Releasedate: 04-05-2009; Label: My Kingdom Music
By: Sabine van Gameren
The Italian formation called Rossometile took 5 years for making their second full length album “Terrenica”. They released on May 4th via My Kingdom Music.
When reading about this band while listening the album I got into some question marks. Progressive dark metal is what they make according to the info sheet. For me it is hard to find these elements. All of them. What I hear is a warm female voice, like a mother singing to her children on a sunny day. Metal? No, not really. Dark? Not at all, but I have to admit that perhaps this element comes more forward when you speak Italian as all the lyrics are in Italian, which I don’t. And progressive? Well not THAT much progressive either. But let’s step away from this genre thinking and see what there is to find in this music instead of what it is not.
As I mentioned, a warm female voice welcomes you. In this album when the instruments start quite calm in the first song of the album “Terrenica”. There are moments I expected Angela, the vocalist, to be more expressive. A bit harsher, to put more drama in it. The serenity of the first song are driving forth the whole album. Instrumentally, I liked the guitar work most. with some effects they create a symphonic atmosphere. Drums I found not too interesting. There could have been some excitement in those. A bit more fire, to power it up and back up the guitars. A bit more passion in here would give the illusion that the total outcome is a bit faster. Just a musical illusion.
Still wondering a bit about the “dark” in the description I check the artwork that comes with the album. Photo’s from mother earth, nature, stars, the road and a heart gives the idea that the story of the album is about an everlasting trip to find the eternal love of a person’s live.
Overall, this album isn’t that bad. I enjoy the relaxed atmosphere over the songs and find this a good album to listen to when having an overdose of death metal. Not really meeting the expectations that were built but a decent surprise which did the trick.
Line Up:
Nicola Potenza – Bass
Gennaro Balletta – Drums
Angela Grassi – Voice
Rosario Reina – Guitar/Programming
| Tracklist: 1. Terrenica 2. In Viaggio 3. L’Inzio Di Una Catastrofe 4. Novembre 5. La Grande Piramide (parte 1) 6. La Grande Piramide (parte 2) 7. L’Uomo Della Preistoria 8. Come Stai 9. Domani |
Links:
Rossometile MySpace
Rossometile Official
More articles
Jerry Cantrell – I Want Blood
Tidal Shock – Riffs of Ha
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Kinnery of Lupercalia; Buell Legion