martedì 27 dicembre 2016

Orgy - Talk Sick

"Talk Sick"

Release Date: 2014

Label: D1 Music

Country: USA

Style: Cyber metal Industrial metal

Track List:
01. Talk Sick
02. Spells
03. Suck It
04. Come Back
05. Wide Awake And Dead
06. G Face
07. Monster In Me




Alzi la mano chi non ha mai sentito almeno una volta la cover di “Blue Monday” dei New Order fatta dagli Orgy.

Di quel nucleo nato sul finire degli anni novanta a Los Angeles, Jay Gordon rimane l'unico ingranaggio di un impianto che non sempre ha girato alla perfezione.
In realtà Talk Sick non è proprio un disco fresco di stampa, la sua pubblicazione risale al 2014, ma in Italia è stato distribuito soltanto quest'anno; come si direbbe dalle mie parti... l'ha presa larga di nulla.

Rispolverato il vecchio repertorio sesso, droga ed elettronica, l'EP dimostra di avere una maggiore propensione verso l'elettronica più pesante, fatta di tastiere prepotenti e distorte e di meccanismi goticosi che vanno a fare da cornice ad uno scenario ruffiano e provocatore. E se anche il battito synth pop più tamarro pulsa ancora forte nelle vene, il ritmo martellante e le ambientazioni industrial metal alla Nine Inch Nails promuovono questo disco a pieni voti.

Non credo che Gordon abbia voluto celebrare alcuna rinascita, ma sicuramente evidenziare come gli Orgy si sono sempre posti positivamente nella scena elettronica e come oggi  siano ancora in grado di farlo.

A voi la scelta di rimane in pista o lasciare il parterre..

7/10
Michela (Anesthesia)

venerdì 23 dicembre 2016

MUDDY MOONSHINE - Muddy & Wild

"Muddy & Wild"

Release Date: on December 16th 2016  


Country: Finland

StyleSouthern Rock

Tracklist:
1. Back In Jail
2. Drunk As Fuck
3. This Town Of Mine
4. Moonshineman
5. Bottle Of Love
6. Funkytown
7. River
8. Blued Steel Blues
9. Russian Pussycat Blues
10. Stomp
11. Succubus

I Muddy Moonshine sono un sestetto finlandese attivo da circa due anni al suo esordio sulla lunga distanza. Inizialmente i nostri proponevano blues acustico ed avevano un repertorio principalmente composto da cover, la svolta verso un suono più hard avviene dopo un ep autoprodotto (“Distilled In Finland”, del 2015) ed alcuni cambi di line-up.

L’immagine “alcolica” e le tematiche scabrose trattate nei testi fanno pensare ad un lavoro molto heavy, ipotesi rafforzata anche dalla presenza di tre chitarre. Invece Muddy & Wild ha un mood generalmente rilassato, con numerose parti acustiche e chiare influenze country e west coast. “Drunk As Fuck”, “Moonshineman” e “River” sono buoni esempi di southern blues, piacevole e disimpegnato, e risultano vincenti pur prive della spinta elettrica e delle epiche cavalcate dei vari Molly Hatchet e Lynyrd Skynyrd.
L’opener “Back In Jail” invece non mi convince a causa delle sue parti vocali sforzate, decisamente superiori risultano “Moonshine”, con un giro alla “Bad To The Bone” e un buon uso della slide guitar, e “Funkytown”, che può ricordare alcuni episodi di Neil Young.

Pur non riservandoci particolari sorprese, Muddy & Wild si propone come una buona colonna sonora per i nostri viaggi in autostrada. Resta però l’impressione che il potenziale dei Muddy Moonshine non sia ancora pienamente espresso, e che con una dose maggiore di coraggio e di elettricità i risultati sarebbero stati superiori.

6,5/10
Andrea

Line-up:
Aleksi Ahokas – vocals
Jarmo Ikala – guitar
Jonne Roth – guitar
Stefan Granroth - guitar
Kim Sandstrom – bass
Saku Mannineen – drums

Beating Dead Meat Strikes With Full Force!


A Finnish aggressive metal quartet Beating Dead Meat have released their second album "With Full Force" today December 23rd 2016 via Inverse Records

Their crushing, straightforward and intense album also contains an excellent Pantera tribute: The Great Northern Djentkill!

