TEMPERANCE - Single/Video zu “Death: Right Before We Die”
Italian symphonic power metallers TEMPERANCE delve deeper into their personal deck of Tarot with the release of “Death: Right Before We Die”.
The second single from their upcoming album Arcani, coming October 16, 2026 via Napalm Records, deals with an experience the band members shared while on tour. While having dinner in Tallinn, Estonia, during Sabaton Cruise 2024, the restaurant they stayed at caught on fire. That same day, guitarist Marco Pastorino wrote the main melody for the emotive mid-tempo song that now also features intense vocals.
Kristin Starkey about “Death: Right Before We Die”:
“This song explores the existential threat to our mortality through the tarot card, Death. It is human nature to try to avoid this eventuality, but the ferryman always finds us. This song is about facing the inevitable ‘end’ not with despair, but by anchoring ourselves in the profound beauty of human connection and the love we share in the present moment. Ultimately, it’s a personal anthem about survival and presence. It’s a reminder to surrender to the journey, seize every single day, and remember that we have the power to define our own fate.”
Watch the Official Music Video for “Death: Right Before We Die” NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODudbJka8ks
Italian symphonic power metallers TEMPERANCE reshuffle the pack with their eighth album, Arcani, coming October 16, 2026 via Napalm Records. Structured around the divinatory practice of Tarot, each of the new songs follows a different card of the Major Arcana deck. Pouring their passion into 13 spellbinding songs with even catchier symphonic melodies than before, TEMPERANCE’s bright future takes shape on Arcani.
Though not a direct concept album, TEMPERANCE position themselves as masters of narrative with their Tarot-themed album, Arcani. Their symphonic grandeur rising to new heights on their memorable eighth album, the Italian five-piece knows how to make their trademark alternating vocalists stand out. With the most personal lyrics of their career, the lines recorded in group sessions binding the band together even more, TEMPERANCE present a strong melodic piece of work, filled with power, passion, and perspective.
Marco Pastorino about Arcani:
“We are finally here to announce our new album, Arcani! 13 incredible new songs that we have worked tirelessly on over the past year, and we are confident they will become an essential part of our live show. Epic symphonic arrangements, harmonies woven through our three distinctive voices, huge metal guitar solos, and a fantastic production! After our adventures around the globe supporting the magical world of Hermitage, we have returned with something magical once again. Welcome to the world of Arcani.”
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Their first trump comes in the shape of “The Fool”. Just like the card has uniqueness in Tarot through being unnumbered or assigned 0, Arcani’s opening song takes a special role through the lack of a subtitle. Paving the way for the album, TEMPERANCE have their trademark grand sound take shape in uplifting melodies and powerful duet vocals. For “The Magician: Into the Fire”, male vocals take the lead, the blazing anthem further unfolding the potential of the magical record. The emotive mid-tempo track “Death: Right Before We Die”, introduced by gentle keyboard melodies and fleshed out by impressively high notes, draws from a personal experience the band members shared. “The Tower: Lean Into Fear” takes the form of a hard rock song—an entirely new facet in TEMPERANCE’s musical universe. Its Tarot paragon being a symbol of chaos and catastrophe as well as liberation, it is the perfect song for Kristin Starkey to show her roaring versatility. “The Devil: Sin, Sin, Sin” picks up on its predecessor’s dark undertone, using it for a dramatic composition with an incomparably rousing chorus in which the Italian masters of modern melodic metal truly shine. Following, the quintet unveils a quasi-self-titled track with “Temperance: Forgiveness”. TEMPERANCE turn the virtue card into a well-balanced, encouraging song, claiming, “Another day is coming”, before presenting theirs with the triumphant “The Chariot: Alla Ricerca dell’America” (Engl. “in search of America”), which adds both Italian lyrics, and a Swedish line honoring Starkey’s chosen home, as well as more operatic singing to Arcani. The collectively catchy “Justice: Shame & Glory” portrays a similarly victorious sentiment, before the hopeful “The Star: Surrender Control” has TEMPERANCE move back to contrasting their vocalists. Introduced by electronic melodies, “Wheel of Fortune: Come and Call Me” comes in fast and forceful—fierce change once again matching the symbolism behind the eponymous card. Much calmer, “The Moon: The Man of Moonlight” harmonizes hidden danger through enticing instrumentation and strong vocals, before the intense “The Hanged Man: Petrichor” turns from acoustic guitars to heavy extraordinaire, from metal to opera, pulling together the numerous different styles the five-piece is capable of executing without the “pitture infamante”’s sacrifice. “The World”, much like “The Fool”, stands out in its title, but also as a song itself: The closing track is an acoustic guitar track with predominantly female vocals, mirroring the Major Arcana’s final card in its feeling of success. With it, TEMPERANCE wrap up Arcani with a special feeling of overarching finality while still looking ahead.
Arcani tracklisting:
1. The Fool
2. The Magician: Into the Fire
3. Death: Right Before We Die
4. The Tower: Lean Into Fear
5. The Devil: Sin, Sin, Sin
6. Temperance: Forgiveness
7. The Chariot: Alla Ricerca dell'America
8. Justice: Shame & Glory
9. The Star: Surrender Control
10. Wheel of Fortune: Come and Call Me
11. The Moon: The Man of Moonlight
12. The Hanged Man: Petrichor
13. The World
Arcani will be available in the following formats:
1-LP Gatefold (Inkspot Black/Red), incl. LP-Booklet – strictly limited to 100 copies (Napalm Shop exclusive)
1-LP Gatefold (Black), incl. Lyric Sheet
1-CD Digipak + 1-CD Jewelcase Instrumental Album
1-CD Digipak
Digital Album
TEMPERANCE Live 2026
23.08 RO - Bobalna / Rock Revolution Fest
10.10 AT - Oberwart / Black Unicorn Festival
KAMFEST
31.10.26 NL - Tilburg / O13 (KAMELOT, Blackbriar, EXIT EDEN, TEMPERANCE)
Supporting KAMELOT’s Dark Asylum World Tour, Europe Pt. 1
w/ EXIT EDEN
01.11.26 UK - London / O2 Sheperd’s Bush Empire
03.11.26 UK - Manchester / O2 Ritz Manchester
05.11.26 DE - Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle
06.11.26 CH - Pratteln / Z7 Konzertfabrik
07.11.26 FR - Lyon / La Rayonne
08.11.26 DE - Stuttgart / LKA
10.11.26 PL - Krakow / Klub Studio
11.11.26 PL - Warsaw / Progresja
13.11.26 HR - Zagreb / Boogaloo
14.11.26 HU - Budapest / Barba Negra Red Stage
15.11.26 RS - Belgrade / Hangar
17.11.26 IT - Trezzo sull’Adda / Live Club
18.11.26 IT - Padova / Hall
20.11.26 FR - Toulouse / Metronum
21.11.26 ES - Barcelona / Razzmatazz 1
22.11.26 ES - Madrid / Sala La Riviera
TEMPERANCE are:
Kristin Starkey – Vocals
Michele Guaitoli – Vocals/Piano
Marco Pastorino – Guitars/Vocals
Luca Negro – Bass Guitar/Vocals
Marco Sacchetto – Drums
TEMPERANCE online:
https://www.temperanceband.com
Quelle: NAPALM RECORDS