t had the chance to promote it properly yet, our personal lives are pretty rushy during these days, but not only for bad stuff, Simone became the father of a beautiful boy, so he needs some time to take care of his family for the next few months, and Mattia, (who's been filling in for Agostino on bass in the past few months) being one of the best guitarists we know, will switch from bass to guitar for the next few shows.
We are working hard to book some shows. The situation, however, is not so great, many gigs have been deleted or postponed, but luckily, we still have some gigs that will be announced soon.
Finally, we'll start to play gigs out of our country again soon.

(EchO) - Wanderer (Official Music Video 2022) | Black Lion Records Taken from their upcoming album Witness due November 25th via Black Lion Records Pre-order. CD/Digital at https://snd.click/EchO Like many others, I suffered...

Alex Ars Onirica is simply one of the best dudes, and we have the honor to call him "friend" . Go support him and his great bands.
Ars Onirica
INVERNOIR
Veil of Conspiracy

Another exchange with one of the most amazing italian doom bands! Thanx to for sending me the new beautiful album by its band (EchO) and this beautiful t-shirt designed by the great If you love acts such as Ghost Brigade, Swallow the sun and Deftones you will surely fall in love with their music 😉

We answered to some really good questions by Dead Rhetoric.com . A long and interesting interview. Finally, the answers are in english.
Enjoy it!

(EchO) – Witness the Sorrow | Dead Rhetoric Italian quartet (EchO) embrace a massive pool of influences across the atmospheric melodic doom/death spectrum – developing an international following since their start in 2007. Now moving onto Black Lion Records for their fourth album Witnesses, the material possesses the best head turning, hypno...

We've been nominated for album of the year in Terra Relicta's Dark Music Awards 2022.
Thanks to Tomaz Vogric and Terra Relicta - Official for the nominee.
Show us once time again your amazing support.
Down here 👇🏻

Terra Relicta Awards 2022 - Terra Relicta dark music web magazine Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards 2022

Thanks to Metalitalia for the very attentive interview.
It's always a pleasure to answer to accurate questions. Sadly, only ITA.

(ECHO) - Il buio dell'isolamento "'Witnesses' è stata la risposta all’esigenza di incanalare tutta la rabbia e la tristezza accumulate in questi ultimi due anni in qualcosa che ci facesse bene, che per noi è scrivere musica".

It seems 2022 has come to an end.
It has been a rough year for us.
"Witnesses", our fourth album, has finally been released. Not the best of ideas, since a lot of other great albums have released too, so we're struggling to book shows on acceptable terms. Sadly, no big label budget here.
Anyway, we're blown away by your support. Sales are going very well, and especially during these times it's amazing.
Thanks for your support we'll be able to produce another release, merch, gigs and more. Without you, we could never do any of this!

Here's a very recent shot where our doomness is being shown. Not very doomy location, but it's one of our favourite place.

DOOM FROM THE LAKE.
DOOM WILL PREVAIL.

A few weeks ago we shoot this playthrough video. What you ear is a dry, direct and not processed live track from our Neural DSP Quad Cortex, Mauro hard panned left and Simone hard panned right for the curious ones.
Guitars are Mauro and Simone's Caparison Guitars TAT, Horus, and a big thank to Tancredi Cassina for letting us use his Metal machine, and obviously for shooting and producing the video.

(Echo) - Fate Takes Its Course (Official Guitar Play-through 2022) | Black Lion Records Taken from their upcoming album Witness due November 25th via Black Lion Records Pre-order. CD/Digital at https://snd.click/EchO Like many others, I suffered...

Ringraziamo il sempre gentile Gabriele Zolfo (anche per la menzione speciale) e Grind On The Road per l'attenzione che rivolgono ai nostri lavori.

GOTR Awards 2022 – I dischi preferiti dalla Redazione A fine dicembre ci si domanda se è stato un anno buono per noi e per il mondo in cui viviamo. In molti casi è meglio non rispondere, ma almeno per quel che compete la musica, ogni 365 giorni si può dire - sì, in effetti è stata un'ottima annata.