LIVA

written, produced & mixed by Pier Carlo Liva
mastered by Maxime Lacroix, Pier Carlo Liva

Liva are (l-r):
Martin Tremblay – bass
Nadine Guertin – soprano vocal
Pier Carlo Liva – death vocals, tenor vocal, guitars, electronics
Claude Lacroix – drums

discography:
1997 Demo Demo
2000 Liva EP
2002 Requiem LP
2007 De Insulis LP
2013 Human Abstract LP
2023 Ecce mundus LP
2024 Samson & Dalila I Single

Brave Words (‘Ecce Mundus’) 8/10:
“There are fewer rules in metal nowadays, and fellow Francophones Liva have taken the ones that remain and stomped them to dust. The mix is raw and yet warm. The hook finds you it won’t let go.”
9/10, Rock Hard (France) (‘Ecce Mundus’):
“…le compromis parfait entre puissance et mélodie. Un voyage au travers de sonorités lointaines et saisissantes. Le groupe a apporté un soin particulier à créer une atmosphère enivrante. Tout simplement splendide, transcendé. Il est évident que Liva est un groupe au potentiel énorme. Sublime!”
Powerplay Magazine (‘Ecce Mundus’):
”This is a fantastic album. Highly recommended.”

Liva, the pioneering Canadian metal band known for their unique fusion of classical and heavy metal, has released a captivating music video for ‘Samson & Dalila I‘, from their latest album ‘Ecce Mundus‘ released on CD in November 2023 and digitally January 2024.
The band’s fourth full-length marks Liva’s triumphant return to its roots, featuring medieval poetry and Latin texts set against a backdrop of majestic orchestral metal.
The album explores timeless themes from antiquity, including the glory of Rome, the tale of Samson and Delilah, and enduring human flaws such as greed, corruption, and hypocrisy.
Vocalist/guitarist Pier Carlo Liva comments on the single:
“This is the flagship song of the album. This song has all the elements that are to be found in the Liva style. It’s about the old story of Samson & Dalila. To avenge her people, Dalila cuts off Samson’s hair, thus weakening him.”
The ‘Samson & Dalila I‘ video is a visual feast that complements the band’s expansive sound, featuring more developed orchestrations and heavier guitar parts than ever before.
It offers fans a glimpse into the lyrical experience and otherworldly atmosphere that defines Liva’s music.
As a symphonic power metal opera band, Liva has been one of Canada’s pioneers of blending classical music and metal music since 1997.
The band’s unique sound features extensive sonic explorations, grandiose orchestrations, and powerful vocal performances that transport listeners to another world.
Liva’s four members hail from Sherbrooke and Montréal are Nadine Guertin (soprano), Pier Carlo Liva (death and tenor voices, guitars, electronics), Martin Tremblay (bass) and Claude Lacroix (drums).
Liva came together as a band in Sherbrooke, Québec (Canada) in 1997 and recorded its eponymous four-track demo in 2001.
These pieces also appeared on the group’s first album, Requiem (2002).
This heavy metal version of a requiem in Latin was a hit with many music lovers.
Then, in the spring of 2007, Liva released its second album, ‘De Insulis’, putting music to the Latin texts of French poet and theologian Alain de Lille, said De Insulis (12th century).
In the fall of 2013, Liva’s long-awaited third album, Human abstract, is launched with texts in Shakespeare’s language.
Since the beginning, Liva has shown their talent when playing opening acts for international bands such as Voivod, Gorguts, Nightwish, Kataklysm, Therion and Leaves Eyes/Kamelot, to name a few.
Liva also featured in a show dedicated to the future of metal music in the province of Québec, at the ‘Weekend Extreme’ held in 2002.
Liva has been the subject of various reports and articles, one among others in the fall of 2001 on the television program Bande-à-part on ARTV, Radio-Canada’s specialized art channel.
Then, on March 8, 2002, Liva performed with a chamber orchestra consisting of 13 musicians and chorus members during a radio concert that was recorded in front of a live audience for Bande-à-part and broadcast in April of 2002.
This memorable event gave the audience a taste of the band’s wide-ranging and innovative musical talent.
On March 9, 2003, the quartet won the award entitled ‘MIMI de l’artiste le plus avant- gardiste‘, that is given to the artist that ‘cuts the most radically with preconceived and known slots: language, musical genre, artistic pursuits‘.
The members of the band received this prize ‘because they have the capacity to harmonize classical music with metal’.
This award acknowledged not only the musicians’ will to explore the unexplored, but also their determination to overcome the difficulties of such an audacious fusion.
“In 2005, after a soundcheck at the Club Soda in Montréal, we were walking on the sidewalk, heading for dinner and suddenly, a guy threw himself at my feet, on his knees, saying ‘thank you for saving the future of metal in Québec!'”