*Artist: To A Skylark
*Album: To A Skylark
*Year: 2009
*Genre: Post-Metal/Post-Rock
*Country: Italy
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 105MB
Tracklist:
01. Seraphic Feathers
02. Icarus' Redemption
03. Hic Et Nunc
04. At Dusk, By Lake Walden
05. The Aftermath
06. The Fading Process – Charmed By Mermaids
07. The Fading Process – The Lotus Eater
08. The Fading Process – Abandon
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Total playing time: 44:46
Extended info
Line-up:
Alessandro Tosatto - Vocals
Marco Ziggiotti – Guitar
Riccardo Morgante – Guitar
Filippo Ranghiero – Bass
Stefano Santagiuliana – Drums
It may be a strange name for a band, but To A Skylark is a precious poem of British writer Percy Bysshe Shelly and the musical constellation united under that moniker since 2003 is made up of five Italians. Like the poetic name and the imagination inducing titles may surmise, they devotedly thought about and worked hard to give proper depth to the music as well as to the lyrics. Thus the debut turned into a stunner; the listener is pulled under into an absolute experience of pulsing sounds. From time to time atmospheric and grand (inspired by the surrounding nature), other times explosive and powerful.
To A Skylark has the nearest approach to postrock with loads of momentum, ever changing soundscapes which take you through slightly psychedelic passages and overwhelming eruptions. After the intro - for some undefined reason it reminds me of Green Carnation - comes a mastodon of ten minutes length that summarizes the essence of the band. This ‘Icarus’ Redemption’ brims with alternative heavy riffs, perfected with clean as well as raucous growling vocals. Both are magnificent and make a majestic experience of this playing with light and shade. A rigorous outbreak is followed by contemplative parts. A bit later one can find uneasy sounding distorted vocals with fluttering guitar runs, while they finish up at full speed and power. This trance inducting eruptions work!
The album includes shorter, mostly thoughtful passages passing into propelling heaviness. For instance, this happens in ‘Hic Et Nunc’ (calmness) and ‘At Dusk By Lake Walden’ (explosive), but later on we notice almost the same patterns in ‘The Fading Process’ which exists of three parts and images of peaceful brooklets turn into a lump of smouldering granite. They also have a kind of progressive approach, but it always remains genuine and very powerful. Influences of Tool - especially in the vocals - cannot be ignored either. In an excellent production of Alessandro Paolucci and a mix of Alessandro Sportelli (supervised by Carlo Bellotti), To A Skylark changes from unctuous to lashing from the beginning till the end. They come up with a highly recommended debut for aficionados of monolithic metal.
Alessandro Tosatto - Vocals
Marco Ziggiotti – Guitar
Riccardo Morgante – Guitar
Filippo Ranghiero – Bass
Stefano Santagiuliana – Drums
It may be a strange name for a band, but To A Skylark is a precious poem of British writer Percy Bysshe Shelly and the musical constellation united under that moniker since 2003 is made up of five Italians. Like the poetic name and the imagination inducing titles may surmise, they devotedly thought about and worked hard to give proper depth to the music as well as to the lyrics. Thus the debut turned into a stunner; the listener is pulled under into an absolute experience of pulsing sounds. From time to time atmospheric and grand (inspired by the surrounding nature), other times explosive and powerful.
To A Skylark has the nearest approach to postrock with loads of momentum, ever changing soundscapes which take you through slightly psychedelic passages and overwhelming eruptions. After the intro - for some undefined reason it reminds me of Green Carnation - comes a mastodon of ten minutes length that summarizes the essence of the band. This ‘Icarus’ Redemption’ brims with alternative heavy riffs, perfected with clean as well as raucous growling vocals. Both are magnificent and make a majestic experience of this playing with light and shade. A rigorous outbreak is followed by contemplative parts. A bit later one can find uneasy sounding distorted vocals with fluttering guitar runs, while they finish up at full speed and power. This trance inducting eruptions work!
The album includes shorter, mostly thoughtful passages passing into propelling heaviness. For instance, this happens in ‘Hic Et Nunc’ (calmness) and ‘At Dusk By Lake Walden’ (explosive), but later on we notice almost the same patterns in ‘The Fading Process’ which exists of three parts and images of peaceful brooklets turn into a lump of smouldering granite. They also have a kind of progressive approach, but it always remains genuine and very powerful. Influences of Tool - especially in the vocals - cannot be ignored either. In an excellent production of Alessandro Paolucci and a mix of Alessandro Sportelli (supervised by Carlo Bellotti), To A Skylark changes from unctuous to lashing from the beginning till the end. They come up with a highly recommended debut for aficionados of monolithic metal.
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