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This Argentinian band from Buenos Aires featured Gustavo Montesano (bass/vocals), Anibal Kerpel (keyboards), Pino Marrone (guitar/vocals) and a drummer from Uruguay named Gonzalo Farrugia (from the known progrock band Psiglo). They existed from ’74 until ’77 and made two records: "Crucis" from ’76 and "Los Delirios Del Mariscal" from ’77. The music has a typcial Seventies sound with echoes from THE NICE and FOCUS.
Both LP’s were released as separate CD’s but finally re-released on a 1-CD entitled "Kronologia". The music is half instrumental/half with strong Spanish vocals and the emphasis is on the keybaords (organ, string-ensemble, synthesizers, Steinway -...
Metus' music is devoted to the beauty of God's creation and desire for everlasting life, but also deals with the author's personal feelings and inner battle with human imperfection. Even if it's dark and melancholic at the first glance (echoes of dark wave, gothic & neoclassical sounds), you'll find much deeper meaning while engrossed in the lyrics.
After years of fruitless attempts to find a label, Metus (true name Marek Juza) finally found one in his home town, Kraków (Poland), at the end of 2006. All the material for the trilogy was almost completed so it took less than one...
Rosae Crucis born in 1990, from an idea of masterminds Andrea Magini and Igor
Baccei.
They began rehearsing and writing material along with vocalist Giuseppe
"Ciape" Cialone, Manuel Timperi on bass and Giordano Bimbi as drummer;
after a long period experimenting their sound, ranging from doom to heavy metal, from
thrash to death metal and more extreme and obscure sound, with influences from
Mercyful Fate, Death SS/Paul Chain, Candlemass, Rage, Grave Digger, Cirith Ungol,
Manilla Road, and inspired by history, esoteric literature, horror movies and
religious myths, they released their first demo "Il Re del Mondo" in 1993,
wich gained...
