Italian instrumental, prog-metal fusionists Asymmetric Universe, who signed a worldwide deal with InsideOutMusic earlier this year, has launched a brand new number. It’s titled ‘Opaco’ and that’s Italian for opaque.
The band commented: “’Opaco’ is the most technically challenging song we have ever composed. It’s inspired by the modern guitar style of bands like Animals As Leaders, Polyphia but with a genre-bending jazz sections inspired by Pat Metheny, Victor Wooten, Jacob Collier. We wanted to set aside the heavy arrangement of the previous song in order to sound like a jazz/metal quartet.”
You can stream the track here and check out the video, directed by Edoardo Giuliani, here at RAMzine. It follows their ‘Don’t Go Too Early’ single released earlier this summer and you expect more music from the band in 2025.
The band, formed by brothers Federico Vese & Nicolò Vese, played some select live shows this past Summer, including a “rapturously received” set at Arctangent Festival in the UK.
Commenting on their worldwde record deal they said: “We are so excited to join such a big family as InsideOutMusic! Being part of a team with legendary artists and bands that we’ve been listening to since we started studying music, is a dream come true!”
Describing their previous release with the label they said at the time: “Our new single, ‘Don’t Go Too Early’, is a mixture of fusion-jazz, aggressive progressive metal, wind quartet arrangements and an avant-garde string quartet orchestration, that brings a unique colour to complex yet catchy music. We can’t wait to share with you all the music we are already working on!”
InsideOutMusic’s Freddy Palmer commented: “Asymmetric Universe are a perfect example of the kind of exciting, instrumental guitar music making waves right now, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to add them to the label’s roster, and be a part of their bright future.”
The Vese brothers are mostly self-taught musicians, and been heavily involved in composition and orchestration, as well as music production. Federico has composed music for as wide ranging places as Radio Montecarlo (one of the biggest Italian radio stations), as well as one of the largest Italian amusement park Mirabilandia. He is a metal/rock producer and this background influences his work as a composer in the video game industry. He is also a professional music and guitar teacher with online students from different parts of the world. Nicolò has composed pieces for various orchestral organisations (two pieces were performed in the latest symphonic season of Orchestra Sinfonica of Sanremo and one performed at Rome Jazz Festival in 2021 with a big band), worked as a composer in many Musicals and he is currently working in the video game soundtrack industry (also as a sound designer), ranging from indie games to bigger productions. He also professionally teaches composition, orchestration and adaptive music techniques for video games.
Asymmetric Universe was formed in 2018, with the goal of pushing the limit of modern prog and fusing disparate genres, such as combining metal with jazz and ambient music, alongside chamber orchestration. In 2023, the band released their second EP The Sun Would Disappear As I Imagined All The Stars, that was mixed by Forrester Savell and mastered by Ermin Hamidovic. They also embarked on their first European tour as support to Australian progressive metallers Ne Obliviscaris, as well as opening for Caligula’s Horse in Italy.
You can stream ‘Don’t Go Too Early’ here and check out the video here at RAMzine.
