Nuova Era - Return to the Castle (2016) {AMS Records}
Nuova Era - Return to the Castle (2016) {AMS Records}
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© 2016 AMS Records | AMS273CD
Rock / Progressive Rock / Symphonic Rock
A 75-minute symphonic progressive rock, sung in English for the first time in the history of the band, which ranges from baroque sections to other ones more dreamy and atmospheric.
Nuova era was one of my favourite bands from the 90s and their 1992 masterpiece "Io e il tempo" I still hold as one of my favourite albums of all time. About 20 years after their last proper album, "Il passo del soldato" from 1995, they release a new album! The titel is in english, as are all the songs. Let me get back to that. The music on the album is like the band never left and continued playing and recording their music, this album could easily have been a follow up a couple of years later after their last album. The sound is almost the same, lots of keyboards dominating the music with additional guitars.
The production has always been a weak spot for the band, here we experience the same thing, it sounds a bit thin production-wise and it doesn't sound as tight as one would like. But the real gem of this band has always been their ability to write great music and great songs so the thin production has never been a problem for me. The singing on previous albums has always been in italian, wich I prefer, and it has always been in perfect harmony to the music. Now they have decided to sing in english instead and it sounds… eh… not so good. Don't get me wrong here, the vocalist sings good, but unfortionately I don't think he has ever heard english before. I am sorry but the vocals drags this album down a lot. Thank god most of the music is instrumental. The music is full blown symphonic rock with all the natural twists and turns, different tempos and lots of great breaks and riffs. The bands ability to perform great compositions hasn't changed in twenty years, I do find the songs a bit more heavy and complex than before but that isn't a bad thing IMHO. If you got their earlier albums you'll know what you're going to get.
Nuova Era - Return to the Castle (2016) {AMS Records}
Personnel:
Walter Pini: keyboards
Rudi Greco: electric bass
Maurizio Marra: drums
Alex Camaiti: vocals, guitars
Nuova Era - Return to the Castle (2016) {AMS Records}
tracklist:
01 - Return To The Castle, Part 1
02 - Carousel I - Through The Battles And The Years
03 - The Dragon And The Knight
04 - Carousel II - Dancing Shadows In The Forest
05 - The Prophecy
06 - Carousel III - Living For The King
07 - The Castle
08 - Carousel IV - At The Banquet (including The Princess)
09 - Court Life
10 - Carousel V - The Dreams Of Childhood
11 - Return To The Castle, Part 2 - Conclusion
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Nuova Era / Return to the Castle
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==== Log checksum 4EDB483F1BE7FE700252C4744327314940A07ED77C38F4353D8A633A45AA42BA ====
EAC extraction logfile from 18. December 2016, 15:42
Nuova Era / Return to the Castle
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Read mode : Secure
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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==== Log checksum 4EDB483F1BE7FE700252C4744327314940A07ED77C38F4353D8A633A45AA42BA ====
Nuova Era - Return to the Castle (2016) {AMS Records}
Nuova Era - Return to the Castle (2016) {AMS Records}
All thanks goes to the original releaser!
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