FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - Cold As Perfection (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Official music video for "Cold As Perfection" from the fourth studio album, KING, by Italian symphonic death metal masters @FleshgodApocalypse, released on February 5, 2016 via Nuclear Blast Records. Shop & listen at fga.bfan.link/...
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FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE "COLD AS PERFECTION" LYRICS
In this passing world
There’s no time to regret
Life’s too fast to fold
So why lie to yourself
‘cause there’s nothing more
“Can’t you see my light?”
That what mirrors behold
“Don’t speak, let me shine bright”
You, my flower blown by the whispers of age
Beauty in the storm that relentlessly fades
Cold through the winter of life
Pulled down below into an ocean of lies
My withering rose
What a dreadful curse
Cast by nature on life
Nothing lasts forever
Can’t turn back the hands of time
Like a grain of sand
Pray for me my Lord
In its hourglass awaits
“For the burden I hold”
For the very end when all torments decay
And the vanity will leave your heart in peace
“My lady listen to your beloved King
I can see your eyes are now scared
And veiled by the mist of despair
Do not be conquered by your own fears
Don’t let the illusion of perfection seduce you
Or you will be lost forever”
Desperate while my youth fades away
Sorrow is dragging my soul down
There’s no word you can say to save me
My love
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Directed and edited by: Francesco Paoli & Salvatore Perrone
D.O.P.: Salvatore Perrone
Additional editing by: Daniele Bianchi
Cast:
The King - Tommaso Riccardi
The Queen - Irene Botteghi
The Paramour - Ilaria Scussel
The Gardener - Claudio Campriani
The Minister - Alessandro Togni
The Jester - Andrea Martelli
The Butler - Giulio Burini
The Prince - Carlo Machiavelli
The Cook - Laura Tirelli
The Innkeeper - Federico Aisa
The Bishop - Ferruccio Ferrini
Soldiers - Alfredo Mirra, Simone Zampetti
Soprano singer - Veronica Bordacchini
Musicians - Cristiano Trionfera, Francesco Ferrini, Paolo Rossi, Francesco Paoli
Make-up and special FX: Barbara Kenpachi
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Production design: Andrea Martelli
Assistant set decorator: Mario Martelli
Costumes: Party Street Fun Holding
Veronica's mask realized by Dennis "Seregor" Droomers
Props: E.Rancati Attrezzeria scenica
Catering: Alfredo Mirra, Carmela Martelli
Filmed at "Villa delle Sophore", Loc. Ferretto - Cortona (Italy)
Special thanks to: Cecilia Menghi, Luigi Valenti, Marco 'Napo' Ghirga, Giorgia Fiore, Francesco Strappaveccia, Matteo Flori, Simona Freddio, Ettore Pallante, Liliana Viscardi, Macelleria Burico
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The part where the opera voice transitions into the guitar is so good
indeed 😍😍😍
Hell yeah
Chills.
4:49 epic
really was it all like wow..
I just fucking love that one fraction of second when you think it's the opera singer's highest and last note, but turns out to be the guitar solo's first note. Genius!
Metal is just an amazingly beautiful genre.
An ocean where endless creativity flows, it seems.
Amén
The sincerity of this band is almost incomparable to modern bands. Timeless tunes
Why is death metal making me cry. This is beautiful
only Paoli can make one drum sound like an entire kit
he's fucking insane man, in the best way possible
THAT IS ONE DRUM!??!!???!
The violin shredding tho
@CONNOR VANDYKEr/zooooom. Them marching drums hit different man. They can tune the rims for cymbal like hits, the rim shots have at least 6 different zones, and the middle is both snare and bass depending how hard you hit.
If Dimmu can get an orchestra live, these guys deserved it an album ago.
I've been listening to classical music and classically influenced metal for longer than I can remember, but I've never bothered with this band... I have to say that out of the hundreds of bands that I've heard, this is one of the best. Absolutely punishing and beautifully composed. Incredible.
Have you listen to "Therion" before?
To be completely honest when it comes to the music, they fuse so many things so well and make it go together perfectly
Fleshgod is fast becoming one of my favorite bands. It's awesome to hear them slow things down and allow the musicality to come through. Absolutely love this!
5:09 The merge of the godess voice and the guitarr is so EPIC!!!
This is one of those songs that you read the lyrics for, and it goes from being great to being absolutely amazing just like that. Probably going to be one of my favorite songs of the year. Such a masterpiece.
So underrated band.......One of the best Ive ever been listening to.
