LONELY TOMB – SISKA
New single taken from the album “BROKEN DREAMS.”

“Lonely Tomb” is accompanied by the official music video and is part of the album “BROKEN DREAMS,” released on January 16, 2026.

The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by MAX NORMAN, producer of OZZY OSBOURNE and MEGADETH.

“BROKEN DREAMS” features TIM “RIPPER” OWENS handling lead vocals across the entire album, current vocalist of KK’S PRIEST and former lead singer of JUDAS PRIEST.

SISKA online:
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https://www.instagram.com/siska_official
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VIDEO CREDITS
Video makers and directors based on an idea by Mattia Sisca:
Martino Sartori, Alessandro Ferrini
Actress: Agata Carraro

ALBUM LINE-UP – BROKEN DREAMS
Lead vocals: Tim “Ripper” Owens
Lead guitar: Mattia Sisca
Rhythm guitar: Marco Fragalà
Bass: Bunny Bertetti
Drums: Riccardo Fantinel

THE CORE OF “LONELY TOMB”
WHO DO WE CHOOSE TO REMEMBER, AND WHO DO WE CHOOSE TO FORGET?
The song reflects on how, in moments of chaos and violence, reality is often simplified into rigid narratives that leave no room for nuance.
In such contexts, memory is not neutral: it selects, reduces, and excludes.
The song is inspired by the true story of Luisa Ferida, an Italian film actress of the 1940s, killed without trial during the confused and violent aftermath of the war.
Luisa Ferida was innocent.
Historical research has clarified that she had no direct involvement in the acts of torture or violence attributed to those environments.
Her presence in certain places was linked exclusively to her closeness to her partner, an actor marked by deep fragility and serious addictions.
Luisa remained by his side out of affection and personal loyalty, not out of ideological alignment or participation in violent dynamics.
Her partner himself, despite being involved in a complex personal and human context, did not directly participate in the acts of violence of which he was accused.
However, in a period when justice had collapsed and the need to identify culprits outweighed the search for truth, their figures were progressively turned into symbols.
The tragedy of Luisa Ferida’s story was further intensified by a distortion of her identity.
In those same environments, some women impersonated her, carrying out actions that were later indiscriminately attributed to her.
As a result, Luisa Ferida paid not only for what she did not do, but also for acts that were never hers, in a climate where verification of truth had given way to confusion and revenge.
During those same years, the Italian film industry was facing a deep crisis.
In order to avoid total collapse, part of the industry moved from Rome to Venice, continuing its activities in an unstable context shaped by pressure, compromise, and ambiguity.
In this climate, the private lives of artists became the subject of summary judgments.
Luisa Ferida’s story did not allow for a simple reading or a clear division between good and evil.
For this reason, her story was not erased, but reduced and simplified, pushed to the margins of collective memory.
Her grave exists, it is there, yet the historical narrative often stopped at the surface, avoiding a full confrontation with the complexity of her life.
The violence inflicted on her did not end with her execution.
After her death, her home was looted, as if physical elimination were not enough and it was necessary to destroy what remained of her life, her intimacy, and her identity.
Villa Triste, in Milan, was one of the symbolic places of that period.
Used for interrogations and detentions, it represents the context in which the line between justice and violence dissolved.
Its presence in the music video for “Lonely Tomb” carries no ideological or celebratory intent.
It is a historical and narrative choice, meant to show the environment in which individual responsibilities were confused or amplified in a climate of widespread violence.
“Lonely Tomb” is not a historical chronicle, nor an attempt to reconstruct events in a documentary sense.
The song is rooted in real events and historically grounded details, but it does not limit itself to recounting facts.
It is an act of remembrance that uses history to question human behavior and to restore dignity to what was reduced to summary judgment.
“Lonely Tomb” raises a final question:
DOES ART HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL THE TRUTH, EVEN WHEN IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE AND SHAKES CONSCIENCES?
The song answers yes.
Art does not exist to reassure, but to remember what has been simplified or removed, and to show how far human beings can go when they stop recognizing others as human.
The inspiration for “Lonely Tomb” comes from a personal experience of Mattia Sisca, who, while staying in Milan, came across Luisa Ferida’s grave by chance.
From that encounter came the sense that this marginalized story still needed to be told.