Goblin Rebirth have debuted “Requiem For X” from their nearing self-titled debut album, out June 30th on Relapse. The group feature members of Goblin themselves with guitarist Giacomo Anselmi offering of this song in particular:
“The song is a prayer… It starts very sad, but it builds to become furious in the end. It tells the story of the death of a goblin. Fabio [Pignatelli] arranged the entire song. A child was supposed to sing the whistle melody at the beginning, but we changed it — we didn’t want another ‘School at Night.’ It’s unbelievable, a continuous crescendo until the song stops. That’s the moment when X dies.”