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::: 27/12/2005 :::
Back finally to you with some nice live shots taken during the 'Dark
Day Fest.' right
here; thanx a lot Nutshell for sending!
I just wanted to add that I didn't absolutely know that the 2 foreign
dates in Wien & Budapest of early this month had been already cancelled
about one month ago; I hope the band will recover 'em both soon!
Well then, Happy New Year to you all out there! ... I'm gonna
leave for Rome!!!
::: 10/12/2005 :::
Awaiting to receive some live pictures
from the
'Dark Day Fest.', here are
some old Italian interviews
done with Marco when the debut album "Undressed Momento" was released,
which escaped my notice, respectively taken from
Heavy-Metal.it,
Metallized &
Silent Scream.
::: 04/12/2005 :::
Just a couple of lines to begin this new
month, announcing the release of "Trama" by
En Declin from Rome,
for My Kingdom
Music: on track # 8, "Isquosadmove", you can hear some additional
vocals by Marco from Klimt 1918. And, since I'm here, I tell ya that has
been even released the new "Collecting shells at Lighthouse hill" by
Room with a View,
always for the same label, as the artwork & layout of the slipcase
limited edition, as well as the (wonderful!) multimedia graphic, have
been carried out by Paolo Soellner himself. I've been telling all the
times that you can breathe some good air in Rome...
I just wanted to also remind you about the next gigs of Klimt 1918,
this Wednesday, the 7th, in Milan, @ Rainbow, in occasion
of the
'Dark Day Fest.', as well as the 2 dates abroad and namely:
the 9th, in
Budapest, @ Marco Polo Club and the 10th, in Wien,
@ Monastery Club.
^ back to the top
::: 27/11/2005 :::
"Dopoguerra" reviewed on other Italian web-magz:
Hate Tv,
Heavy-Metal.it and
Versacrum!
::: 20/11/2005 :::
Other Italian reviews of "Dopoguerra"
taken from
Indiezone,
Onda Rock and
SentireAscoltare.
::: 12/11/2005 ::: Some
Italian reviews of "Dopoguerra" taken from
Metallo Italiano (thanx Gino!),
Munnezza and
Zeromagazine.
::: 06/11/2005 :::
Here is another Live Report of the gig at
Zoobar in
Rome of 20/10, taken from
Babylon Mag. (thanx Tiziana!). I've also added a couple of
interviews done with Marco, one taken from
Sensorium, and another recent taken from
Benzoworld (and there is even the
review of "Dopoguerra" from this last one, but it's everything only
in Italian, sorry).
^ back to the top
::: 31/10/2005 :::
"Undressed Momento" reviewed on
Distorsioni, as promised by Boda (thanx!) who, among other things,
has even dedicated to Klimt 1918 a proper file in the 'Artists' section.
I've also added some
pictures of the
Springtime Fest. in Milan of 09/05/2004, taken from
http://opethpainter.altervista.org (thanx Eugy!).
::: 29/10/2005 ::: Here is the
Live Report of the gig at
Zoobar in Rome
of the last Thursday 20/10, taken from
HMP - Heavy Music Portal (thanx Gino & Francesco!).
::: 18/10/2005 :::
"Dopoguerra" reviewed on
Distorsioni; thanx Boda! I also wait for the review of "Undressed
Momento". I just wanted to remind you about the gig of Klimt 1918 @
the Zoobar in
Rome, this Thursday, the 20th of October: have fun!
::: 09/10/2005 :::
Interview to Klimt 1918 taken from the Italian mag.
Metal Maniac, as well as original interview taken from
Ritual; thanx Goth Friend for sending it :) Just recently I've
noticed that even Klimt 1918's got their own 'space' on 'MySpace' -
that's right - so, if you're into that kind of stuff and you didn't know
it yet, you can have a look at
http://www.myspace.com/klimt1918 even if, as for me (since I'm acid
& old style, that's well known, ha, ha, ha) the only positive notes I
can find, are those from "Sleepwalk in Rome" which so far, I think,
you couldn't 'officially' listen to directly from their website and
neither from mine. Yeah, it may be of interest for those who doesn't
know well the band or this song yet, of course. Modern times...
::: 02/10/2005 :::
... September is over already?!? Let's see
to begin the month of October finally putting on line my live report of
the
M'Era Luna translated into English, for all of you visitors from
abroad; better late than never...
