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OvO has long been one of the most active bands on the global noisy rock scene. With over a thousand concerts under their belt and a large number of recordings to their credit, they are known practically all over the world. They are an Italian duo consisting of a singer and guitarist (Stefania Pedretti) and a percussionist (Bruno Dorella). Musically, they came of age in Milan in the late 1990s, and their live performances are legendary. The band has performed at festivals on nearly every continent (Roadburn, Le Guess Who?, The Wire, Supersonic, Inferno etc.), and have toured extensively, with the likes of Lightning Bolt, Zu, and many others.
What they do is not easy to categorize. It’s not noise, it’s not metal, it’s not doom, it’s not punk, it’s not rock and roll, even though there’s a little bit of everything in there. Their heavy use of electronics even gives them an industrial edge. The music of OvO, already legendary in the vast landscape of noise rock, industrial metal, and avant-doom, continues in the sign of perpetual reinvention, seeking further synthesis between electronics and experimentation, connecting to their brave and acclaimed records from the past few years, Miasma (2020) and Ignoto (2022).
On fortress they will performoing their new songs from album Gemma is like an act of creation, an alchemical passage through the elements towards a form of new weird life that blossoms, explodes, and changes.
The electronics blend more and more with the guitars of Stefania Pedretti (Alos) and the percussions of Bruno Dorella (Bachi da Pietra, Ronin, Sigillum S), forging an even more solid and cohesive alloy, where the basic substances melt and confuse each other, united by unique and unmistakable Pedretti’s voice, which becomes the key that dissolves all barriers, shaping a personal and timeless language.
According to Pedretti and Dorella: «Gemma is a reflection on change, a seed that sprouts in the fertile soil of new inputs. Gemma is metamorphosis, a challenge to immobility. It is an artistic gesture that aims to redraw the boundaries, to go beyond what has already been heard, towards new sound horizons». Gemma has already received extensive coverage in prestigious international magazine and newspapers such as “The Wire” and “The Guardian”.
