Bio

HIDEOUS DIVINITY is the soundtrack to a monster's parade. The last of them being the mighty Nosferatu, officially summoned on March 22nd with the release of their latest album, Unextinct (Century Media Records). The record brings the music of the Italian Blackened Death Metal Fury closer to a new dimension of unspoken terror and frenzy. “The new creature changes again, morphing into a superior entity,” says Enrico Schettino, “and in light of said transformation, the new album even features a song named “ATTO QUARTO”, “Fourth Act” continuing the voyage that began on Simulacrum with “Anamorphia Atto Terzo”. The monster’s face breeds nothingness. But its echo, its ghostly trace reverberates through recurring motifs, offering the listener an ephemeral but immanent beacon amidst an engulfing sea of chaos. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, Unextinct is the album in which the music is conceptually and imaginatively far more eloquent than its lyrics.” Formed in 2007 in Rome, HIDEOUS DIVINITY quickly set to work on releasing their first demo the same year, Sinful Star Necrolatry. Over the next five years, the Italians changed lineups, refined their songwriting, and eventually inked a deal with American Death Metal stable Unique Leader Records. With the California-based label, HIDEOUS DIVINITY released three immensely heavy, wickedly technical, and brazenly brutal albums, the last of which was 2017’s Adveniens effort. Lauded by Death Metal fanatics the world over, the album ostensibly furthered HIDEOUS DIVINITY’s high-concept film theme and blended Tech-Death mantra. 

2019 is the year of the deal with Century Media Records, washed down with the release of the critically appraised album Simulacrum. If Simulacrum brought to the fore their trademark articulate riffage and pummeling intensity, tapping into the blackness that had been brewing since Adveniens. The release of Simulacrum is followed immediately by a successful US tour supporting Vader together with Abysmal Dawn and Vitriol in February 2020. The response is amazing, and another huge tour in Europe supporting Terrorizer is already scheduled for April 2020.

Then, what we all know happens. The Covid pandemic puts an undefined halt on all live plans. In this climate of uncertainty and frustration, a new release takes its form, soon to become an EP. LV-426 was recorded in January 2021 and released in April, featuring two new songs plus a cover of Coheed and Cambria's “Delirium Trigger”. The release concept is once again cinematographic, based on James Cameron's “Aliens”. Still unable to perform live for the rest of 2021, HIDEOUS DIVINITY are back on the stage in early 2022 and tour America again in the spring, after the long Covid hiatus, supporting Hypocrisy and Carach Angren. In the summer, it's time for European festivals again, including an amazing performance at Brutal Assault in the Czech Republic. New music is already in the making. Another successful live appearance, this time on the legendary metal cruise 70000TONS OF METAL is followed by a new European tour (the first since 2018) supporting Belphegor and Kampfar. 

Between 2023 and 2024, the band consolidated its position in the death metal Olympus, storming all major European metal festival stages, and joining the DM gods Nile as their direct support on their European tour in September 2024. 

In 2025, they also toured Japan for the first time, with two unforgettable shows in Osaka and Tokyo. It's HIDEOUS DIVINITY's busiest time ever, with festivals in Portugal, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia... plus an European run between September and October supporting Obscura. HIDEOUS DIVINITY's appearances at Brutal Assault and Summer Breeze festivals were the highlights of a summer to remember. Nothing can halt the march of this Italian juggernaut.

Hideous Divinity is: 

Enrico Schettino - Guitars 

Enrico "H." Di Lorenzo - Vocals 

Edoardo Di Santo - Drums 

Stefano Franceschini - Bass