^ back to the top
::: 22/09/2005 ::: ... the
gig just mentioned a few lines below of this Saturday 24/09, has been
completely cancelled, due to some technical problems not depending on
the band :/ Luckily, I didn't plan to go there... The gig of the 20/10
remains confirmed instead!
::: 18/09/2005 :::
Interview to Klimt 1918 on
Ritual # 22 of July/August 2005 (it's in Italian). Then, I just
wanted to remind you that the next Saturday, 24/09, Klimt 1918
will support Velvet
in Castel Gandolfo, Rome (Spiaggia del lago), and that for this
gig is available a reduction list for the ticket of entrance, since you
can send your details to
info@klimt1918.com,
saying that you're interested in attending the gig and so, once there,
you can pay a lil' bit less than the actual cost of the ticket. Well, of
course, this is mainly for the Italian kids, but you guys from abroad
stay tuned for more dates coming soon, as the band should also come back
abroad for some gigs, hell yeah! Furthermore, Klimt 1918 will play again
in Rome, at the Zoobar, on Thursday, the 20th of October.
Unfortunately, I'll miss both these couple of dates :/
::: 10/09/2005 :::
Back to you! And here it's even the Live
Report of the
M'Era Luna (which I haven't
translated into English yet, sorry!), as well as some live
pictures shot to the guys during the gig.
I also just wanted to let you know that it's out the debut album of
Dope Stars Inc.
- in which also plays Alessandro from Klimt 1918 -
"://Neuromance", that has been released for the well known
Trisol, even voted as
'New Industrial Rock Highlight' on the pages of the last issue of the
mag. Sonic Seducer.
^ back to the top
::: 29/07/2005 ::: Greaaat
party - last day of work: finally some deserved and so long waited rest
even for Wild! ... well, not so much actually, since I'll have to drive
for 6 or 7 hours tonight for reaching the seaside, and even because in a
couple of weeks I'll be leaving again for the
M'Era Luna Fest.,
in Hildesheim.
I leave you with a few live pictures at the
School's Out Festival, held the 6th of July in Luedenscheid, Germany
(thanx Torrie for sending and for the short live report of the gig
above-mentioned!), as well as with the news that has just been opened a
chan dedicated to Klimt 1918 - #klimt1918 exactly - on the server
of Azzurra, just in case someone of you out there used mIRC for chatting
(thanx Linea 'Scura for the information), as you would've probably
already read directly from the
blog
of the band.
Talk to you again in September, with further reviews of "Dopoguerra",
but especially for my live report and the pictures from the M'Era Luna!
HAVE A SPLEEENDIIID SUMMER!!!
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"Dopoguerra"
Summer Tour 2005 |
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13/08/05 |
M'Era Luna Fest. - Hildesheim
(D) |
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15/08/05 |
Ingolstadt, Paradox tbx (D) +
The
Birthday Massacre |
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17/08/05 |
Heidelberg, Schwimmbad Musik Club
(D) |
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18/08/08 |
Trier, Exhaus (D) |
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19/08/05 |
Amhem, Goudvishal (NL) |
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20/08/05 |
Cry for happiness Fest. -
Oppenheim (D) +
Pink turns
blue |
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24/09/05 |
Castelgandolfo, Roma - supporting
Velvet |
::: 21/07/2005 ::: ... and here
is even the
interview from Grind Zone, as mentioned a few lines below! Thanks
Roberto from
Resurrecturis for sending!
::: 17/07/2005 :::
Here is the review of "Dopoguerra" taken
from the Italian extreme mag.
Grind Zone.
In the same issue there is also an interview to Marco, but since I've
just come back from the (R)Evolution
Fest. of yesterday on the lake of Garda (wonderful location), now I
don't have the chance to scan it and honestly I'm pretty tired to
typewrite it all; maybe later on.
Then, here is a 'preview'
one of the t-shirts of the new album, at the moment only available
through the mailorder
www.grau.cd; thanks Fede for sending, at least someone can order it
havin' a look of what kind of stuff it is and not with eyes closed.
It's confirmed that Klimt 1918 will play on Saturday 13/08 inside the
Hangar, during the next edition of the
M'Era Luna Festival,
summer gig which I've been attending for several years by now; here is
the whole
program.
