Disarmonia Mundi

Disarmonia Mundi was founded by Ettore Rigotti in 1999. The band went through several line-up changes before recording their debut album, Nebularium. The album was completely self-produced by Ettore in his home studio. The response to the album allowed the band to sign a contract with Self for Italian distribution and with Cd-Maximum for distribution in Russia. Line-up problems prevented live performances to support Nebularium and slowed down the recording the forthcoming album.

The only people remaining from the former line-up, Ettore Rigotti and Mirco Andreis, were joined by newcomer Claudio Ravinale. The resulting promo helped Disarmonia Mundi attain a recording contract with Scarlet Records.

Ettore got in contact with Soilwork front man Björn "Speed" Strid. What started out as a guest appearance on a track for the forthcoming album, Fragments of D-Generation,{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21074 |title=DISARMONIA MUNDI: second album to include appearance by SOILWORK singer |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |accessdate=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606213332/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21074 |archivedate=6 June 2011 }} turned into Strid performing as guest vocalist on most songs on the album. Fragments of D-Generation was met with positive feedback.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=45766 |title=SOILWORK Frontman Working On New DISARMONIA MUNDI Album |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |accessdate=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606213405/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=45766 |archivedate=6 June 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=1343 |title=Album Review - Disarmonia Mundi - Fragments of a D-Generation - RevelationZ Magazine |publisher=Revelationz.net |date=10 December 2010 |accessdate=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719203023/http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=1343 |archivedate=19 July 2011 }} While Strid returned to work on Soilwork's Stabbing the Drama, Ettore and Claudio began composing the music and lyrics for their third album.

While Ettore and Claudio worked on the new record, Mirco left the band to focus on his career as a movie director.http://www.disarmoniamundi.com/biography.html The remaining members tracked most of the new album in three weeks. The band remained a duo for the recording of Mind Tricks while having Strid as guest again on vocals,{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=48850 |title=SOILWORK Frontman: 'I Have More Faith In This Band Than Ever' |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |accessdate=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606213400/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=48850 |archivedate=6 June 2011 }} splitting them equally with Claudio, with Ettore contributing clean vocals as well. During the recording, ex-member Mirco shot a video for the band's single "Celestial Furnace".

The new album, The Isolation Game, was released 9 December 2009. Strid performed guest vocals on a few songs while the majority of the harsh vocals were handled by Claudio. Guitarist Olof Mörck of Nightrage and Amaranthe performed a guest solo on one song.{{cite web|url=http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=interviews_interview&id=58 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817164147/http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=interviews_interview&id=58 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=17 August 2009 |title=Interview of: Bjorn "Speed" Strid - Soilwork |publisher=PyroMusic.net |date= |accessdate=21 July 2011}}

On 12 November 2008 the band announced on their MySpace: "We have finished the pre-production of our forthcoming fourth album entitled "The Isolation Game" scheduled for an early spring release. News about the label for this album will be revealed very soon." The label was later revealed to be Coroner Records; a new record label based out of Italy. The recordings took place at Ettore Rigotti's "The Metal House" studios in Italy. Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork, Terror 2000) recorded vocals for a few songs on The Isolation Game. Much like on Mind Tricks, The Isolation Game features more singing from Ettore and Claudio. Upon its release, The Isolation Game received positive, if lukewarm reviews, with one critic commenting "however great an example of Swedish-style melodic death metal this is, it doesn't do anything that we haven't heard before".{{cite web |url=http://www.onemetal.com/2010/01/02/disarmonia-mundi-the-isolation-game/ |title=album review |publisher=Onemetal.com |accessdate=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180522/http://www.onemetal.com/2010/01/02/disarmonia-mundi-the-isolation-game/ |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Prior to the release of The Isolation Game, Disarmonia Mundi released a remastered edition of their debut album, Nebularium, in double disc packaging, with the second disc containing six songs that were b-sides to album recording sessions. The second disc was called The Restless Memoirs EP. The re-release package was published by Coroner Records on 26 June 2009.

On 10 November 2011, Disarmonia Mundi announced on their Myspace page that they had formed a new band with NeroArgento and the American professional skateboarder Elliot Sloan, called The Stranded.{{cite web|url=http://www.myspace.com/disarmoniamundi/blog/544742685 |title=Featured Content on Myspace |publisher=Myspace.com |date= |accessdate=16 April 2015}} On 2 July 2012 The Stranded released the album Survivalism Boulevard on Coroner Records; this album has been met with a general positive feedback.

The band began writing their fifth album in September 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=17890 |title=Disarmonia Mundi - Working On New Album |publisher=Metalstorm.net |date= |accessdate=16 April 2015}} On 5 February 2015, the band announced on their Facebook page that they were mastering the album which was still untitled.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/DisarmoniaMundi/photos/a.156997288002.116998.10511523002/10152804525003003 |title=Timeline Photos - Disarmonia Mundi |publisher=Facebook.com |date= |accessdate=16 April 2015}}

Following the 16 March 2015 announcement, the band's next album, Cold Inferno, was released on 9 June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=111607|title=Disarmonia Mundi Reveals New Album "Cold Inferno"|date=16 March 2015|work=Metal Underground|accessdate=16 March 2015}} Like on The Isolation Game, the majority of vocals on Cold Inferno were handled by Claudio, with Ettore providing clean vocals, and Speed appearing as guest on a couple of tracks, while all the instrumental parts were recorded and produced by Ettore at The Metal House studio.

On 21 February 2025, it was announced that the band's new album, The Dormant Stranger, will be released the following month on 21 March 2025, their first album in a decade since Cold Inferno.{{cite web|url=https://grande-rock.com/news/disarmonia-mundi-to-release-new-studio-album-the-dormant-stranger-on-march-21st-2025/|title=Disarmonia Mundi to release new studio album “The Dormant Stranger” on March 21st 2025|publisher=Grande Rock|access-date=February 24, 2025|date=February 21, 2025}}

• Ettore Rigotti − guitars, drums, keyboards, clean vocals (1999–present) bass (2005–present)
• Claudio Ravinale − extreme vocals, lyrics (2004–present)

• Björn "Speed" Strid − vocals

• Mirco Andreis − bass guitar (1999–2005)
• Benny Bianco Chinto − vocals, lyrics (1999–2002)
• Simone Palermiti − guitar, songwriting (1999–2002)
• Federico Cagliero − guitar, songwriting (2001)

Timeline

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• Nebularium (2001)
• Fragments of D-Generation (2004)
• Mind Tricks (2006)
• The Isolation Game (2009)
• Cold Inferno (2015)
• The Dormant Stranger (2025)

• Nebularium + The Restless Memoirs (EP, 2009)
• "Perdition Haze" (single, 2009)
• Princess Ghibli (split, 2011)
• Princess Ghibli 2 (split, 2012)
• Love (Feelingless) (feature, 2022)
• Oathbreaker (single, 2024)
• Adrift Among Insignificant Strangers (single, 2025)

• "Red Clouds" from Fragments of D-Generation
• "Celestial Furnace" from Mind Tricks

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• [http://www.disarmoniamundi.com Official Disarmonia Mundi website]

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Category:Italian melodic death metal musical groups

Category:Musical groups established in 2000

Category:Italian musical duos

Category:Scarlet Records artists