ECLISSI

This looks like it will be the final record from A PIEDI NUDI, as this was released in 1998. They are an Italian band who play a heavy, dark brand of progressive music. Vocals are in Italian. The band I thought of while listening to this album was GARDEN WALL. I have to say right off the top that I love this style of music, so I really have had a blast listening to this powerful music.

"Esodo" is very complex right off the bat with so many intricate sounds intertwining. A blast of heaviness before the complexity returns. The synths are fantastic, followed by vocals. The heaviness is back 4 minutes in with synths, a guitar solo follows. "L'Inganno" is fairly laid back until 30 seconds in when we are hit with a lot of bottom end with organ. The organ is quite prominant. Vocals join in. It settles some before 4 minutes. "Le Amanti" opens with a cool guitar line as vocals come in. Aggressive guitar 1 1/2 minutes in followed by a calm. It kicks back in after 2 minutes. Nice. Guitar before 3 minutes lights it up with a lot of heaviness in support. Great sound 5 1/2 minutes in. It ends like it bagan with that guitar line. "Senza Ritorno" hits the ground running with vocals and a full sound. The organ comes in. A calm after 2 1/2 minutes with a gorgeous guitar solo.

"Reverendo" is dark with piano, reserved vocals and bass. Drums follow. Guitar and a full sound a minute in. Passionate vocals as well, and I love the guitar in this one. Lots of bottom end. The tempo picks up after 3 minutes, heaviness follows. It settles some with piano before it starts to build again. Lots of guitar late. "Temporale" is uptempo and powerful with some great organ runs. A calm with vocals before 2 1/2 minutes. It kicks back in before 4 minutes. Fantastic sound 4 1/2 minutes in. "L'Infedele" is heavy with vocals and organ. I know i'm like a broken record here. Ripping guitar after 2 1/2 minutes. It turns spacey with french horn 5 1/2 minutes to the end. "Amici D'Infanzia" builds to a full sound before a minute with vocals. Some outstanding guitar before 2 1/2 minutes followed by an even heavier sound. It settles again before they blow us away 5 minutes in with an almost doom-like sound. Check out the drumming ! "Eclissi" is dark and atmospheric to begin with. Spacey with bass before vocals come in. A spacey interlude 4 1/2 minutes in with an intricate guitar solo a minute later. It then builds powerfully to a climactic finish.

This really was such a pleasant surprise for me. This is Italian music that is both powerful and heavy.