Listen to the album on Spotify 


Line-up:
Iikka Jääskeläinen - Vocals
Niko Junnilainen - Guitars
Anssi Saastamoinen - Bass
Joona Komulainen - Drums

Discography:
-A Rude Awakening (2015 independent and 2016 digital release via Inverse Records)
-With Full Force (2016, Inverse Records)

Links:

giovedì 22 dicembre 2016

Bethlehem - Bethlehem

"Bethlehem"

Release Date: on December 2 2016

Label: Prophecy Productions

Country: Germany

Style: Dark Metal

Tracklist:
01 – Fickselbomber Panzerplauze
02 – Kalt’ Ritt in leicht faltiger Leere
03 – Kynokephale Freuden im Sumpfleben
04 – Die Dunkelheit darbt
05 – G„ngel G„ngel Gang
06 – Arg tot frohlockt kein Kind
07 – Verderbnisheilung in sterbend’ Mahr
08 – Wahn schmiedet Sarg
09 – Verdammnis straft gezЃgeltes Aas
10 – Kein Mampf mit Kutzenzangen


La band tedesca Bethlehem celebra il 25° anniversario di carriera come si conviene ad un nome storico del metal estremo teutonico.

L’omonimo album del quartetto apocalittico proveniente dalla Germania nordoccidentale è un’istantanea black metal (ma la band preferisce il suffisso "dark") che col passare degli anni sembra non essersi ingiallita, mostrando ancora il suo oscuro splendore. Immagini nitide come se fossero prodotte direttamente dalle nostre menti, scene raccapriccianti che raccontano nel modo più semplice e spietato il mondo degli inferi.

L’apertura dei cancelli dell’Ade viene lasciata al brano "Fickselbomber Panzerplauze", un magma incandescente di blast beat e riff forsennati che ascendono lentamente per poi gettarsi a capofitto nelle acque fatali del fiume Acheronte
Le chitarre distorte si evolvono in movimenti circolari che circondano le ritmiche fino a tacere sulle dolci note di un pianoforte, mentre le urla strazianti della furia Yvonne "Onielar" Wilczynska creano uno stato d’animo disperato e impalpabile, in cui la perdizione regna sovrana.
"Die Dunkelheit darbt" ha la stessa armonia e ferocia di un poema epico, una miscela di metal furibondo e break improvvisi che si scontrano con la classicità di band come Satyricon ed Emperor.

Decisamente più tecnico e veloce rispetto ai precedenti lavori, Bethlehem celebra un vero e proprio culto dell’estremo, che da oggi ritrova un gruppo cardine nella scena europea del black metal avanguardista.

8/10
Michela (Anesthesia)

Line Up:
Bartsch - bass guitar,
Onielar - vocals,
Steve Wolz - drums,

Karzov (Morok) - guitars

NAILED TO OBSCURITY pubblicano il singolo Devoid


Lesioni, ferite, cicatrici, segni sulla pelle e sulla vostra anima che disegnano un quadro. Con l'uscita del loro secondo singolo "Devoid" i NAILED TO OBSCURITY vi danno una visione più approfondita del loro prossimo album "King Delusion", che veste il loro melodic death metal in maniera maggiormente diversificata rispetto al predecessore “Opaque”.



Devoid” può essere acquistato di seguito:

Hanno trovato il suono perfetto, lavorando con il produttore Victor "Santura" Bullok (Triptykon, Dark Fortress, Obscura, e altri) nel suo Woodshed Studio: atmosferico, malinconico ma anche trasparente. L'atmosfera è anche catturata nella grafica inquietante dell'artista argentino Santiago Caruso.

“King Delusion” verrà pubblicato il 3 febbraio 2017 da Apostasy Records.


BATTLE BEAST il primo trailer di Bringer Of Pain


I finlandesi BATTLE BEAST pubblicheranno il quarto album in studio “Bringer Of Pain” il 17 febbraio 2017 su Nuclear Blast Records

Come regalo di Natale anticipato, la band lancia ora il primo trailer del disco in cui la cantante Noora e il chitarrista Joona parlano del titolo dell'album e della copertina.



mercoledì 21 dicembre 2016

Nailed To Obscurity Interview


Nailed To Obscurity come from the cold Northern German stem of pure metal. 
This five-pieces is at the third full length album, after the successfull Abyss and Opaque. Let's find out what the new relase, titled King Delusion, out on February under Apostasy Records has to reveal us through the words of Raimund (vocals) and Ole (guitar):


