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From the pen of Italian maestro Emiliano Sicilja comes
this eclectic opus featuring the flawless pop/rock voice
of the sultry Pamela Manzo. It kicks off with the big, gothic
metal, Lacuna Coil’ish rocker ‘City of Glass’, followed
by two outstanding numbers that alternate between symphonic
trip hop verses and immense soaring, rousing choruses, ‘No
One Cares’ and ‘Regardless’. The album then breaks into
Dream Theatre prog metal with ‘Wounded’ with another massive
chorus, followed by the slow moody industrial bossa nova
instrumental ‘The Counterfeiter’ built on jazzy piano chords
and massive synths, and the haunting trip hop of ‘For Eternity’
with it’s mighty emotionally charged refrain. We change
again with the gorgeous symphonic piano ballad ‘The Morning
Light’ with Pamela and the band sounding like they come
from Nashville, not Milan. ‘So Cold’ is another huge gothic
rocker and the penultimate tune is the spooky, brooding,
trip hop ‘Thy Nature’. The last song is the epic ‘The World
Within’ which just about sums this album up. Prog’ish, yes’ish;
gothic, almost certainly; rock, probably; metal, maybe;
trip hop, possibly; symphonic, perhaps; catchy and melodic,
affirmatively; a darn good listen, absolutely and positively.
Available from most purveyors of fine music, this will appeal
to a broad church of music aficionados, Muse, Ayreon, Lacuna
Coil, Porcupine Tree, Portishead, Massive Attack and other
bands who inhabit the twilight world between rock, metal,
prog, electronic and gothic. You’ll love it, regardless
of me.
9 out of 10
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