In the end, I just wanted to mention a few links to my site on some
other Italian fansites dediated to
Tool,
A Perfect Circle
and Dark
Tranquillity (man, what a great gig yesterday afternoon!!!) - as
well as on the site of
Federico Romano. Thanks guys for the link; I've already returned you
the favour some days ago...
::: 10/07/2005 ::: I've
added a new section,
Tabs, including some guitar tabs of a few songs from Klimt 1918.
There are just a couple of new ones, those of
"Snow of '85" &
"La Tregua", made by Erik and Zac: thanx a lot guys for sending!
The
live pictures of the gig at
Jungle have
been included even in the
live report published on issue no. 6 of
Novamuzique (thanx
Paolo!); those of Alessandro have been shot by Francesca anyway (hell-ooo!).
P.S.: ... have you read on the
blog
of the band that on 24/09/2005 Klimt 1918 will support Velvet in
Castelgandolfo (Rome)?!? In
2001 they played with
Novembre and
VII Arcano,
nowadays together with
Velvet:
times are changin' ...
::: 05/07/2005 :::
... I just can't tell ya so much about
Klimt 1918 'coz, as I already imagined before I left, I haven't been
able to hear 'em rehearsing (considering that they played on Sunday,
after 6:00 pm, when practically I had to already catch my train for
coming back to Florence), even if on Saturday nite I've been however
able to meet Alessandro at
Jungle. As
for the rest of the week-end, he, he, he... there would be a lot of nice
things to tell ya about and this is definitely not the right place to do
it, but I will talk with someone of you privately for sure :) Hail Ciz'
for the company (we make folklore, of course!!!).
Just cheer up yourselves with an excellent review of the new record
taken from
Music Boom (man! It's in Italian, but more English reviews are
coming soon!).
::: 01/07/2005 :::
A very nice and exhaustive interview (in
English, yeah!) to Paolo, taken from
Grande Rock; thanx Thanos for informing me and for the future link
to my fansite! P.S.: I'm spending this week-end in Rome
and I hope I'll be able to meet the guys from Klimt 1918! I'll tell ya
later on...
^ back to the top
::: 26/06/2005 :::
... and finally,
here there are even the pictures shot to those guys from Klimt 1918
in Florence, in front of Palazzo Pitti, the day after the gig of
Interpol, on
17/04/2005: the flash of my camera must have had such an effect on them,
since they always came out with the eyes closed :D
::: 25/06/2005 ::: Finally some
live pix shot during the gig of Klimt 1918 at
Jungle, Rome,
on 07/05/05
here.
::: 20/06/2005 ::: Another
couple of (Italian) reviews taken from
Rumore - 5 points out of 5! I mean: Klimt 1918 have had the better
of much more well known bands such as Coldplay 3/5 - White Stripes 4/5
- Audioslave 2/5 - Billy Corgan 1/5 - Foo Fighters 2/5 - Oasis 3/5 -
Bryan Adams 2/5 - Limp Bizkit 4/5 - Ikon 3/5! Honestly I haven't
listened to all these records, except some singles, but I think it's
cool! (thanx Ale for the original and also thanx Dario for the written
text!) and from
Sensorium (well 2 different reviews!).
::: 18/06/2005 ::: Another
Italian interview taken from the pages of
Metal Shock! Thanx my Goth Friend ('but how much are you Goth?!?)
for sending it!
::: 17/06/2005 :::
... another link to my fansite on
Taxi-driver (thanx
Massi!). Hey, have you seen the beautiful new template for the
blog
of the band? Great Eugy!
::: 15/06/2005 ::: An
exhaustive (Italian) interview taken from
Metalinside.it (thanx Leo for the info!).
::: 09/06/2005 :::
"Dopoguerra" reviewed even on the dark
pages of the Italian mag.
Ritual, taken just this morning from the bookstall.
::: 05/06/2005 :::
Here also are some reviews from abroad,
taken from
Grande Rock (surprise of April 2005, even if it's already June :P),
Lords of Metal (which mistaked ours Klimt 1918 for a Spanish band
:D) and
Metal Review.
::: 02/06/2005 ::: Another
couple of very good Italian reviews for "Dopoguerra", respectively taken
from
Disintegration (thanx Gino again! ... and thanx a lot even for the
link on the tearsite of his
Spellcraft :D)
and
Noizeitalia!
^ back to the top
::: 30/05/2005 ::: You can
find my
live report about the gig of Klimt 1918 held at
Jungle, the
7th of May, even on issue no. 6 of
Novamuzique; thanks to Paolo from
Kardia, which
I suggest you to listen to (greaaat band!), for giving me this chance!
