- Country: Italy
- Style: Symphonic power metal
- Label: Napalm Records
- Release date: 16 October 2026
Thirteen songs, thirteen cards. On their seventh album the Italians name every track after one of the Tarot’s Major Arcana, from “The Fool” to “The World”, but Arcani is not a story album. Each card is its own song, and the record runs to roughly 55 minutes.
The line-up: Kristin Starkey, Michele Guaitoli (also piano) and guitarist Marco Pastorino share lead vocals, with Luca Negro on bass and Marco Sacchetto on drums. “The Devil: Sin, Sin, Sin” came first as a single with a video, and “The Fool” was the fourth. The detours are the news. “The Tower: Lean Into Fear” is plain hard rock, “The Chariot: Alla Ricerca dell’America” mixes Italian lyrics with a Swedish line for Starkey’s adopted home, and “The World” closes on acoustic guitar.
The three-voice interplay and the size of the choruses are the main selling points, and “The Hanged Man: Petrichor” is the most ambitious arrangement the band has tried. Symphonic purists may find the detail thinner and the sound more modern than they like. Anyone who came for melody gets plenty.
Best tracks:
Death: Right Before We Die
The Tower: Lean Into Fear
The Hanged Man: Petrichor
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