This Alternative Heavy Rock/ Metal band was founded in Crema (a town squarely between Milano, Bergamo, Brescia, and Piacenza, in the Central North of Italy) under the monicker of Metal Federal Reserve during 2010, and originally consisted of the foursome Simone Picco (singer), Alessandro Cannatelli guitarist), Andrea Brambilla (bass) and Gianmario Oliveri (drums), whom originally had the idea to start a band with Italian singing.
When I gave this album its first listening session, I hadn't looked into the info yet, and the thing which immediately came to mind, is that they didn't sound like an Italian band at all...which isn't that surprising, as the band hails from Vänersborg – Trollhättan, a place some 88 NNE from Göteborg, Sweden!
Part of that package from Italian promotion agency Atomic Stuff (see also reviews of SilentLie and Hypnotheticall, posted 22/09/2013), I found but little info on this Italian Prog Metal band, except for the facts that it consists of lead singer Alex “Kage” Cangini, guitarist Andrea “Bana” Anastasi, keyboardist Filippo “Phil” Marignano, bassist/ backing singer Stefano
Hum...Badmotorfinger? I seem to remember a Belgian Stoner quartet from Antwerp, which released a demo-EP entitled Muchas Gracias Motherfurckers some time ago...so don't confuse the Bologna based Italian Heavy Metal act by the same name (which we're dealing with here) with the aforementioned, okay?!
This Italian Heavy/ Gothic Rock act from Trieste (the most extreme eastern coastal town in Italy's North, almost bordering the Slovenian border) was founded in 2005 by singer Giorgia Sacco Taz and guitarist Luigi Pressacco, who had an idea of a keyboard-infused Gothic Rock based on Heavy Rock riffs and Giorgia's obscure and introspective lyrics.
We just recently received a package sent to us by Italian agency Atomic Stuff, who apparently do promotional work for the labels logic(il)logic Records and Street Symphonies Records, with the occasional unsigned act on the side (which they then manage to get product distribution through the same as does the labels). Actually, I've been thinking that perhaps the promotion agency was brought to life by the labels themselves which, by the way, seem to be linked somehow.