Margherita Realmonte Les Fleurs Du Mal Webzine


LFdM: Hi guys, I'm very pleaesed to welcome you to Les Fleurs Du Mal Webzine. 
Let's start with a short introduction of each one of you. How would you describe your band to those who still don't know it? 
Raimund: We are a melodic death metal band with doomy elements and a lot of melancholic atmosphere. The band was formed in 2005 and found its current form in 2012 after I joined the band as the new vocalist. We are located in Northern Germany and put out 2 albums so far: “Abyss…” and “Opaque”. In support of “Opaque”, we played numerous shows, worth mentioning that we played as a main-support for Paradise Lost or Arch Enemy or on bigger festivals like Wacken or  Summer Breeze. And currently, we are preparing the release of our forthcoming album “King Delusion” :)

LFdM: Nailed To Obscurity is such an evocative name. It gives a deep sense of solitude, of darkness, of rage and sadness at the same time. Why did you chose this monicker? Was it your first choice? Does it hide some mysterious meaning?
Ole: It definitely was our first choice, but the story behind it is kind of funny. When Volker and I started the band, we were planning to do brutal death metal. We were really into fast and heavy stuff with a lot of blast beats, which is pretty much the opposite nowadays. So, we really liked that Hate Eternal track “Nailed To Obscurity” and we instantly liked that name as a band name. Right from the beginning, when we started playing together, we realized we were way too bad to play such technical music so we started to focus on slow and melodic stuff which we got more into around that time anyway. We also thought about changing the name in the beginning, but we always came to the conclusion that the name actually fits pretty well and that’s why we kept it until today and we are still happy with it.

LFdM: Who is the King who feels delusion? How would you describe your upcoming third album, to be released on February, under Apostasy Records?
Raimund: I wouldn’t say it’s actually a king that feels delusion but a king that seeds delusion. The title track refers to the feeling of someone who is losing him/herself or that simply blacks out in a way. 
When you are full of frustration, anger or fear, you sometimes tend to do things that you normally wouldn’t even think of. If you reflect these situations these things seem as they were executed by a different person, a person under the influence of “someone”. “King Delusion” is a symbol for this “someone”. A king that acts like kings did back in ancient times, mercilessly reigning supreme and forcing their people to act as they wish.
The album in total deals with these kind of feelings, that you have to go through when you lose yourself, a person you love or anything that matters a lot to you. All these different states of dealing with your inner struggles and the feelings of loss. But it’s not just depressing. There are moments of salvation and relief. You can feel it through the music and hear it in the lyrics.

LFdM: Which are the main differences or similarities between this new album and your previous works, the debut Abyss and the following Opaque?
Ole: It is definitely different to the previous album, like Opaque was different to Abyss… It’s important to us to try new things, to see and hear a development instead of repeating ourselves over and over again. On the other hand, we don’t want to change completely, just try to improve what we think can be improved. So, I would say there is nothing missing that we did on the other records, but we did some things better this time and also added some new aspects, like a blast beat for example, feedbacks that we haven’t recorded on the last album, more clean vocals, harmony vocals, different styles of growling/harsh vocals that we haven’t used before. We also wrote a 12 minutes song which we haven’t written ever before. You know, things like that. >From a listener’s perspective I would say the biggest difference to the other albums is, that it is much darker and even more melancholic. 

LFdM: Is there a song, or more than one, of the new album you feel for some reasons closer to? If so, would you like to tell us why?
Ole: To be honest, I really don’t have a favourite song. I like them all the same because there are highlights in every single song for me that I’m always waiting for, when I’m listening to the album.

Raimund: I totally agree with Ole. There sometimes is a song that I feel a little closer to but even one day later it can be a completely different one. The lyrics are very personal so I would say that my mood on each day would also affect my choice. But in the end all songs have the same importance to me and they turn out very well as a unit.

LFdM: I watched the video for King Delusion and also the one you shot for your previous album, Opaque, and I couldn't but notice that both are very simple and both have the band playing as one and only subject. Was it a specific choice? Is this a way to let the music do the talking, instead of distracting people with futile special effects?
Raimund: You mentioned a very interesting aspect of both videos. The most important thing about a music video is that it has to capture the mood of a song, either if it is a performance video or a video with actors that show their version of the story or the mood of a song. When we did the video for “Opaque”, we wanted to present the band in their new line up back then, like: “This is Nailed To Obscurity in 2013”. 
This time, we discussed how we would present the first song and came to the conclusion that it would be cool to present the band in a live-performing situation to show that we are able to carry the atmosphere of our songs through our acting on stage. We also added a light-show to our live-appearance last year which is also in the video. So, the video shows a quite artful version of us in a live-situation without leaving out some creative ideas like the black-white-filter and so on. 
But we also plan to do another video with a story-part. In the end, there will hopefully be two very different videos that both are like a visual enhancement to the music. 
However, like you already said the most important thing is still, that the music has to be able to create pictures in the heads of the listeners and to stand on its own.