::: 29/05/2005 :::
Another couple of Italian reviews, taken
from
Dheadbangers and
DK666.tk.
::: 28/05/2005 :::
A few Italian reviews taken from
Metal-Empire, Soundscape (thanx Ali for informing me!),
Taxi-driver &
True Metal (and thanx Gino for the information!).
::: 23/05/2005 :::
Some live pictures from the
Wave Gotik Treffen right
here (thanx Alessandro for sending!), as well as a few others,
directly from the photo-gallery of
Metalius.
::: 22/05/2005 ::: "Dopoguerra"
is Top Album on
Kinetic! And there is also a very good review taken from
Eutk! Furthermore, I've added a sort of review for the debut album "Undressed
Momento" taken from the Italian blog
Soundscape, written by the same girl who has also reviewed the new
album on Kinetic and which I'm confident is really worth reading!
::: 19/05/2005 :::
"Dopoguerra" is 'Highlight' of the week on
Babylon Magazine! Thanks a lot Massimiliano for informing me!
::: 15/05/2005 :::
A few lines about the gig of
Klimt 1918 in Rome of the last week-end
here. I hope that the live pictures shot during the gig come out
well, so that I'll be able to add 'em soon on the site.
::: 13/05/2005 :::
A couple of reviews taken from
Metalinside.it (both written in Italian): the
one of
"Undressed Momento" (better late than never :) ) and the one of
"Dopoguerra".
::: 11/05/2005 :::
I completely forgot to mention
one of the most interesting sections from the multimedia track of the
limited edition of "Dopoguerra" and namely 'So far',
sorry :P
The live report of the gig in Rome is coming soon...
::: 04/05/2005 :::
Perhaps this Saturday I'll be
able to make a flying visit to Rome just for the gig of Klimt 1918 at
Jungle...
Have a look at the playbill of the gig right
here.
::: 02/05/2005 :::
So... did you get your
own copy of "Dopoguerra"?!? I hope so! I can't really stop playing the
cd (well, yeah... the cds are two, considered the second cd enclosed to
the digipack edition of the new album) in these last days (... don't let
me tell ya which other new album I'm playing lately or I'll lose my face
in the metal scene, ha, ha, ha!!!). If I think that one month's already
passed since I got the promo copy from Paolo, I can't believe I haven't
been able to write a few lines about the new songs so far. On the other
hand, someone already knows that it's not been a very nice period for me
lately, even if I've always tried to get distracted as much as possible
writing on this site. Therefore I hope I'll be able to talk about the
new songs soonest, maybe driven by the listening of the above-mentioned
second cd, which also contains a couple of new songs and a remix of
which I'm already mad about, he, he, he... I just want to remind you
that the digipack edition contains a rich multimedia section, with very
interesting stuff for the fans of the band and that I'm right here to
shortly tell you about, just in case you hadn't got your own copy of
"Dopoguerra" yet. First of all, I have to tell you that in the
background you can hear the opening motif of
"Snow of '85" (it's sooo beautiful, isn't it?) and this already
makes the visit much more pleasant :) As to the various real sections,
you can find:
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† Dopoguerra † ... containing some
questions that you'll probably like asking the band before, during
or after listening the new album, about the concept of the record
and the relative lyrix, their musical influences, what kind of
feelings they're trying to tell to the listener and so forth.
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† So far † ... an
interesting section full of pictures taken during the recording
sessionsof the new album at
The
Outer Sound Studios (there is also Giuseppe from
Novembre, of
course :D!), the drum gear, the mastering, the 3 different cover
versions of "Dopoguerra" (which one do you prefer? Personally I'm
mad about the final one!) and more...
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† Song by Song † ... containing a few
lines of introduction to the subjects of the lyrix and to such
musical aspects of the songs.
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† Lyrix by Lyrix † ... containing all
the lyrix of the tracks, included those of the two news songs from
the second cd (because I don't know if you had a look to the
booklet of the new cd: it really seems that we'll have a big
headache even this time, when it comes to read the lyrix, man
:D).
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† Lyrix by Lyrix (handmade) † ... which
is exactly the same section said above, just containing the lyrix
handmade, as in the booklet (just in case your head wasn't
spinning already enough, you know :P).
