Lista de los grupos Progressive Metal Proloud Rebuilding

A very surprising cover with excellent artwork, an extended booklet and even a number of postcards (one per track on the cd), surprising certainly because 'Rebuilding' is their debute. A lot of attention was paid to the lyrics, i'm sure every song could be analysed more profondly, but for now i will stick to the music. So what can we expect from the music? Well, this is really a very intresting cd with music, close to Dream Theater and Rush with a lot of progressive influences. A cd full of variation and therefore it's never boring. After a short noisy introduction a huge wall of sounds overwhelms you and at the first notes you can hear the stunning resemblence with the voice of Geddy Lee from the band Rush. Musically it's certainly a bit harder than the Canadian trio, but the track contains a lot of rythm changes, excellent guitar and bass solos and very complex drumpatterns. At the end of the track you can hear a synthesizer solo à la Rudess: speaking of an introduction! 'Fickle' was the track, that has inspired the record label to propose a contract to the band. Leave it to Nature is perhaps the most surprising track I heard last years on a progressive metal album. First of all, a lot of different music styles are mixed throughout the entire song : South American rythms, jazzy interplays, progressive rock and heavy metal. At a certain moment the music of Santana crossed my mind, beautifully alternated with breathtaking guitar solos. Island Lake is the first quiet part of the album, or should I call it a Rush-part? Naturally the voice of Giancarlo enforces that impression, but the tracks stand for themselves and are not at all copies of their predecessors. This track also sounds a bit neoprog and the initial calm is rapidly moving towards a complex and well considered song. Shooting Star is the real ballad, also the proof that these guys can evoke some emotions. Beatifully sung and accompanied by an acoustic guitar and a Hammond. Proloud ever played covers of Dream Theater and you sure can hear it on the instrumental Gethsemane, again an intricate track with very impressive drumplay of Emi, who has nothing to learn from Mike Portnoy. Last Inhabited Planet is definitely in the vein of progressive metal, unbelievable those light-fingered guitar solos! The second part of the album is mostly influenced by Dream Theater, although Proloud has not to be considered as a clone. Therefore their compositions are too obstinate and well constructed, each track containing a lot of surprising turns played by musicians with high technical abilities. Strange that this is only their first cd, although the band exists for some 6 years. The longest track on the album 'To be on Fire' again shows perfectly how a song has to be build up. Here you can hear the vocal support of two unknown Italian ladies, singing together with Giancarlo. The title track Rebuilding is in fact a reprise of 'Leave it to Nature', again surprising because of its simplicity and acoustic introduction. The whole album has links to NATURE: the album ends with the sounds of flying seagulls on a rustling sea. Progressive metal is well alive those days, therefore it is very difficult to be innovative. But 'Rebuilding' has so much 'class', that I would call it one of the better albums of 2002. Hopefully this is only the beginning of a new carreer and let's hope we can expect a lot of them in the future. Highly recommended!