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Klimt 1918 are a combo from Italy that makes
me jump up with maximal interest. Leaving the rather unsuccessful
progressive Death-metal band Another Day behind, Marco and Paolo Soellner
formed Klimt 1918 in 1999, striving to explore different paths. Stylewise
hard to label, there lays an aura of melancholy and likewise a kind of
fragile beauty throughout the whole debut album "Undressed Momento". This
embracing delicate tone remains unaltered even in the sparely used blast
parts, which blur wonderfully into the highly mature fine arrangements and
technically everything stays at top level.
Among the influences, named by the band members themselves, are the
Avant-Garde Metal of Anathema, Opeth, Edge of Sanity and Katatonia as well
as the 80's Wave of The Cure, early U2, Police, Japan, The Smiths or
Depeche Mode and Beatles sound. Novembre or Fields of Nephilim should not
be left out nor the harmonies and ground moods of Police/Sting, U2, The
Cure and the likes that filter through the refined sound structures.
Symphonic filigree-laden elements are tastefully inserted, nostalgic
guitar-flows join penetrating melodies and haunt with the multi-layered
tonalities and the soft, dark voice a dusky, emotional atmosphere, which
constantly pushes me to turn to this amazing ideal conglomerate of Pop,
Rock and Metal, resulting in a fair listening pleasure. Definitely not to
be missed! A truly promising first release between Nostalgic and
Post-modern with enormous radio airing potential to be discovered.
Recommended listening: just press random and enjoy first-class tracks from
start to end, only the scurrile intro admits skipping… Take a look at the
homepage http://www.mykingdommusic.net where you can download a song and a
sample from the album.
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