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† Klimt 1918 are † ... and namely a few
info about the members of the band.
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† If only you could see me now † ...
picture of the band (the one you can already found in the section
'Pictures' of "Dopoguerra", in which Davide is in version
"Casablanca" :D and that I repropose even
here.
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† 10 questions to Klimt 1918 † ...
containing exactly about ten questions for each member of the band
and relative answers about what they think of the new album, the
recordings completed and the equipment used, which are their fave
songs and why, what this new record means for them and what about
their hopes for the future, as well as the personal musical
influences which may come out from the listening of the new
material.
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† Made by † ... and namely all the info
concerning the recordings of both these cds (which you can more or
less even find in the section
'Discography' of "Dopoguerra") and however about all those
who've contributed to the release of this new record.
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† Please go to † ... some links of
labels, recording studios, graphics, pictures and so forth (there's
even a link to my fansite :D!) involved in the release of the new
record or however with the band.
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† Don't quit without... † ... leaving a
comment for "Dopoguerra ", and namely how launching a direct web
connection with the band from the multimedia section.
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† Bye-Bye † ... Several thanks and final
greetings (there is me once again!!! Great Mery!!!). |
Sounds good, doesn't it?!?
If I was you, I would immediately look for it, if you hadn't done it
already!!!
I would've had to also add some new reviews from abroad tonite, but for
the time being I'll include just the one taken from
DeBaser, that is in Italian, so that I'll have more time to
translate all the others.
I wanted to conclude with the news of early this month, just sincerely
thanking all those whom, with their messages and words have been close
to me in these last days, included the guys from Klimt 1918 ...
We are just a moment in time ...
^ back to the top
::: 26/04/2005 :::
Today I received the newsletter from
Audioglobe
distribution, announcing me the release of "Dopoguerra". The digipack
edition will arrive in my records shop only the 29th of April and I'm
already lookin' forward to get my own copy and listening to the songs
which compose the bonus cd (and that an acquaintance of mine has already
had the chance of hearing... this makes me angry :P). Here is the
official statement from Audioglobe for release of "Dopoguerra":
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ASTONISHING
ALBUM FOR THE ITALIAN KLIMT 1918! The four-piece is influenced by
the 80's ROCK WAVE of U2 (just listen to the first song "They were
wed by the sea"!), The Cure, Depeche Mode, Police, Japan, The
Smiths, Tears For Fears, from the IMMORTAL melodic lesson of The
Beatles, from the atmospheric GOTHIC METAL of ANATHEMA, OPETH,
KATATONIA, EDGE OF SANITY, from the neorealist cinema of De Sica,
Visconti, Rossellini and from the pictorial genius of Gustav Klimt!
The Roman band has already released a debut album "Undressed
Momento" for the Italian label My Kingdom Music, but the new
"Dopoguerra" for the German Prophecy is a REAL MASTERPIECE in this
way. Klimt 1918 are clever in creating very clear and
crystal melodies, in an exciting following of solar and gloomy
vibes one after the other, with a 'movie' sound achieved thanks to
the work of Giuseppe Orlando (from Novembre). "Dopoguerra" is pure
poetry made music! DON'T HESITATE: IGNORING THIS ALBUM WOULD BE A
CRIME! |
Meanwhile, the
radio interview foreseen for the 25th, has been postponed to the next
week, as I've just read on the
blog of
the band.
And in the end, here is a very good review of "Dopoguerra" recently
appeared on
Kronic.it (First-Rate album - in Italian only).
::: 24/04/2005 :::
New reviews of "Dopoguerra" on
arrival: here you are some taken from
Harm Magazine,
Heavy Music Portal (Spot On Album - in Italian only),
Metalitalia (Hot Album - in Italian only),
Metallus (Spot on Album - in Italian only),
Metalspheres and
Tartarean Desire. Furthermore, the band is gonna be interviewed for
an Italian radio program called 'Alternitalia' exactly tomorrow,
25/04/2005, in occasion of the release of the new album.
