{"id":37502,"date":"2025-05-02T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groundcast.com.br\/?p=37502"},"modified":"2025-04-28T20:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:54:18","slug":"notturno-cada-musica-nasce-durante-momentos-emocionais-dificeis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groundcast.com.br\/en\/notturno-cada-musica-nasce-durante-momentos-emocionais-dificeis\/","title":{"rendered":"Notturno: \u201cCada m\u00fasica nasce durante momentos emocionais dif\u00edceis\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italian Vittorio Sabelli leads Notturno, a blend of depressive black metal with classical, jazz and folk elements that stands out for its expressive use of the clarinet and melancholic acoustic arrangements. With a background in orchestras, jazz and extreme projects, Sabelli creates a unique identity, with lyrics that explore loneliness and despair, reflecting urban atmospheres. Follow our interview with the leader, with lots of cool stuff about the scene, music production and bands.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s been a long time since I’ve interviewed Black Metal bands here, so I’m always happy when a really good band comes along to talk to us. So to get us started, could you tell us a little bit about your musical background and how you came to Notturno?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Groundcast, and thanks for your interest in Notturno!
\nMy journey has definitely been a bit unconventional. I started out to play music in a marching band and a folk group, and only later I move into the more academic world of the Conservatory. After spending a long time playing in a Symphony Orchestra, I eventually got into Jazz, which opened the door to working with so many amazing musicians from Europe and the U.S. It\u2019s all been part of my path and when I won the audition for the Orchestra I was working in a factory, putting oil, gasoline, and airbags into Fiat vans. In addition, while doing that, I\u2019d be listening to Miles Davis, Beethoven, and Slayer on my walkman headphone!
\nThe moment I had the chance to leave that job, I jumped at it. After twelve years and more than 350 concerts across Europe with the Orchestra, I felt the need to explore new musical worlds and to deepen my own language, throwing myself into an intense, almost obsessive, study of Jazz for over a decade.
\nThat whole experience was key to the birth of my first extreme project, Dawn of a Dark Age<\/em>, because it allowed me to pour all of my musical experiences into it, without setting any limits. And that was really the first step that led me to explore new territories \u2014 which, over the years, evolved into INCATNVM<\/em>, A.M.E.N.<\/em>, and Notturno<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The first thing I could say about your music is that it’s really beautiful. Usually depressive black metal bands have few acoustic parts, usually as a break from the dark and depressive atmosphere, but I really fell in love with the acoustic parts of the songs. <\/strong>How did you find this musicality?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I come from a long career as a clarinetist, and I’ve been teaching this amazing instrument for over twenty years now.
\nSince the clarinet is a melodic instrument, I really tried to give Notturno<\/em> more of a chamber music vibe, something you don\u2019t usually hear in other Depressive or Atmospheric Black Metal projects.
\nIt plays a big role in Notturno<\/em>, just like it does in my other projects, because that particular tone that special sound you get from the ebony body of the clarinet, is something you just don\u2019t find anywhere else in extreme music.
\nI\u2019m really happy that I was able to make the clarinet such a defining part of these projects. And together with Kjiel\u2019s expressive and unique voice, I think we\u2019ve managed to stand out from the rest of the Black Metal scene.
\nHonestly, that\u2019s probably one of the greatest achievements you can hope for: creating a sound that\u2019s truly unique and impossible to copy.<\/p>\n

What influences you musically? DSBM bands usually have a big (and excessive big) influence from Lifelover, but I feel that in your case there is also a great flair for classical music in many of your compositions and a preference for quieter themes, but without losing the melancholy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You totally picked up on my influences, which are deeply rooted in classical music, folk music, and jazz.
\nBy throwing all those genres into the same pot along with typical Black Metal elements, you get my projects, a mix that’s enriched with clarinets, piano, string instruments, and that magical atmosphere I try to give each one of them every time.
\nLifelover<\/em> and None<\/em> have definitely been big influences on Notturno<\/em>, especially on a poetic level.
\nWhen it comes to writing music, though, if I ever feel like something I\u2019m working on sounds too close to something I\u2019ve already heard before, I immediately try to change direction and push the music towards new paths.
\nAs for the melancholy vibe that’s something rooted in Romanticism, a musical period where the clarinet played a starring role in chamber music and orchestral works.
\nI try to bring a bit of that same atmosphere into Notturno<\/em>‘s songs.<\/p>\n