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The Italian scene seems to always be growing, with bands like Lacuna
Coil, Bubblegum Kiss, Naughty Whisper and Khymera all showing that the
Italians indeed have something to offer. Klimt 1918 are founded out of
the ashes of death metal act Another Day, and like their compatriots
they have an interesting and unique approach to their music.
The album is filled with cosy rockers; at times almost poppy tunes that
are influenced by the fact that two band members hail from the death
metal scene. A song can go from catchy pop harmony to heavy aggressive
guitar riffs and fast pounding drums with the vocals still being sung in
an emotional sense all the way. "We don't need no music" is partly sung
in Italian, and as far as I can hear in "That Girl" all the lyrics are
Italian (no, they aren't! It's totally sung in English, but Marco's
got a strong Italian accent... - Mery's note). The key to it all is
that no matter how heavy the guitar riffs or how fast the drumming,
Italian or English lyrics, the cosiness shines through. Emotional is the
keyword here despite the fact that the opener is actually (in a weird
way) kind of scary. It's not a song; it sounds like an old transistor
radio playing with a singing little girl streaming out of the speakers.
You'll hear a person walk across the room and eventually stop to light a
cigarette and that's it! Pure nonsense if you ask me.
If you're planning on spending some of these long cold winter nights
coming on reading a good book relaxing with a cup of hot cocoa (it
doesn't get cosier than that), this album will get plenty of spins on
such nights.
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