::: 17/04/2005 :::
For this afternoon I thought I
would've completed a few translations of reviews of the new record to
add 'em on the website... But then, around lunch time, I got a message
from Paolo, the drummer of Klimt 1918, telling me that he was in
Florence! Yeah, I knew that someone from the band would've been here for
the gig of Interpol
of Saturday nite, but I was sure that they would've immediately left for
Rome right after the concert, and instead... So I meet Paolo, Alessandro
(all hooded and behind and a pair of sunglasses dark that I hadn't even
recognized him!), Marco and Marta (Marco's girlfriend) waiting for me in
the centre of Florence! And so we greeted, talked about the gigs of the
nite before (but I've attended the one of Amoral/Naglfar/Finntroll
\m/ ) and then had a walk around there, stopping and sitting down in a
well known square of my town, tryin' to enjoy the spring sun that went
and came (I also shot some pictures and I'll put 'em on the website,
sooner or later... included the one of Paolo who, before we said goodbye
afterwards, bought a mega-trolley to contain all his equipment in view
of the coming summer gigs!). It really seems that there won't be any
release party for the new album :/ To make up for it the warm up gig
at Jungle in
Rome should've been changed from Friday, the 6th to Saturday, the 7ht
of May and I, obviously, am already thinking to go there... By the
way, it's gonna be a long hot summer for the band, as the
Wave Gotik Treffen and the
Metal Camp
are just a couple of fests to which ours will take part... stay tuned!!!
::: 14/04/2005 :::
A couple of good news as
regards the next live gigs of the band: Klimt 1918 will play on 15/05
at the celebrated
'Wave Gotik Treffen' that is held every year in Lipsia, Germany
(this year is from the 13th to the 16th of May)! And just a few days
before, the band will also play a 'warm up' gig at the
Jungle of
Rome, exactly on 06/05 (... man: is Friday! And I can't go there,
'coz I have to work!). Cool, isn't? The worst thing is that perhaps
there won't be any release party for "Dopoguerra", since the guys
will have to rehearse a lot in view of their first apparition to such an
important festival. What a pity! I really hoped to spend such a night in
the capital for the release of an album... But I should be in Rome the
same during those days, wanderin' among the city's ruins, to greatly
conclude my stay with the gig of
AnathemA and
Porcupine Tree.
::: 09/04/2005 :::
A couple of new reviews taken
from
Resurrecturis &
Shapeless Zine. Since both are written in Italian and I'm not used
to translate them into English, I just wanted to let you read a few
words by the reviewer from Resurrecturis, saying as follows after
reading my opinion about the drums parts on this new record:
"Dopoguerra" is really a sensational
album. And the more I play it, the more I like it. I think is even more
mature than "Undressed Momento" and the drums parts, actually, are one
of the winning points of the whole record... There a lot of passages
which aren't banal at all that emphasize songs already wonderful in
themselves. I think I'm not wrong if I say that Paolo is one of the more
fanciful drummers that the present rock/metal scene can be proud of.
^ back to the top
::: 30/03/2005 ::: Today
I received my promo copy of "Dopoguerra" (thanx Paolo!!!).
I was very pleased to get the cd: now I know how I'll while away the
wait before having in my hands the real new album (complete with bonus
cd and enhanced section!) even if, by now, there's only about one month
from here to the official release. Really, nothing better but concluding
even this month of March listening again to the new songs. It's curios...
Although have passed well three months from the first (and only) time I
had the chance to hear these new songs, I perfectly remembered some...
some musical passages, some verses, some vocal lines, some not... and
exactly those I remembered less and of which I had perhaps talked about
a lil' less at the end of December,
presently are those I'm liking the more (I'm playin' track no. 5, "Nightdriver",
endlessly! It's such a beautiful one! ... got my head in the clouds
first time I heard it or what?!? I just wrote a couple of lines...). By
the way, I will talk again about the new stuff more in detail soon...
hopefully... Now I'm ravished too much by the listening to be able to
write something more and I have to go...
I forgot! I've added a new photo of the band in the section Pictures of
"Dopoguerra" (thanx Ale!!!); have a look right
here!
::: 30/03/2005 ::: Oggi
mi è arrivato il promo-cd di "Dopoguerra" (grazie Paolo!!!).
Mi ha fatto molto piacere ricevere il dischetto: adesso so come
ingannerò l'attesa prima di avere tra le mani il nuovo disco vero e
proprio (con tanto di bonus cd e sezione interattiva!), anche se
all'uscita, ormai, manca poco. Davvero, niente di meglio che concludere
questo mese di Marzo potendo riascoltare i nuovi pezzi. Curioso...
