Hailing from Italy, the birthplace of cult horror movie masters, ARCANA 13 stirs in the cauldron a lethal brew of Heavy Doom with galore of Italian Horror’s legacy. Lucio Fulci living of fuzzy riffs. Mario Bava high on distorted mellotrons. Dario Argento crazy for low end grime.
Debut album 'Danza Macabra' was released on Aural Music in 2016, with an eye-striking album cover from cult horror artist Enzo Sciotti. In 2018, Claudio Simonetti of Goblin got struck by their cover of Dario Argento’s "Suspiria" and asked the band to revise his main theme composed for George Romero’s "Dawn Of The Dead". The song is featured as opening track for the Special 40th Anniversary edition on Rustblade Records.
The last gravestone is the collaboration with director Luca Canale Brucculeri on his new horror TV series “Black Death” based on the eponymous comic book. He got enthralled by ARCANA 13's music and decided to commission the main theme's songwriting for the series, that will be released as special edition 7” in January 2020 on Aural Music, along with a doomed up version of Iron Maiden’s classic “Wrathchild”.
“Emblems seen through the fog, it’s the end of it all. Look upon the blood-red moon and you’ll be facing the Black Death.”
ARCANA 13 'Black Death' EP - Out January 17th on Aural Music