LFdM: Which songs of the new album do you think would work better live? What is your ideal setlist? 
Raimund: It is very early because we haven’t rehearsed the whole album yet. I think “King Delusion” and “Desolate Ruin” will turn out great in a live-situation. I am also looking forward to play “Protean” live or such a long track like “Uncage My Sanity”. But the live-factor was always in our mind while we wrote the album so we would love to play all of them :)

Ole: At our release shows we will probably play the album in it’s entirety plus second set with songs from the other albums. That’s actually what I’m looking forward to the most. We’ve never played two sets before and also it will be great to play all the new songs live.

LFdM: How does the songwriting process work in your band?
Ole: Volker and I always start writing the songs together. So, we actually sit down together and work on ideas that we already had in mind, jam around, etc. Once we’ve finished a very rough song structure, we take it into the rehearsal room and from that point we work on the songs altogether until everyone is happy. This time we wrote all songs parallely at the same time instead of finishing one song first and then start writing on the next one.  

LFdM: Where do you find inspiration for the lyrics of your songs?
Raimund: I am a very moody person that is very thoughtful. Reflecting myself and my surroundings are a very important part of my daily routine. I take inspiration of certain thoughts about emotions that I have felt or a close person might have felt. There are also conversations that inspired me or simply a word that I stumbled upon. 
I then try to add pictures to that to give other people the chance to find their own meaning between the lines. The lyrics are very personal but they are also open to any kind of interpretation. So the listeners have to seek for their own key to the lyrics.

LFdM: How would you describe your sound, which, as written on your official website, combines heavy riffs with mellow parts, creating something unique, that cannot be simply defined as Death Metal?
Raimund: We have a very clear vision of our sound and the description melodic death metal might lead into a wrong direction. On the one hand, we definitely have our roots in that kind of music but on the other hand this wouldn’t necessarily incorporate the doomy elements and the melancholic atmosphere which is nearly gothic-esque in a way. So, we aren’t thinking about certain labels too much and try to let the music flow. At the end of the day, the music has to fit with what we think is the essence of Nailed To Obscurity. The music is quite open for new ingredients but has to stay true to its core which is rooted in the melodic doom death metal style.

LFdM: What are your main sources of inspiration, musically speaking? Who were your music heroes when you were kids?
Ole: It’s always the mood you are in, something you read about, something you experienced yourself, etc. It can really can be anything. Especially music and also some movies can inspire me quite often.  
There are so many bands that we were listening to. Volker and I didn’t know anyone else who was into metal for quite a long time. We are from the countryside and it’s really not easy to find metalheads there, if you don’t know where to look for them. We started quite early and were the biggest Metallica and Sepultura fans when we were only 10 years old :) Especially until we were like 15-16 years old, we sat together every day just to try to find and discover new music and all of them had an influence on us. If I had to pick one particular band, I would name Sepultura. Simply because that’s definitely the band that made us think that we would have to start a band. Volker and I were 11 when we had the idea to learn playing instruments just to start a band some years later. That was always the plan and the reason was that we wanted to be as cool as Andreas Kisser :) 

LFdM: Is there a band or a musician you would love to work with, both live or in the studio?
Raimund: There are a lot of bands we like to play shows with. But if you are talking about collaborations, this is a way more complex question. Because the most important thing has to be that the musician has to add something the music does not have without him/her. This could be a unique guitar solo or the voice of a vocalist that we like a lot. But I wouldn’t say that there is a particular musician that we have in mind.
To be honest, we already satisfied a wish with Victor “Santura” Bullok producing our new record. He was our very first choice for the production of “King Delusion” and we are still very happy with the result.

LFdM: Is there a band you've been often compared to, but you'd prefer not to?
Ole: Not really. I mean there are some comparisons in some reviews that we didn’t really get. But we always thought, well, if there are so many different comparisons, sometimes even with bands that we’ve never listened to or that really don’t sound like us, maybe that’s a good sign and simply shows that it’s not so easy to find another band that sounds exactly like we do.