Nonostante siano passati ben tre mesi dalla prima (ed unica) volta che
li avevo ascoltati, ricordavo perfettamente alcuni brani, certi passaggi
musicali, alcuni versi e certe parti, altri no... e proprio quelli che
ricordavo meno e che forse a fine Dicembre
avevo 'liquidato' con poche parole, sono quelli che, riascoltandoli, mi
stanno piacendo di più (il pezzo nr. 5, "Nightdriver" l'ho già rifinito
dagli ascolti! E' da pauraaa! ... ma dove avevo la testa la prima volta
che l'ho ascoltato?!? L'ho liquidai in un paio di righe soltanto...).
Comunque ne riparlerò dettagliatamente,
presto... spero... Adesso sono troppo presa dall'ascolto, per poter
scrivere e ve devo lascià... :P
::: 28/03/2005 :::
Another
couple of reviews of "Dopoguerra" taken from
Chronicles of Chaos and
Get Metal.
::: 23/03/2005 :::
It's
necessary a lil' correction: I've just been told that the studio
pictures mentioned in the previous news, aren't relative to the
recording sessions of the new album, but to those of "Undressed
Momento". Is the band who put 'em on the official website a lil' bit
late or just me who noticed 'em only recently? Ok, I know I'm a lil' bit
in the clouds (:lol:...), but on the other hand it wasn't neither
specified and so I took for granted that concerned a more recent period...
Have a look the same!
::: 20/03/2005 ::: The
second part of the recording sessions of "Dopoguerra" at the Herzog
Studios should be finished by now, since the last message left on the
blog
of the band, dated 11/03, announced that these were almost over.
Meanwhile, another couple of reviews: a not very positive one of
"Dopoguerra" taken from
My Revelations (indeed, this is not a 'metal' work) and one of "Undressed
Momento" taken from
Harm Magazine (awaiting that of the new album). I've also added a
couple of nice pictures of Marco and Davide, shot during the recording
sessions of "Dopoguerra" at the
The Outer
Sound Studios, in the section
Performers, but you can find a lot more in the Gallery of their
official website
(P.S.: There are also Giuseppe and Massimiliano from
Novembre :D !!!).
::: 10/03/2005 :::
Here you another very good
review of "Dopoguerra" taken from
Vampire Magazine (thanx Felix for remembering me :D!).
::: 01/03/2005 :::
Nice way to greatly begin even
this month with a couple of good news directly from the website of the
German
Prophecy Productions! "Dopoguerra" will be released the
25th of April and you can already delight your ears, hearts & minds
downloading a brand new song - and namely
"Snow of '85", that was
the song I liked most from the first listening
of the new record (man, I can't stop playin' it :D!) - from the mp3
section of the label itself. Paolo Soellner, drummer of Klimt 1918, says
that the new album will include 'nine pieces of comforting,
emotional
music, inspired by the intensity of laughter born from the tears'. As
the label itself adds, for ages, the end of a century has always been
characterized by a weird tension, a feeling of renewal, melancholy. When
the 19th century is over, Gustav Klimt is going to become the pioneer of
the 'Wiener Sezession', integrating parts of everything that surrounded
him at that time into his art. If you immerse yourself in his
soft-coloured paintings, if you search for the symbolic meaning behind
the compositions, then you'll begin to understand why the Italian act
Klimt 1918 has chosen this artist and his year of death as monicker.
Their music contains elements of a great similarity to Klimt's art: it
features mosaic-like soundscapes and is painted in soft hues and all
these parts are joined together as an intense canvas. With their new
album Klimt 1918 paint the slow convalescence of a person, the end of an
inner conflict. The songs draw inspiration from the poor people living
in Italy in 1945 who, having survived the war, have now to confront with
the future. And the band also says of being inspired by the poetry of
neo-realistic cinema, by directors such as De Sica, Rossellini and
Visconti. All these sources of inspiration have been translated into
their music to convey a feeling of ambiguity to the listeners: salvation
and despair at the same time.
Then the label talks about musical influences of Klimt 1918, saying that
their style is something that goes beyond only combining other acts'
music, as their work's got originality and boundless musicality, though
reminding you of some other bands such as the Beatles, Cure, Interpol,
Tears For Fears, U2, The Police, KatatoniA or AnathemA. The band
concludes saying that its aim is moving the listeners with their music,
which may sound easy to say of course, while Klimt 1918 brilliantly
succeeded in doing this instead, and as seldom happens.
