Year : 2021
Style : Symphonic Heavy Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 178 mb
Bio:
The story of SIGNUM DRACONIS can be said to begin in 2010, after two years crossing what felt like a personal hell, I was sitting in my car gazing at the sky when a message came to me as it were, a vision clear as day: ‘Put The Divine Comedy to music!’ At that moment SIGNUM DRACONIS was born. I returned home immediately and hunted out an old copy of Dante’s masterpiece I had owned for years and began furiously reading. Two full years of study and research followed, reading and re-reading all three books many times and even traveling to Florence to visit the 13th Century poet’s own house, trying to envisage what it would have been like to be him and the world in which he lived his story.
Album:
SIGNUM DRACONIS from Italy have set themselves quite a task for their debut album. Thus they are not satisfied with a normal album. No, they have created something gigantic. Consequently this work has become a double album, which occurs with an incredible playing time of 95 minutes. What is this monumental album about? Dante’s Inferno should be familiar to everyone, as this story has been an inspiration for many musicians and is considered a milestone of Italian literature. The Italian writer Dante Alighieri created „The Divine Comedy“ and divided it into three parts. „Inferno“ is the first part and describes Dante’s journey through the nine circles of hell. It is followed by the other chapters „Purgatorio“ (Purgatory) and the „Paradiso“ (Paradise). Even if some have already taken up the subject in the past, the work of SIGNUM DRACONIS might be one of the most ambitious musical realizations.Featuring 17 songs by the band all sung in English, the double album is the first in a triptych of the complete work of Dante’s magnum opus with Purgatory and Paradise to follow, and will also feature duets with selected special guest vocalists, narrations of selected chants, and an orchestral accompaniment by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and Choir.Signum Draconis takes their name from the medieval knights ‘Order of the Dragon’, and has opted for a classic 80s-influenced metal sound in homage to the rock and metal icons and aim to produce a truly musical, timeless and epic recording that will absorb and reward from repeated and dedicated listening.
Line-Up:
Max Morelli (Vocals)
Oscar Grace (Guitars)
Filippo Martignano (Keyboards)
Stefano Antonelli (Bass)
Francesco Micieli (Drums)
Special guests include:
RENATO CARROZZO as Storyteller
CHIARA MANESE as Beatrice
MARK BOALS as Virgil
BEN JACKSON as Charon
KSENIA GLONTY as Francesca
LUCA PAOLINI as Pluto
ANDREA RANFA as Brunetto Latini
FREDERICK POLLOCK as Ulysses
SIMONE MULARONI as Nimrod 'The Titan'
OLEG SMIRNOFF as Count Ugolino
Tracklist:
01. In the Midway of Life's Journey (05:14)
02. The Mission of Virgil (03:45)
03. Gate of Hell (Ending: Arrival of Charon) (05:58)
04. The Borderland (04:48)
05. Whirlwind of Lovers (05:12)
06. Under Eternal Rain (04:51)
07. To the Edge of Stygian Lagoon (04:45)
08. Regnum Dite (02:37)
09. Burning Graves (05:51)
10. Phlegethon (The Bloody River) (06:01)
11. Forest of Suicides (05:49)
12. Firestorm (06:12)
13. On Geryon's Back (01:10)
14. Ten Moats of Damnation (Interlude: The Ulysses' Chant) (11:32)
15. In Hands of Titans (05:29)
16. Cocytus (The Ice Terror) (08:28)
17. Lucifer (07:46)
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