Brandon Dzieli for me its literally the best band ever. Period. They are so good that they ruined every other bands for me...i cant enjoy other bands as much anymore, all that thanks to them! They are so good that i always compare everybody else to them, even if i dont want to! Ive been a fan for years now, and its still the same thing today as it was the very first day that i discovered them...they are by far the best band for me
I saw them live too, and its the best show ive ever seen, it was absolutely incredible!
I wouldn't call FA underrated... As far as I know, and where I live, they are one of the most appreciated and well known death metal bands, among metal heads.
My favourite band atm. : >
In this passing world
There’s no time to regret
Life’s too fast to fold
So why lie to yourself
‘cause there’s nothing more
“Can’t you see my light?”
That what mirrors behold
“Don’t speak, let me shine bright”
You, my flower blown by the whispers of age
Beauty in the storm that relentlessly fades
Cold through the winter of life
Pulled down below into an ocean of lies
My withering rose
What a dreadful curse
Cast by nature on life
Nothing lasts forever
Can’t turn back the hands of time
Like a grain of sand
Pray for me my Lord
In its hourglass awaits
“For the burden I hold”
For the very end when all torments decay
And the vanity will leave your heart in peace
“My lady listen to your beloved King
I can see your eyes are now scared
And veiled by the mist of despair
Do not be conquered by your own fears
Don’t let the illusion of perfection seduce you
Or you will be lost forever”
Desperate while my youth fades away
Sorrow is dragging my soul down
There’s no word you can say to save me
My love
thx bud
the amount of work these guys put into everything they do is just glorious. they easily are one of the more underrated bands nuclear blast has. this is just glorious
Censorship is so interesting. "Here, blood gushing from an open wrist, that's fine." But "OMG a lady's booby! COVER THE SHAME!" Cool video otherwise.
+Brendan Sullivan I agree, but it's got nothing to do with the creators, really. UA-cam puts up these ridiculous rules, and it's either "follow them" or "get the hell out".
Selbi Inkille oh sure, not blaming the artists in the least. They've uploaded it uncensored elsewhere after all. Merely a statement against censorship in general, not what the creators had to do to meet guidelines in the video.
Brendan Sullivan
Wait, where? Can you share the link?
UA-cam does not allow nudity or porn.
+Selbi Inkille in the description
every time that soprano comes in, i get chills of the best kind.
Aos 5:15 minutos a voz da soprano se funde com o solo da guitarra e meus ouvidos tem um orgasmo todas as vezes.
I keep coming back to this, i'm into history and this just seems so accurate. There is so much real storytelling going on here, music worthy of a KING
O god her voice at 4:49.... ♫Desperate while my youth fades away
Sorrow is dragging my soul down
There’s no word you can say to save me
My love♪ So beautiful...
Love it more and more for every listen! The whole song has a great eerie feeling to it. Especially love it from 4:24, building up with intensity! That background guitar with chorus/flanger? is just great! Then the lead opera piece, solo and then the intense finalé! Extraordinaire!
TheMathMog93 that's what the song is all about.
My fucking favorite part too \m/
This album speaks so much of everyday problems we deal with such as greed ad hating the way we age, its pretty awesome how much I relate to the lyrics..
Me too, I relate to the lyrics to this album :(
+V77710 Come on boy, don't be such a butthurt crybaby. Enjoy the music, enjoy the meaning of the lyrics, but don't cringe over your own mistakes, fears, weaknesses and issues on UA-cam, I'm afraid it's not the best place to do so.
Its the internet - there is no other place as good to do so ! MY comment merely reflects how I enjoy this album not just musicly, but lyricly to! If you want to enjoy music you need to embrace the lyrics at times too
Tyrant175 Indeed. That has to be the best and meaningless comment so far :D
+V77710 Is there any place with lyric interpretations? I don't make sense out of any of them
If you ever get the opportunity to see them, do it.
Saw them back in January 2017 in London.
One of the greatest live bands I’ve ever seen.
Holy fucking shit what a song! And I thought their sound couldn't get any bigger/better than labyrinth. The band talked up this album an awful lot and I was doubtful at first but god damn did they come through. I got chills!
OH MY GOD! This almost topped Epilogue, which is like my all time favourite Fleshgod Apocalypse! AND WHAT WAS THIS VIDEO??? HOLY SHIT
+Clarissa Gomes That video actually sucked.
+Clarissa Gomes Epilogue is mine as well. Just beautiful all around.
+Clarissa Gomes Epilogue isn't just my favourite FA track, it's my favourite track of all time.
