232 - FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE: Symphonic Death Metal, Opera, Avatar & Mountain Climbing Incident

About this episode

Chris Garza interviews Francesco Paoli and Veronica Bordacchini from FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE about their music, experiences, and a mountain climbing incident.

Get your episodes early, guitar tone & more here: https://patreon.com/garzapodcast Garza sits down in-person with Francesco Paoli & Veronica Bordacchini from Italian symphonic death metal band FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE. On tour now w/ Avatar! https://instagram.com/fleshgodofficial 00:00 - Avatar 05:25 - Veronica Learning Opera 10:58 - Video Games // Snake 13:32 - Parenthood 16:14 - Writing Music in Kid’s Room 18:07 - Shower Ideas 21:17 - Learning English & Swedish 24:10 - First U.S. Tour 31:54 - Staying Productive During Lockdown 35:37 - Livestream w/ No Makeup 40:29 - Coming Up with the Band Look 48:10 - Discovering Metal Bands 51:23 - Francesco’s Early Bands 53:14 - Boss HM2 54:47 - Oracles 59:17 - The Mountain Climbing Injury 1:22:40 - Writing “I Can Never Die” 1:24:10 - New Music 1:26:06 - How Veronica Found Her Own Voice 1:31:24 - Support Good Art 1:35:00 - 3 Albums to Check Out

People in this episode

Host: Chris Garza

Guests: Francesco Paoli, Veronica Bordacchini

Topics covered

• symphonic death metal
• opera
• music writing
• parenthood
• video games
• band dynamics
• mountain climbing

Keywords

• FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE
• symphonic death metal
• opera
• music writing
• mountain climbing
• video games
• parenthood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, Avatar, Instagram

Products: Boss HM2

Books & works: I Can Never Die

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