2007 goods

"Water, water everywhere... and not a drop (of beer) to drink"
Maiden's Ancient Mariner would have been very happy with all this rain!

While waiting for J13 to report on a couple of interesting gigs he attended, I am giving you to bite at couple of 2007 very enjoyable discs, that have been keeping me company in the past days - together with Dark Quarterer (yep, I'm addicted to them now). It's melodic stuff. Just a bit progressive (the first).

SIEGES EVEN-Paramount, German band playing a kind of rockish melodic metal, very rich and various. You're not going to headbang on it, but certainly you will find yourself playing your invisible guitar in several instances... maybe joining some chorus too! Luckyly I won't be around to listen...!

WHITE WOLF-Victim of the Spotlight , a present from buddy Pipes, are from Canada (which together with a great nature, is home to a considerable number of musical (often underrated) talents... such as ANVIL - eh, J13?!! Wanna say something?! ;-P). Think a bit to Jorn, and you can glimpse these guys music.

SOLAR FRAGMENT-A spark of Deity. German band from Dortmund, playing a very pleasant, not-cliché, and quite catchy melodic power metal (what else could you expect from there, together with gallons of beer!). You won't get bored with it! One of the best absolute novelties I met lately (thanks to buddy Pipes).

Have fun!

F*cking good stuff!

Oh, my god!
Finally I managed to lay my hands on Dark Quarterer discography...! Freaky awesome music... !
"Violence" CD's sound is amazing! That's certaily the merit of the production and the label tools, but above all of DQ passion and research for details and sound perfection.

Oh, no, no... No illusions! You won't get it all at once! You need to purge yourself slowly to take it in this is cult stuff! For now, get the following: The Etruscan Prophecy. Released in 1989 and immediately sold out, becoming a milestone in Italian epic-metal and rock-progressive music world, this re-issue meets with the desire of countless fans... not only in Italy, in a period when epic seems to be spreading its wings again. Get it beofre the link expire, 'cause you won't find it easily elsewhere!
Have fun!

Plan B

Yesterday I was supposed to attend a Death Metal gig, here, close to the place where I live, where also LONGINUS played (without much relations with the other bands!), but a delay and the DAMN rain made me miss it. I have been waiting for it the whole week!
Luckyly a pirate-friend called me at the last moment and saved the night: we finished in ROPPONGI clubs, killing the time, and watchig Spain-Italy soccer match until the morning (came back to port at 07:30)! Long time, no do! A forgotten realm overe there! Have to go a bit more often... you get to see many funny creatures! Music SUCKS, though. Prices too!

Relief supplies

Somebody was talking about "rotting"...?

Men, I hate this! Where's my beloved sun gone?
It's got fuc*ing rainy season here in Port Royal... and hypocrits and idiots are the only things I hate more than rainy season! If you've seen the movie "Dark City" you can glimpse what's I'm taliking about. Just glimpse... Put together "Dark City" and "Matrix" and you get a good approximation!

Luckily there is METAL!
Come, get some! These jewels have been bringing me some relief during these past days.

MORGANA LEFAY (2008): a bit of a discovery. Very enjoyable. Melodic, but with something thrash-like buzzing in it (the voice and some rythms).

BLAZE (2008): I love this guy! He has learned well in Maiden and he's become one of the few British defenders of a metal very close to MAIDEN: rich in melody, catchy riffs, listenable lyrics and... real singing. Try "Samurai" and tell me that you don't like it! Nice bass work!

VALIENT THOR: absolute discovery. Can't describe it. Give it a try! Nothing you will be headbanging continously on or use for working out. But it's damn funny and there is plenty to listen to in it! If you want info on the band, go here.

Get them beofre they expire. And have fun!

Is this true?

Hei, dudes!
Is this true?
That's an amazing venue! Why am I stil rotting here?

We have to keep it present for the next meeting!

A message from DARK QUARTERER

It is rather normal for the Captain contacting members of bands he loves to bring them his cheers and support. Some of them kindly reply, some do not. DARK QUARTERER - which blew me away this week! - are of the former...! It couldn't have been differently: such a serious musicians are serious people too... and know that contact with fans is important! These a message to the Cpt. from Gianni NEPI, their bass/vocals. Needless to say it made the Cpt. very happy!

«Mi fa veramente piacere che tu ci apprezzi così !!! Noi abbiamo fatto così pochi album in 21 anni...perchè ogni volta abbiamo cercato di inserire brani di qualità (almeno per noi) curando la musica il testo, facendo in modo che ogni cosa fosse al momento e al posto giusto... Tecnica si ma con passione e volontà di dare sempre il meglio di noi. Speriamo di esserci riusciti. Comunque anche in giappone abbiamo un pò di fans e addirittura un gruppo giapponese "metallucifer" ci annovera tra i suoi ispiratori... Anche in Grecia abbiamo una buona schiera di estimatori... Purtroppo in Italia non è così perchè nessuno è profeta in patria e forse perchè facciamo una musica poco digeribile per la maggior parte del pubblico italiano... Comunque noi andiamo avanti per la nostra strada senza compromessi.
Troverai molta differenza tra il primo album e l' ultimo; è cambiato il chitarrista e abbiamo inserito le tastiere, ma a noi il tutto piace e speriamo di condividere anche con te questa nostra emozione. Un abbraccio forte!»

[ENG. transl. It makes me very glad to know that you like our music so much! We managed to put together so few albums in 21 years... But that's because, each time we tried to put on the record only tracks of very good quality (at least the quality we thought it was good), paying extreme care to both music and lyrics, and that in order to get everything at the right place ant the right time. Much technic, but with much passion and our sincere will to give the best of us. We really hope we succeeded. In any case, we managed to get fans in Japan too... There is even a band called METALLUCIFER that claims us among their inspirators. Also in Greece we've got some good supporter... Most regreattably that doesn't happen in Italy. Perhaps that's because "noboy is prophet in his homecountry" (Italian old saying) or simply because we play a kind of music too difficult to digest for the Italian public. Anyhow we don't care about that: we keep on going on our way, without taking compromises.
You will find much difference between the first and the last album, bacause in meantime we changed the guitarrist and started using keyboards. But the whole feeling get us really satisfied and we do hope we can share this satisfaction with you!
A strong hung!]

Good stuff

This sucks!
How can I have ignored for so long such an incredible band!? And they are Italians too...!
Had to come across J13, that introduced them to me, to get to them..!! Guess this is one more of those negative-miracles of the Italian metal scene of years ago... Incredibly talented musicians meeting with jack-ass labels and producers. 8 years of covers with virtually no public concert... Deep sound and perfection research... Then a troubled progress though the first good records and bad labels, and finally the birth of a finally recognized masterpiece... VIOLENCE (2002). HEAVY METAL with epic influences. Check their site for details. Giving you a bite to their first album (128 kbs), because you HAVE TO... Fu*king get it before it expire!