LFdM: How do you spend your spare time when you are not recording or touring?
Raimund: Music is our hobby and besides that we all have regular jobs. So we try to spend as much time as possible on our hobby, on becoming better live-performers and on writing new music. But besides our jobs and our hobby, we are spending our spare time with friends, do sports or simply enjoy the calm before the next storm.

Ole: The funny thing is that we all are also the best friends (of course there are also others) and so we are also spending pretty much time together, even if we don’t do anything band related. Otherwise some of us like to do sports, etc. The usual stuff.

LFdM: Did you plan an extensive world tour?
Ole: Well, a world tour would be a bit much at this point, but we are definitely planning to tour.

LFdM: Do you think you'll manage to get a date in Italy?
Ole: We hope so and it will definitely happen sooner or later. But so far we can’t promise anything as we simply don’t know ourselves at this point.

Thanks a lot guys for your time and kindness, it's been a pleasure for me! I hope to see you performing live here very soon

HMS Keelhaul released a music video!


HMS Keelhaul from Finland have released a music video "Fall To The Floor". The track is taken from their debut album which was released December 9th 2016 by Inverse Records.

The band was founded in 2013 and they are known from their nautical theme. 



Listen to the whole album on Spotify 

Gli Stoner Hard Rockers italiani THEBUCKLE svelano copertina, tracklist e primo singolo di “Labbrador”


Gli Stoner Hard Rockers italiani THEBUCKLE svelano copertina, tracklist e primo singolo dal nuovo album “Labbrador”.

I Thebuckle sono un duo rock fondato nel 2014 da Andrea (chitarra e voce) e Maxim (batteria), un'esplosiva miscela di hard rock, stoner, post-punk e hardcore.

Labbrador” è un disco che piacerà a tutti i fan di MUDHONEY, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE e THE STOOGES.



THEBUCKLE “Labbrador” verrà pubblicato in CD/DD da Argonauta Records il 13 febbraio 2017.

I pre-ordini con risparmio del 20%  sono attivi QUI

Tracklist: 
1.    Evil Sky
2.    Goin’ Home
3.    Hey You
4.    Labbrador
5.    Blind
6.    Sixty-Two
7.    Think
8.    Perfect Black
9.    Shemale
10.    On My Own
11.    12 Seconds

martedì 20 dicembre 2016

The Great Old Ones premiere new song


Dark deeds cast their shadow ahead. THE GREAT OLD ONES are revealing another sinister track cut from their new album 'EOD - A Tale Of Dark Legacy', which has been composed as a sequel to H. P. Lovecraft's masterpiece "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and will finally break free into this world on January 27th.

The monstrous song "When The Stars Align" is now exclusively streaming via RUMORE

THE GREAT OLD ONES comment: "Welcome to our final track premiere. You will hear 'When the Stars Align', which is meant as an ode to H. P. Lovecraft's most fearsome entities, the Great Old Ones. In the course of our story, the protagonist realizes that the existence of the human race is vain. We are inexorably heading towards the return of the eldritch masters of the universe.

The Great Old Ones will rise
The passing of time in their eyes
Crushing in pain

The men resisting in vain"

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www.thegreatoldonesband.com

New shock video from SMASH HIT COMBO


SMASH HIT COMBO presents "Animal Nocturne", the new video of their latest album PLAYMORE.

Everybody knows that SMASH HIT COMBO set high standards in video productions... But this video erases everything that the french combo did before!

Warning: this video contains disturbing and shocking scenes!


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ELECTRIC AGE firmano per ARGONAUTA Records


ELECTRIC AGE firmano per ARGONAUTA Records

Gli Electric Age, fin dalla loro formazione nel 2013, hanno preso lo sludge e il Southern metal contemporanei e hanno incorporato le dinamiche del metal più tradizionale con folk, doom e rock, creando così il racconto epico del loro album di debutto “Sleep of the Silent King”.

Nella loro carriera relativamente breve hanno avuto l'onore di condividere il palco con i pionieri dello sludge metal Crowbar e i pionieri del thrash metal Anthrax.

Sleep of the Silent King”, mixato e masterizzato dall’acclamato produttore Christopher "Zeuss" Harris, è il loro album di debutto, ed è un viaggio concettuale e mitologico attraverso la soglia del tempo e della coscienza, nel cuore delle tenebre e della divinità, attraverso la morte e redenzione e, infine, nel vuoto inesorabile.

