Year : 1989 (Jolly Roger Records Edition 2016)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 109 mb
Bio:
Italian guitar hero Dario Mollo's first band was Crossbones, which he joined in 1981. In 1986, after an appearance in compilation album "Metallo Italia" (1985), Mollo met english producer Kit Woolven (Thin Lizzy, Ufo), who produced his first album "Crossbones" (1989), featuring Don Airey (Rainbow, Ozzy Osborne) as very special guest on keyboards. This was the beginning of a friendship that has lasted ever since, culminating in his works known as The Cage. Don Airey joined Crossbones also on a tour across Europe (including an excellent performance at Hammersmith Odeon) and two videos for the album were released, filmed in a castle in Budapest. After leaving Crossbones to pursue other projects, Mollo opened his own recording studio (Damage Inc) in Ventimiglia (Italy), where he has worked with numerous artists as a producer and engineer, including Aldo Giuntini and Lacuna Coil. During this time, Mollo continued to write and record his own music and, after being introduced to Tony Martin (Black Sabbath) in 1998, released "The Cage" with him in 1999. Well received by critics and the public, Mollo and Martin released then two follow-up albums: "The Cage 2" in 2002 and "The Third Cage in 2012". In between working with Martin, Mollo also released two albums with Glenn Hughes under the name Voodoo Hill: their self-titled debut in 2000 and "Wild Seed of Mother Earth" in 2004. Mollo was also involved in Tony Martin's live band, "Headless Cross", played their first ever show on 27 July 2012, at Birmingham's Asylum venue. Dario Mollo is without doubt one of the most talented player/songwriters, "Crossbones" is his "first step", a class-metal gem still shines after more than 25 years, showing already his great talent and musical technique.
Dario Mollo is an Italian musician and record producer, perhaps best known for the three "Cage" albums he recorded with former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin and his work with former Deep Purple singer/bassist Glenn Hughes (as Voodoo Hill).Mollo's first band was Crossbones, which he joined in 1981 and found some degree of success in their native Italy. In 1986, Mollo met English producer Kit Woolven,who produced his first album in 1989, followed by a tour across Europe.After leaving Crossbones to pursue other projects, Mollo opened his own recording studio (Damage, Inc), in Ventimiglia, Italy, where he has worked with numerous artists as a producer and engineer, including Aldo Giuntini and Lacuna Coil.During this time, Mollo continued to write and record his own music and, after being introduced to Tony Martin in 1998, released The Cage with him in 1999.Well received by critics and the public, Mollo and Martin released two follow-up albums: The Cage 2 in 2002 and The Third Cage in 2012.In between working with Martin, Mollo also released two albums with Glenn Hughes under the name Voodoo Hill: their self-titled debut in 2000 and Wild Seed of Mother Earth in 2004.Mollo is currently involved in Tony Martin's live band, Headless Cross. The new Headless Cross line-up played their first ever show on 27 July 2012, at Birmingham's Asylum venue. The set included material from the pair's Cage albums together.
Album:
Very impressive melodic metal in the vein of some other great Italian metal bands, CRYING STEEL and LOVE MACHINE.Crossbones are a band hailing from Italy who play the same mystical melodic heavy metal style of bands like Forced Entry, Horizon, Elektradrive, Zar and others. It’s a very cool style – hard rockin, heavy, but very melodic, often featuring thick keyboards in the mix. Crossbones mixes these sorts of numbers with straight up traditional Euro metal bangers. With their first appearance a simple demo in ’84. followed by a track on Italian metal collection ‘Metallo Italia’, it was a good many years till Crossbones managed to get things together enough to get out their debut full length LP on Dischi Noi. A classy effort, especially for a debut on a minor record company, Crossbones would have been well-poised to make a dent in the scene if timing and circumstances had of worked out.Anyway, as I mentioned, the album is a mixture of more mystical, powerish deeper cuts, and conventional hard-rockers. In the first camp we have the fantasy themed ‘Promised Land’, which has a very Dio/Horizonish sound going on. Epicness is added by great lyrics, and very soft, unobtrusive keys, and orchestral strings. Slow pounding riffs and a very smooth, evocative performance on vocals by Giorgio Veronesi really make this one an epic winner. ‘Iron in Soul’ is a faster paced power metal track, with a boomingly ominous performance by Veronisi, biting riffs, rumbling bass and a very close likeness to Horizon. The Gregorian style vocal effects, and moody guitars make this one a majestic power metal number. ‘Winter’ is a moody symphonic tracks with orchestral strings, and showy virtuosic guitars in the neoclassical vein – very ambitious, this is the sort of track you would expect to find on a Yngwie Malmsteen / Micheal Angelo Batioalbum. The more conventional numbers I mention include the hard rockin’ and obviously titled ‘Rock n Roll’, that with it’s classic riffage sounds very much like a typical NWOBHM cut.Anyway a pretty damn solid effort, especially for a debut record, this one is extremely well-produced and has some awesome power metallish cuts in the vein of the aforementioned – laced with classy studio effects, and crispy guitars – perhaps best exemplified by the ambitious ‘Winter’. But also conventional rockers – much how Horizon pieced together their excellent full length record. I adore this subgenre of music, and will continue to search out stuff in this rather small field, and am certainly glad to have discovered this gem. I remember being surprised at the musical direction here, as I expected something slightly more conventional vein, but found something very much in the same vein as the awesome Italian act Elektradrive. The majority of the tracks are mystical power-rock numbers including the epic, brooding closer ‘Fire’ that should be pleasing to power metal fans, while the hard rockiness of much of the material should please traditional fans alike. Surprisingly strong album in one of my favourite styles.
Line-Up:
Giorgio Veronesi - lead vocals - See also: ex-Black Swan
Dario Mollo - guitar - See also: Giuntini Project, The Cage, Voodoo Hill, ex-The Hades Band
Fulvio Gaslini - bass, vocals - See also: ex-Dario Mollo's Crossbones, ex-The Cage, ex-Voodoo Hill, ex-The Hades Band , ex-Giuntini Project
Ezio Secomandi - drums - See also: Dario Mollo's Crossbones, ex-Black Out, ex-The Cage, ex-Voodoo Hill, ex-The Hades Band
Don Airey - keyboards - See also: Deep Purple, Don Airey, ex-Empire, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Rainbow, ex-The Cage, ex-Dario Mollo's Crossbones (live), ex-Air Pavilion, ex-Andrew Lloyd Webber, ex-Colosseum II, ex-Cozy Powell, ex-Gary Moore, ex-Hammer, ex-Jethro Tull, ex-Living Loud, ex-Michael Schenker Group, ex-Quatermass, ex-Silver, ex-Strawbs, ex-Ten, ex-The Company of Snakes, ex-Wishbone Ash, ex-Graham Bonnet (live), ex-Micky Moody (live), ex-The Snakes (live), ex-Uli Jon Roth (live), ex-Uriah Heep (live)
+ guest:
Francesco Rossi - keyboards on ("Iron In The Soul")
production:
Design – Angelo Colombo
Executive-Producer – Mariano Schiavolini
Layout – The Wolfman (2)
Mastered By – Ian Cooper
Musical Assistance – Sandro Scala
Photography By – Fidele Costa Dura
Producer, Engineer – Kit Woolven
Tracklist:
01. Fallen Angel 04:38
02. Iron In The Soul 04:53
03. Rock 'n' Roll 03:55
04. Cry From The Heart 06:44
05. The Promised Land 05:09
06. Venom 03:22
07. Bad Dreams 03:02
08. Winter 03:27
09. Fire 06:03
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