I'd say Cold As Perfection is my favorite, with Epilogue and Sugar being tied, can't choose which would be 2nd because I love them for completely different reasons, 4th would be The Forsaking (especially the music video) and 5th is Syphilis love that song.
Am I the only person who thought this video was really badass? It really captured the message, voice, and tone of the song. Not only that, but the production was excellent! Fuck all you haters.
Yes
+Ryan Acevedo there is haters?
+Ryan Acevedo Meh, I guess. Nothing super special about it, kinda seems like they're just pumping out the videos without putting as much creativity or attention to detail into them as they used to. i.e. cutting her wrists wasn't very believable, and the building with the blue roof in the first shot... The song, however, is pretty great.
***** What exactly does any of that have to do with what I said?
+Banguts Reread your comment than my reply, if you don't like the song that's whatevs, but the splitting of the wrists, the orgy, etc all blends together to tell a story. It's pretty creative, bringing back the "aristocratic" flair.
I had a friend who had an eating disorder and struggled with this shit. Kinda fills me with sadness.
Killer video and the song that perfectly progresses with the story and after 6 minutes, that riff just makes you replay the whole story again. Very artistic!
you guys have to listen to the full song. It starts pretty slow but it gets pretty fast towards the end, and the ending scene matches perfectly with the double bass blast beats and insane shredding. 10/10 video and album. Worth every penny. Buy it!
The parallel for Eating disorders and body dysmorphia in the video is pretty chilling for me. It's something I have a lot of experience with and scares the crap out of me. Nice to see it portrayed in a video even if it wasn't the primary intention. Also a great song
Brilliant video! Here's what I think:
I suspect that this video is about, or inspired by Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (The Blood Countess).
If you don't know who she was; she was known for being terrified of looking old, and she was seeking to look like perfection. As a remedy of wrinkles and so on, she murdered lots of people and took baths in their blood to keep her skin looking smooth and young.
02:06 She is being taken care of by a servant, trying to fix her skin, and she becomes upset at the girl failing to make her to look good.
03:51 Jealousy
04:27 "Milady, listen to your beloved King. I can see your eyes are now scared and veiled by the mist of despair. Do not be conquered by your own fears. Don't let the illusion of Perfection sentence you, or you'll be lost, forever."
In other words, he knows what she wants.
04:48 "Desperate while my youth fades away, oh, sorrow is dragging my "soul" down. There's no word you can say that can save me, my love!"
Meaning: "Cold, through the winter of life." She's unattractive when at the later stage of life.
5:36 So, in desperation... she wants eternal perfection and eternal youth, so her search for it comes to an end, and she is then, in the King's words; "lost, forever".
6:35 She is dead, but her skin looks fine again... and she is Cold As Perfection. (When you're dead, you lose bodyheat very quickly.)
Wanderer it is about vanity 6:45
I think most metalheads know the story.. Behemoth Venom, Cradle of Filth, Ghost, Slayer & probably more wrote about her Also er... Bathory
You nailed it man!
Perfect interpretation
@@saraw6446 This is my first time hearing about The Blood Countess.
You guys are amazing. Please keep it up!! Especially Veronica her voice is marvelous
Classical and heavy metal are two of my favourite forms of music to hear it mix together is awesome fuck yeah head bang
had the honor of seeing these guys perform last night. Man, they killed it. Amazing sound. Awesome performance \m/
First time I heard this was live... I Was Blown Away.
So glad I found this band. I usually don't gravitate towards many death metal bands (more a fan of melodeath) but these guys are amazing.
The band claim themselves Death Metal / Classica. Anyway, every band have some mix of X or Y style anyway. They are all unique in their own way.
Darker By Design
It's more extreme melodeath, but utilizes a prominent cello player throughout the songs. You may enjoy it. Cheers!
this album is a masterpiece, one of the best metal albums ever.
I'm eager to see how it sounds live.
Some time later and I am still listening to this track!!!
This is the best episode of game of thrones ever.
Bellissimi!!!wonderful I cracked my self up with the image of Federico playing cards 😝😝😝
This is bloody incredible, top notch production and just sounds huge. Definitely going to have to give the album a listen!
That 2:10 guitar imitating her mouth. Creativity!
Exatamente aos 5 minutos e 15 segundos a voz dela se funde com a guitarra. É um orgasmo pelos ouvidos. 🇧🇷❤️ Love from Brazil
Best song of the album and, probably, best album of the band. Simply awesome!
