Goblin

Tomas Bodin's regular job is to play the keyboards for The Flower Kings but as usual some of these musicians and especially if they are a member of The Flower Kings have too many ideas and one musical life doesn't satisfy them any longer. They need to have a solo project. And seemingly Tomas Bodin also has a lot of good ideas left over.
The music display some various atmosphere from the melancholic classical piano to the more upbeat techno output and finally to the intriguing and dark passage taken from a horror film no too far from Goblin. All those transitions are flowing together smoothly with some beautiful textures, and despite the absence of vocals and rock instruments, it never gets boring…

Italian group L'Albero del Veleno (The Poison Tree) released a well-received debut back in 2013 entitled `Le Radici del Male' (`The Roots of Evil'), a cinematic horror-influenced work of gloomy Goblin-styled pieces. It was a superb first effort from a talented bunch of young musicians, but now it almost seems like a mere practice run for what they've delivered here four years later! 2017's `Tale of a Dark Fate' is a fully instrumental rock opera told in two acts, conveying the stories of Hypnos and Thanatos, two siblings of ancient Greek mythology that reside in the underworld, and it holds all the moodiness and mystery of that legendary above-mentioned horror soundtrack group, but L'Albero del Veleno go much further…

By 1981, Frank Zappa’s Halloween shows in New York were already legendary – a rock and roll bacchanalia of jaw-dropping musicianship, costume-clad revelry, spontaneous theatrical hijinks and of course a heavy dose of Zappa’s signature virtuosic guitar workouts. Eagerly anticipated every year, fans never knew exactly what was in store but knew it would be of epic proportions and one-of-a-kind experience that only Zappa and his skilled group of musicians could provide. When Zappa returned to The Palladium in NYC in 1981 for a five-show four-night run from October 29 to November 1, the nearly-annual tradition was even more anticipated than usual as the 1980 concerts were cut short due to Zappa falling ill. Curiously there was no fall tour the previous year and thus no Halloween shows.

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Best of initial editions of Prog Exhibition is inside this massive 2CD project. Prog Exhibition is most important progressive music festival internationally wellknow. Few examples in this product: PFM-Premiata Forneria Marconi, the italian progressive rock band, with special feat. Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull leader. Aldo Tagliapietra, Tony Pagliuca and Tolo Marton (ex Orme) with David Cross, King Crimson violin. Osanna, wellknown band, with Gianni Leone (Balletto di Bronzo) and David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator). Nuova Raccomandata Ricevuta di Ritorno with Thijs Van Leer , leader of Focus (from Holland). The band Oak with Maartin Allcock (Jethro Tull 1989-1991). Balletto di Bronzo with Richard Sinclair (Caravan and Camel bass and vocalist )…