Argonauta pubblicherà “Sleep of the Silent King” il 27 febbraio 2017. 
I pre-ordini sono attivi QUI.


TRACKLIST:
The Threshold
Shepherd and the Raven
Robes of Grey
Cold Witch
Priestess pt.1
Black Galleons
Sleep of Winter
Silent King
Elders
Priestess pt.2
Electric Age
The Dreaming

domenica 18 dicembre 2016

EX DEO: Premiere “The Rise Of Hannibal” As First Song Of Upcoming Album!


EX DEO’s third album The Immortal Wars offers epic tales, melodic death metal riffs and orchestral anthems that will surely raise fists! Prepare ..Defend ...Destroy!  

Now Italian blooded frontman Maurizio Iacono and his converted Gauls from French Canada send the first strike from The Immortal Wars! Ensure to witness “The Rise of Hannibal”! 


EX DEO spread the word of Rome and state:
"People of Rome, there is a threat looming from Carthage, a force has awaken and we most stop The Rise of Hannibal,  the soundtrack to ancient Rome is here, you have waited so long... Raise your Gladius in pride!"

The Immortal Wars  will be released on February 24th 2017 via Napalm Records.

The full track listing
1    The Rise of Hannibal 
2    Hispania (The Siege of Saguntum)
3    Crossing of the Alps  
4    Suavetaurilia (Intermezzo)
5    Cato Major: Carthago delenda est!  
6    Ad Victoriam (The Battle of Zama) 
7    The Spoils of War  
8    The Roman



NEW DUST IN MIND VIDEO!


DUST IN MIND are back and are auguring a heatwave for the upcoming spring! Whoever has thought after the great debut-album “Never Look Back” that this was all they got, will be disabused with the new firework of an album, namely “Oblivion”. Like they already have signalized in 2015 there is only one direction for the French musicians: straight forward!


venerdì 16 dicembre 2016

WITCHWOOD - Handful Of Stars

"Handful Of Stars"

Release Date: November 18th 2016


Country: Italy

Style: Blues / Classic Rock / Progressive

Tracklist:
1. Presentation (Under The Willow)
2. Like A Giant In A Cage
3. A Grave Is The River
4. Mother
5. Flaming Telepaths
6. Rainbow Demon
7. Handful Of Stars (Alternate Version)




I romagnoli Witchwood sono stati una delle più piacevoli sorprese del 2015: il loro debutto Litanies From The Woods mi ha colpito per la qualità delle sue canzoni, rigorosamente anni 70 ma ancora maledettamente attuali.

A poco più di un anno di distanza tornano sul mercato con questo Handful Of Stars che, nonostante duri 45 minuti, non va considerato come il loro nuovo album ma piuttosto come una sorta di appendice al debutto. I 3 inediti “Like A Giant In A Cage”, “A Grave Is The River” e “Mother” (a cui va agiunta la breve intro “Presentation (Under The Willow”) sono infatti brani provenienti dalle sessions di “Litanies From The Woods”, non inclusi per semplici problemi di durata. 
Le prime due hanno un suono decisamente hard, tra Deep Purple e Uriah Heep, con il flauto di Samuele Tesori a dare quel tocco progressive che non guasta mai. Notevoli le affinità con i piacentini Wicked Minds, una grandissima band da qualche tempo ferma ai box. “Mother” è invece acustica e folkeggiante, con il mandolino che duetta con la chitarra in un’atmosfera bucolica.
Seguono due cover: di “Flaming Telepaths” dei Blue Oyster Cult era davvero difficile riprodurre l’atmosfera affascinante e sfuggente dell’originale, i Witchwood ci riescono solo in parte, ma resta una scelta coraggiosa e comunque riuscita. Molto fedele all’originale risulta “Rainbow Demon” degli Uriah Heep, un altro classico senza tempo. Chiude la title-track, un piccolo capolavoro già presente sul debutto in una versione diversa. 

Per chi ha apprezzato Litanies From The Woods questo Handful Of Stars è un acquisto obbligatorio; per tutti gli altri può essere un modo per scoprire una delle migliori hard rock bands italiane del momento.

8/10
Andrea

Line-up:
Riccardo Del Pane – vocals, guitar
Antonino Stella – guitar
Stefano Olivi – keyboards
Samuele Tesori – flute, harmonica
Luca Celotti – bass
Andrea Palli – drums

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