Finding Light In The Darkness With DELLACOMA RIO

Sunshine Coast rock outfit Dellacoma are a promotors dream. Brash,
skilled, confident and passionate, Dellacoma embody the spirits of
rock through the ages, delivering it in a hard rocking package that
is fuelled by the silky smooth vocals of frontman Dellacoma
Rio.
Formed in mid-2014, lead vocalist and namesake, Dellacoma Rio
assembled a team of high voltage road warriors to bring his rock n
roll vision to the stage. Hitting the road almost immediately the
band has now amassed over 500 shows across the USA, United Kingdom,
Europe and Australia. With many miles beneath their feet and a
wealth of experience in the live arena, it is no surprise that
playing live is their strong suit. So far they have played
countless clubs, bars and venues as well as sharing larger stages
with the likes of Def Leppard, Korn, Linkin Park, Five Finger Death
Punch, Noiseworks, Skid Row, Styx, Tesla, Black Label Society,
Buckcherry, Winger, Saliva, Drowning Pool and Saving Abel to name a
few.
And that touring has paid off, driving Dellacoma in a fresh, yet
familiar sonic direction that can be heard on the band's third
studio album Searching For You In The Darkness which is out today.
Having recently returned from yet another successful international
assault, Dellacoma have just started a mini run of Australian shows
to promote the album, with their enimgmatic frontman joining HEAVY
from the road. We start by asking how he is feeling about the
release.
"Yeah, pretty good, man," he enthused. "It feels really good to
actually finally have it out. It's definitely been a process and
there's been… In hindsight, I probably wish I would have given
myself a few more months, but that's always the way. I think you
get down to deadline day and there's always bits and pieces that
have to be done last minute (laughs)."
We ask Dellacoma to dive deeper into the musical side of Searching
For You In The Darkness.
"In writing this album, it was the first time I think that I really
approached it from the perspective of, I guess, writing just songs
rather than thinking about songs that I necessarily wanted to play
live," he measured. "Not saying that I won't play these songs live.
I will play as many as I can, but the thought had occurred to me,
you know, as I was early in the writing phase, that with this being
my third album there's now more material between all three albums
plus a few surplus singles than I'm ever going to be able to play
in one show.
And that kind of unlocked something in my head. It felt like it
took off some blinders almost, which was really cool. So we've got
a couple of different tracks on here. We've got more of an
acoustic-y style ballad in there. We've got probably one of the
heavier tracks we've ever done as well."
In the full interview, Dellacoma spoke more about the new album,
including the different approach to songwriting and how it
translated in the music. He talked about the album title and the
underlying theme of the music, highlighting the bands musical
growth over the three releases.
We also talked about life on the road, the current run of dates and
more.


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