ELETTROSMOG: MONOLOGANDO

The two years that follwed ''...buona la prima'' were very intense for Elettrosmog, featuring both line-up changes and series of live performances.Bassist Francesco Delli Paoli and guitarist Alessandro Savalli parted ways with the band and were replaced by lead vocalist Michele Fiori and bassist Paolo Iemmi.Meanwhile, in an attempt to become more well-known, Elettrosmog participated in several music competitions with good results and performed a huge amount of live shows.In 2006 the band finally recorded the self-produced concept full-length debut ''Monologando''.

An interesting blend of complex Progressive Rock and powerful Heavy/Hard Rock with over the top vocals is what Elettrosmog had to offer in their first official album, coming as a cross between the energetic style of IL BACIO DELLA MEDUSA and the lyrical and melodramatic approach of 70's legends JUMBO.''Monologando'' is mostly a guitar-based Hard/Prog album with strong vintage references but also a fair amount of diverse musical breaks.Dynamic and passionate guitar workouts with nice grooves and complicated textures are combined with powerful and theatrical singing by Michelle Fiori.But all tracks contain some diverse passages and flexible instrumental themes, such as jazzy bass lines, funky moves, acoustic passages, organ-driven symphonic leanings, flute-based folk parts (a bit limited compared to the demo of the band) and more fresh-sounding use of synthesizers.All these lead to a multi-influenced and very attractive style, not quite tight, but at the end succesfully played and well-executed.

The band unfortunately seems to be inactive nowadays, propably due to the limited praise of ''Monologando'', but be sure to check out this work.This is quite decent and dynamic Italian Prog with occasional first class moments that deserves your attention.Recommended.