SOMNAMBULIST

Well actually a score in the average is right (probably a "2 stars and an half" score is more sincere), but the impact of this band on the fans loving the "Crimsonian" sound is growing more and more. Their technique is remarkable and their style as well, despite of being often quite dark.Nevertheless this debut album contains a strange contamination, which is similar to the dark sound of "Lizard" by King Crimson and the heaviest passages by Premiata Forneria Marconi (Do you remember the hard guitar excursions by F. Mussida inside the track "La Carrozza di Hans"?!), despite of the harsh and a bit uneven harmonic solutions by the dissonant guitar (anyway a trademark by The Somnambulist). This latter of course (from the point of view of its harmony) has been sometimes compared to the style of "Magnus Opus" by Kansas, but unlike that one contained into such famous suite, the guitar is used in a easier and darker way!! I don't get crazy for this style ,sometimes boring, nevertheless I recognize some remarkable music features within, being derivative in some circumstances only (but it never disturbs me!!); even though the present album is occasionally more personal: anyway finally I regard this work as an interesting recent issue, which is worth checking out at least!!