As already mentioned in the past news, "Dopoguerra" will be released
both as a normal jewel case version at a special price and even as a
limited digipack version including a bonus cd. Also watch out for the
enhanced section of the cd, including news, pics, interviews and more
about our Klimt 1918 adored!
Here is the complete tracklist of the new album according to the label:
| "Dopoguerra"
- tracklist: |
| |
| 1. - |
| 2. They were wed by
the sea |
|
3. Snow of '85 |
| 4. Rachel |
| 5. Nightdriver |
| 6. Because of you,
tonight |
| 7. Dopoguerra |
| 8. La Tregua |
| 9. Lomo |
| 10. Sleepwalk in
Rome |
| |
| Bonus cd (ltd.
edition) - tracklist: |
| |
| 1. Never Ever |
| 2. They were wed by
the sea |
| 3. Cry a little |
|
and some
alternative versions of a few songs taken from "Dopoguerra" itself. |
... and here is already
the first review of "Dopoguerra" taken from
Gothtronic!
And in the end, it seems that ours will take part to one of 3 days of
the Metal Camp,
which will be held in Tolmin, Slovenia, from the 24th to 26th of June
2005 and that the Prophecy's arranging an European mini-tour right
during the period of release of the new record, though all must be still
confirmed. Let's cross our fingers :) !!!
P.S.: ... did you know that the guitarist Alessandro is now also part of
Dope Stars Inc.
?!? Look at his
pose :D (he's the first on the left).
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::: 23/02/2005 ::: I
thought that the second cd which will be released together with the
special limited edition of "Dopoguerra", would've been recorded again at
the Outer
Sound Studios of Giuseppe Orlando from
Novembre, while I
read from the
blog
of the band that ours have instead entered the Herzog Studios about ten
days ago. Further to the piano passages of which I've already written a
few lines below, there will be added some 'cello parts too (performed by
Fabiola). I have to say that I'm very curios to hear what kind of sound
will come out... The track-list of this second cd should be the
following:
|
† They were wed by the sea (rarified version)
... a symphonic & completely re-recorded version of the same song
taken from "Dopoguerra". |
|
† Never Ever |
|
† Cry a little |
|
(both unreleased so far) |
|
† Driving at the end of the night
... that's just another song taken from "Dopoguerra", and namely "Nightdriver",
but completely twisted and re-recorded... |
|
... plus some remixes of which the band can't tell us
anything yet! |
... aren't you dying
with curiosity?!?
::: 13/02/2005 ::: Some
more reviews of "Undressed Momento" taken from
HM Portal (plus
interview, but it's in Italian only, sorry!),
Metal Kings,
Metal Vox,
Prog-résiste and
Vibrations of Doom.
::: 05/02/2005 :::
Nothing better than beginning
this new month announcing you that around the middle of February Klimt
1918 will enter again the studio to record the material which will be
included on the second cd that's gonna be released along with the
special limited edition of "Dopoguerra" (which should contain, as
already previously said, 4 songs more: a couple of remix versions of
songs taken from the new album itself, as well as another couple of
acoustic songs of which, one never realised - edition that must
absolutely be mine!!!). As I've learnt from the
blog
of the band, meanwhile ours have started rehearsing together with
Francesco Sosto, who had already played some keyboards passages for the
intro of the new record and that you'll hear again even in some of these
additional songs said above.
In the end, I've also added another couple of very good reviews of "Undressed
Momento", respectively taken from
Metal Wave and
Noizeitalia (but are written in Italian only, sorry!).
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::: 29/01/2005 :::
... and there's also a link on
Opeth.splinder.com
(but this fansite is written only in Italian!) and on
Shock! Magazin;
thanx a lot to Eugy and Szilvia!
::: 23/01/2005 :::
I've added another short rewiew of "Undressed
Momento" taken from
Darker than the bat; furthermore, there's a link to my fansite even
on Metal Fanatix
from New York!
::: 08/01/2005 :::
As Marco & Paolo had already informed me
during my stay in Rome at the end of December,
Prophecy
Productions will unleash a special limited digipack edition of the
new album "Dopoguerra", which further to the songs already mentioned
earlier, will also include other 4 tracks and namely a couple of remix
versions of songs taken from the new record itself, as well as another
couple of acoustic songs (of which one never realised so far). But
unfortunately the deadline is now fixed for April 2005... we can't do
nothing but waiting for some other month!
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