Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Symphonic Metal
Country : International
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 178 mb
Bio:
The VIVALDI METAL PROJECT is a music creation born from an idea conceived and developed by Italian keyboard player, composer and producer MISTHERIA (solo artist, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Rock, Roy Z, Artlantica).The project is a symphonic-metal opera based on Antonio Vivaldi’s Baroque masterwork “The Four Seasons”, featuring more than 130 amazing metal and classical artists, orchestra, a string quartet and three choirs from all over the world. The album features 14 tracks – all the movements from Antonio Vivaldi’s original score plus two original new songs written by MISTHERIA. The impressive roster of artists probably makes this titanic album the biggest all-star project ever!Back in 2013, MISTHERIA started thinking about making a metal version of “The Four Seasons”, a masterpiece that he loved and kept listening to since his childhood. MISTHERIA started to play and record all the movements on the piano but then felt that a parallel symphonic-metal version would have been the perfect continuation. Therefore, he recorded and uploaded a short trailer on the web to start engaging musicians. A few days later, Italian bassist and composer Alberto Rigoni (solo artist, TwinSpirits, Kim Bingham, The Italians, BADASS), who had already collaborated with Mistheria by recording bass on his previous solo album “Dragon Fire”, learned about the project and contacted MISTHERIA offering his support to work on the project as co-producer. Also, MISTHERIA made the “innovative” choice – never done so far – to add lyrics and singers to “The Four Seasons” which, as composed by Vivaldi, is an instrumental work. For this important task, he invitedDouglas R. Docker who perfectly translated the producer’s concept into brilliant lyrics. Additional lyrics were written by Mistheria, Rob Rock and Lance King.A cast of 10 awesome arrangers joined MISTHERIA creating epic and memorable music, combining a standard metal band lineup with strings, orchestra and choir: Douglas R. Docker, Francesco Dall’O’, Frank Caruso, Gabriels, Keiko Kumagai, Nicolas Waldo, Pawel Penksa, Tomas Varnagiris, Yannis Androulakakis and Zhivko Koev.
Album:
“EpiClassica” is a double-album (18 tracks ~ 95 minutes) that collects the immense talent of about two-hundred musicians involved including soloists, orchestras, and choirs.VIVALDI METAL PROJECT is the international symphonic-metal act created and produced by Italian keyboardist and composer Mistheria (Bruce Dickinson, Rob Rock, Mark Boals, etc). Vivaldi Metal Project’s first record “The Four Seasons” revolved around the concept of the various “seasons” of the human life – from birth to death.As a continuation of the last, this new album titled “EpiClassica” explores the “seasons” of our emotional experience as human beings – from joys to sorrows and from frailty to deep strength.While based on classical themes by Vivaldi, Chopin, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, etc, these songs are largely composed of original material, representative of Vivaldi Metal Project’s sympho metal style.“EpiClassica” features the immense talent of about two-hundred musicians involved including soloists, orchestras, and choirs, including Mike Portnoy, Rob Rock, Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals, Anders Johansson, Joel Hoekstra, jsut to name a few.Very entertaining music, a Highly recommended listen.
Line-Up:
Mistheria (Bruce Dickinson, Rob Rock) – keyboards, arrangements, producer
musicians:
Mike Portnoy
Rob Rock
Jeff Scott Soto
Mike Terrana
Mark Boals
Roy Z (B. Dickinson)
Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth)
Anders Johansson (Manowar)
Michele Guaitoli (Visions of Atlantis/Temperance)
Rolf Pilve (Stratovarius)
Steve Di Giorgio (Testament)
Coen Janssen (Epica)
Jennifer Batten
Joe Stump (Alcatrazz)
Nick Z Marino (Y. Malmsteen)
Chris Caffery (Savatage),
Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake)
and a lot more…
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Deposuit Potentes
02. Threshold Of Miracles
03. Tears To Splendor
04. Dies Irae
05. Never Ashes Again
06. Royal Overture
07. Hymn Of Life
08. Symphony Of Death
09. Revolutionary Odyssey
CD2:
01. Alight
02. The Absolution
03. Mania
04. Power Take Hold
05. Evolution
06. The Eye Of The Guardian
07. Deep Core
08. The Empire
09. Tragic Serenade
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