Sword Chant

Now official,  AD PLENITATEM LUNAE  announced they split up. Their messaage is the following : "We're very sad to give this news, but from now one Ad Plenitatem Lunae are officially split up. We thought about this a lot, and we decided this was for the best.   Thank to all of you for your support in these years". ...Tempus Non Est Iocundum... However, Ermes, Maria and Giulio are part of the Medieval folk band  La Compagnie dal Barbecocul . :)

Tempus non est Iocundum.... Indeed, sad news for  AD PLENITATEM LUNAE  and fans, Last week, the guitarist David Bressan and the drummer Marco Cargnelutti parted ways with AD PLENITATEM LUNAE. The band is now looking for new members and shared the following message :  We're very sad to announce that Marco Cargnelutti and David Bressani won't be part of Ad Plenitatem Lunae anymore.   This is a strong hit for a band, of course, and we need to take a break to sort things out.  Follow our fb page and our site for the upcoming news. In the meantime, we're looking for a drummer and a guitarist. If you're interested, please send us a private message.  We wish Marco and David all the best for their future endeavors.

AD PLENITATEM LUNAE released "Grame" single. It sounds like they changed their mind for "Acuile Uarbe" track.  Anyway, you can get the free track to that link once your email address entered.

June 1st of 2015, Italian band  AD PLENITATEM LUNAE  will release their next single "Grame" through their website. This single and their previous one will be available for free download on that date.

AD PLENITATEM LUNAE will release a new  free single entitled "Acuile Uarbe" on March 25th. The title means "blind eagle". Eagle, the symbol of Friuli region to north-east of Italy. The song deals with the following statement: "Get your own opinion and make all by your own, without to follow stupidly one leader or another". 

I Interviewed Ermes Buttolo from AD PLENITATEM LUNAE  about the album, and more.  01. Your first album entitled « Tempus non est iocundum » will be out this December 29th and if I am correct, that title means “Time isn’t joyful” so I wonder, what is the album about ? Is it about the hard times of Europe facing economic crisis or is it something else like one reference in opposition to Carl Orff opera’s part from “Carmina Burana” so called Tempus est iocundum” (Time is joyful) ? Yes, it's an opposition to "Tempus est iocundum", which is a medieval song from "Carmina Burana". We chose this title to describe the life of the people in our region, Friuli (north-east of Italy), from 13th to 16th century. Life here has always been hard, until the Industrial Revolution, and we wanted to give voice to the people that could have lived here in those times. We didn't want to celebrate war heroes, kings or great men, but  rather the people you can consider "n...

LOCATION :  Gemona del Friuli, Italy Status :  Split-up Music :  Folk Metal MEMBERS : Nakia Spizzo : vocals, tintinnabulum (bells), small percussions Ermes Buttolo : German medieval bagpipes, musette du centre, traverse flute, frame drums Maria Valentinuzzi : keyboards, shawm Giulio Martinelli : guitars, backing vocals Alberto Revelant : bass, backing vocals Past members : David Bressani : guitars Marco Cargnelutti : drums Giorgio Londero : vocals HISTORY : The band founded in 2005 "for fun" but the things became serious in 2010. Their lyrics written in Friulian, deal with their region that is their roots and force, They said the following in the Sword Chant forum when it was back in 2012 : "It's in this region that we have our roots, and our music speaks about those roots, about the history of our land, from the point of view of the less important, the outcasts, the paesants and the people who believed in ancient rural cults eradicated by the Roma...