1. Unreason
2. Escape
3. Far from Grace
4. Maybe you are...
5. The Warmth of Life
6. Frost and Emptiness
7. Bloodred
8. A Prayer
9. Instants of Madness
10. While I'll burn
11. Unspoken
Alessandro Consoli
Vocals
Alfio Timoniere
Bass
Riccado Failla
Guitars
Gabriele Litrico
Keyboards
Sandro Galati
Drums
Recorded, mixed, mastered at Resonance Home Studio, Italy by
Riccardo Failla
review by
Salvo "Lovedeath" Russo____ 
Images of solitude and sadness
From
Catania (Sicily) it’s with a great pleasure that I review a gothic
doom band
that shows me that in Sicily too there are good bands….
This
band was born in 2003 and the result, after 6 years of activities, is
good….The band
gets inspiration from Katatonia, Anathema and C…
A
scenery that is perfect for all those who appreciate sad & powerful
music…and who is grown up with the music of the above mentioned band
can’t but appreciate this album…
The
production is about mediocre…but this a problem of many good bands,
that have good ideas and good songs but not sufficient means to get a
great production…
The
band alternates slow and speed parts into the same songs with a great
precision and I can’t but underline “Maybe you’re” that puts in
evidence that the band has learnt the lesson of old Katatonia…
Another
valid comparison under many aspects is with Klimt 1918….in my opinion
Resonance Room is more metal but plays with the same melancholy…
In
my opinion the production doesn’t give value to the good singer’
interpretation …the music hangs over the voice…this confirms what I
said before…
Shadows
of old Paradise Lost are mixed to Katatonia into “Bloodred”, a very
great gothic-doom that seem the soundtrack of autumn….
“A prayer” is another modern-gothdoom song that is penalized by the production but shows the good attitude to create images of solitude and sadness….through a very suffering music.
The
problem of this album is not only the production but also the fact
there’s no variety in the composition...the songs are good but there
not surprises; the progressive aspect of the songs is a their own
characteristic and it’s part of their music and
the themes song are not enriched by particular alternative solutions
also concerning different arrangement approach…but it is only my
personal opinion. Even if there’s no originality, I admit that that
the band makes good songs and the album deserves the right
consideration. On the whole this cd is just a surprise…and keeps high
the expectations for the future of this band…
rating: 7,6/10
Salvo Russo is editor for gryphonmetal.ch since 2001
He is based in Italy, reachable at this e-mail address nightofdreams@hotmail.it
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ADDITIONAL INFOS The band was born in Catania as Fragment in 2003 . Since the very beginning its aim is to play a gothic metal mixed with progressive influences. After a year and a half of rehearsals the band records its first demo, “Fragment”, and has some live exhibitions. After a few line-up changes the band records its second demo “Way Down To Hell” (2006), very well received by the metal media. In 2008 the band changes its monicker in Resonance Room and records its debut album: "Unspoken", an eleven song, 50+ minutes opus, mixed and mastered by Riccardo Failla at the Resonance Home studio. In December of the same year Fabio Monaco joins the band as a new guitarist and completes the line up. In the early 2009 the band
joins My Kingdom Music roster, signing a deal for the production,
promotion and distribution of "Unspoken". The release date
is fixed for September 2009. |
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