Since a friendly Santa Claus from L.A. has recently put in my port's socks a copy of the new Dark Quarterer album Symbols (which - needless to say it - is AMAZING!!!), I decided I may as well declassify for everybody one of the older jewels I got a couple of weeks ago: War Tears (1994).
Dark Quarterer War Tears (1994)
After Etruscan Prophecy (1988), the guitarist Fulberto Serena left the band for personal reasons and after 2 years of search, it was replaced by Sandro Tersetta. With this new formation D.Q. decided to take on the challenge of a national competition. The piece they presented, "Out of Line" (one of Cpt. favourites) was not properly in the band's style, nonetheless it turned out a success: the band not only won the competition, but played it live on the national TV RAIDUE in 1991 (we are talking of Italian national broadcast... never seen METAL over there)!
The succes brought them to the attention of a German label and the piece was included in the their 3rd album (first on compact disc!), recorded in October 1993 in Germany near Hamburg, with awesome production.
There are 7 other tracks on the album, some with clear references to the two preceding albums, others more... let's say easy to listen (Led Zeppelin and Sabbath-like). Called a "masterpiece" in many reviews, it sold 2560 copies (which by current standard may appear laughable, but not for those days Italy).The fact is that the label disappeared into the void soon after, leaving contract rights unrespected and the group with only a few copies of the album bought at cost price to give to friends. The Italian distributor was not prepared to pay for copies from Germany and so the product has not been distributed in Italy fro a very long time (still now, probably)!!! The cover art may be questionable, but the tunes are fantasic! Get it before the link expires!