The art direction is so amazing!
brano perfetto/video perfetto probabilmente la miglior produzione musicale mai fatta in Italia
Wow!! Che pezzo, e che video!! Non vedo l'ora di ascoltare il disco
4:47 - 5:40 ahhhh FeelsGoodMan
Try to listen to this particular part while doing a spinning session or on a treadmill
Full speed !
What an album, omg! 2019 and still enjoying it! Awesome Fleshgod! \m/
I usually don't like mixing classical music with metal but Fleshgod are something else, perfect mix. Every fucking song gives me the creeps and it makes me feel uncomfortable ...especially their videos. Sickness!!!!
Early Years and Formation
The band was formed in Rome, Italy, by Francesco Paoli (guitars, drums), Paolo Rossi (bass, vocals), and Cristiano Trionfera (guitars, vocals). In their early years, Fleshgod Apocalypse focused on crafting a sound that merged the brutality of death metal with the grandeur of classical music. Their debut EP, "Mafia" (2010), and first full-length album, "Oracles" (2009), showcased their technical prowess and began to introduce the orchestral elements that would later become a defining part of their sound.
I heard of this band but never checked them out, I like what I'm hearing
The whole album is fantastique ! 🤘💎❤
THE WHOLE ALBUM MASTERPIECE!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀
Guitar solo on a violin, because why the fuck not?
Yeah, why the fuck not? Lol
imo the violin is one of the most metal instruments ever. i mean turisas made the accordian metal as fuck for me lol
what about the whamola? someone should make a death metal song with a whamola and steel drums lmao
Ne Obliviscaris is a metal band with some epic violin solos. And guitar solos. You should check them out sometime.
The outro part of their song Painters of The Tempest has a long violin solo. It's called Reveries from the Stained Glass Womb. The outro isn't metal but the rest of the song is.
1:49 Veronica Bordacchini without mask
she awesome singer and a good friend
Do you know her? she's so beautiful
She's cute.
Symphonic sludge. Love it.
Too much feels in this song.
Vanitas vanitatum, omnia vanitas!
I never could really get into this band before but this song is EPIC
I LOVE this album to death, don't get me wrong, but I still laugh like crazy when he comes in like a living meme with the whole "M'LADY!" part
I used to listen to this album on the daily in and now I am revisiting it and it's still very good and memorable.
BEST video I have seen in a long long time, seeing them Feb 25 in El Paso, TX!
This intro is simply amazing
"That's a hell of an act. What do you call it?" "The Aristocrats!"
Это просто Божественно! Какому бы Богу вы не поклонялись!
It's simply Divine! Whatever God you worship!
Fleshgod apocalypse, taion, Elena siegman, Clark S nova, megadeth, Maximun the hormone, wow this is the years of the real god rock
You're so talented!! It's 'just' ART!! It's my best song from you, I think :)
Orgoglio Italiano. Grazie.
Saludos a todos desde Morelos
Veronica!!!
The female singer is amazing! Great track. :)
It's like a movie. A really good movie. Respect!
That violin solo. 5:16
😬🤣
@@TheFrogChecker r/woosh, dude...
@@TheFrogChecker 👊
@@TheFrogChecker 😆
Lol
This is a great song.
VERONICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Track is good on its own but sounds even better in the overall flow of the entire album (serving as a respite between The Fool and Mitra which are two much faster paced tracks).
when the guitar couples with the voice
thank you for the pleasure
FIRE FLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻grandes!!..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
never disappoint me as long as i know them
4:25 to 5:14 favorite part
I like the Elizabeth Bathory reference you threw in there at the end haha!
Damm, that violin have such a nice tune...
awesome video love the music and the band fleshgod apocalypse rock
I'm a little undecided on this particular song.... a seven minute video is pretty ambitious though.
Who am I kidding? I'll be picking this up anyways.
Absolutely amazing!
Once again, Fleshgod Apocalypse gives us another incredible song and a really well done video.
Thanx Fleshgod!!! \m/ \m/
As far as I get this video comprises whole album, very decent album.
This is truly a badass song!! Love it!!
Amén bro
they are so good in concert
Love it!!
I live for the last 30 seconds of this song
THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!
I love when in 5:12 the voice turns into a guitar!!
Ciao de Francia... Musica cosi potente and so DARK. Thank you !
The music + video = art!
this is an awesome video
King is ultimate balance between Classical Music and Death Metal!
Such a Masterpiece !
..FANTASTICO! BRAVO!
that is the most metal intro to a song ever