Tenebrae
began life in Genoa in 2005 on the initiative of guitarist Marco
Arizzi with the aim to blend rock music with other forms of art such
as painting, theatre and literature. After an EP in 2008, in 2010 they self produced an
interesting début album, “Memorie nascoste” (Hidden memories),
with a line up featuring Marco Arizzi (guitars), Fabrizio Garofalo
(bass), Fabio Bignone (keyboards, synthesizer), Emanuele Benenti
(drums) and Davide Faudella (vocals).
 |
| Tenebrae 2010 |
“Memorie
nascoste” is a concept album that tells about a strange meeting
between a boy and a mysterious painter. The atmosphere swings between
dream and nightmare, a hypnotic hourglass blurs the borders between
time and space while the power emanating from the tableaux in an art
gallery stirs hidden memories, then ghostly visions begin to dance
among games of mirrors and dark shadows. The overall sound of the band
reminds me in some way of another Italian band called Minstrel. Their
approach is theatrical and emphatic while the music draws from heavy
metal, opera, new wave, psychedelia and many other sources of
inspiration.
You
can listen in streaming to the complete album from the official
website. Click HERE.
In
2012 Tenebrae released their second album with a renewed line up
featuring along with Marco Arizzi (guitars) Francesco Mancuso
(keyboards, synthesizer, back vocals), Fabrizio Bisignano (bass),
Alessandro “Attila” Fanelli (drums) and Pablo Ferrarese (vocals).
Antonella Bruzzone helped the band to write the lyrics while Sara
Aneto took charge of the artwork and of the booklet that she enriched
with many nice drawings. The result of their efforts is “Il fuoco
segreto “ (The secret fire), a beautiful concept album inspired by
Goethe's Faust.
The
overall sound is heavier than in the previous work and the new
vocalist showcases a great personality delivering some operatic
passages, dark growling and soaring melodies. The band interpret
Goethe's story freely, adding a touch of original poetical
inspiration and dark, Gothic sounds with good results. Despite the
changes in the line up there is a strong stylistic continuity with
the previous work and maybe Mephisto is just the name of the
mysterious painter we met before...
Troubled dreams, foggy memories
hanging over the secret fire that burns in your soul, broken mirrors
and haunting illusions take you to the limit of reality, towards a
new awareness. Well, on the whole another album that is really worth
listening to.
More info:
More info:
No comments:
Post a Comment