Furor Gallico is an ItalianCeltic metal and Pagan metal band that had originated in Milan, Italy. The band was formed by a collaboration among Melissa, Stefano and Becky in 2007. The band was formed upon the idea of playing new school Italian folk metal. They have released one demo album and three full-length album so far. Pagan was later added for vocals and Marco played the drums. Furor Gallico have songs in both English and in Italian, the band members take alternating roles in who writes the lyrics and composes the music in either language. The song Curmisagios was even written in dialetto brianzolo, a lombard dialect spoken in the area of Brianza, in western Lombardy. They make use of different types of vocals combined with folk instruments such as Celtic harp, whistles, violin and bouzouki.
Etymology
Furor Gallico is the description that the ancient Romans had given to the state of blood lust that the Celtic Warriors, who were ready to attack in battle to defend their people and their land, had possessed. They claim that they are the bards who live to pass on the legends of the now lost Celtic Worlds.
History
The band formed in 2007 by Melissa, Stefano and Becky. Pagan was added for vocals and Marco for the drums. The Celtic band did not feel complete and ready to make music until they invited Laura to play the violin and Oldhan to play as a second electric guitarist. The band started to play many live performances right off the bat, and later on they had met the multi-instrumentalist Merogaisus who added whistles, bouzouki and occasionally the bagpipes. In 2008, their first demo 390 b.c. - The Glorious Dawn had been recorded. Shortly after this release, Melissa had decided to leave the band for her own personal projects. This is when Mac had taken her position as bassist. The band started to grow to a very professional level. In 2009, Marco was forced to leave due to commitments to his university which led Simone to take control of the band. The band had then started to record their first full-length album by the name of Furor Gallico, identical to the band's name. The album was self-produced and distributed but had amazing success despite that. Furor Gallico is a really brutal Celtic/folk metal album, where growls, and power guitars are alternated with melodics harps, violin and whistles. In 2009/2010, they had composed music for the opera "Hamlet" on multiple stages in Northern Italy, including at the Teatro Coccia di Novara. In 2015 the band released their second album, Songs From The Earth, for Scarlet Records. Sword Chant, upon hearing their CD, reviewed them as the so-called Revelation of the Year.
