Doomenicus |
Categoria: Band indipendenti
•Produzione esecutiva (rec, mix, mastering) "SUFFERING OF SOULS"
•Rec, mix, mastering "SACRED"
2001 - Doomenicus nasce nell'inverno del 2001 per volere di un doomster di Foggia: Domenico Caruso. Influenzato da grandi band come i Black Sabbath, i Saint Vitus, Paul Chain e Candlemass, da vita ad un progetto solista con l'aiuto di Baron Frankenheimer, al secolo Francesco Rinaldi, alle chitarre. La prima ed unica demo realizzata dal duo, intitolata "Suffering of souls" datata 2002, fu ideata da Domenico e co-prodotta da Francesco, registrata presso i "VBG Audiolabs studios" da Marco Maffei. Una registrazione ottima seguita da critiche positive.
2006 - Nonostante il fermo artistico, Doomenicus non si ferma, e cerca collaborazioni con i primi soggetti che si trova sotto mano. Un triste sabato sera di Novembre, Alessandro Nespoli (Murnau) e Doomenicus, esausti del parassitismo imperante del weekend, decidono di sfidare la fitta nebbia e di recarsi al box di Murnau. Con un fedele rec'n'play, il duo registra una terrificante Doom Session che si articola per 27 minuti e 29 secondi e che vede Doomenicus alla chitarra e alla voce e Murnau alla batteria, dando vita così al progetto dei Remember November.
2007 - Una svolta decisiva avviene nel febbraio del 2007 quando il duo diviene un quartetto ben compatto e coeso: Doomenicus e Murnau incontrano il chitarrista Stefano De Vito (ex Ignis Fatuus, ora Iubal) e suo fratello Davide alla batteria (Crazoyde), quest'ultimi già da tempo militanti nei vari gruppi dell'underground. In questo modo la band rimette i remi in barca nel migliore dei modi, accellerando di molto i ritmi di lavoro, sfornando nel settembre 2007 il "PROMO 2007". I Doomenicus ora sono una band, non più identificabile sotto il nome di una sola persona ma, un vero e prorprio gruppo che riesce a suonare dal vivo.
Nel febbraio 2009 è nato il primo vero full-lenght "Sacred".
HOLY STEEL
www.holysteel.com
(Monika “unblack sister” Laciak)
The beginning of every New Year, always brings some surprises, unexpected things. We can’t guess what properly it will happen but we’re waiting in quiet tension. And exactly as for the calling of this eternal rule, the February of 2009 brings to us the great, exceptional return of Doomenicus. Seven years of the mute, empty silence, finally is broken and we can enjoy the “fresh breath” of the pure doom straightly from the Italian lands. The new record under the title “Sacred” is properly a full-length album, which includes six tracks, scrupulously elaborated.
First piece ‘Cold Embrace’ opens marching drums and in the background it hears cool, subtle whisper. Then enter the slow guitars, which seems to crawling in their low tunes. As the next appears the trembling vocal of Domenico Caruso. The voice is full of pain, whining, very different as we remember from the “Suffering Of Souls”. A little changes we’ll feel in melodic ‘You Are Nothing’, where this vocal is more intense, as it would to accuse somebody of something; as it wanted to shake obdurate, hard-hearted soul of man. In some moment it goes down and takes a form of echo. Behind the voice follow low tones of bass and sullen guitars. By the way this song doesn’t belong to the gloomiest.
In the next title ‘Remember November’ we discover surprising evolution. Vocal line balances here between growl and scream, which sounds incredibly. Just tears apart the heart. During the track, are typical funeral doom elements, where don’t lack also effects of church’s bells. On the end is interesting change of tempo with quick percussion and nice riffs. Instead in ‘Sacred’ in the front it hears clear bass, which accompanies the sweet vocal’s combination with low, calm voice of Domenico. Then we meet high melodies of guitars influenced in thrash. Strong doom accords we’ll listen in ‘She haunts You’, thanks to good, guitars riffs and the drums. Of course well present bass and vocal parts as well. As the end Doomenicus serves ‘Mercy And Forgiveness’ with poetic, mystic background, which capitally closes all full-length.
When we consider the lyrics of this album, first of all it sees traditional funeral doom themes. For example ‘Remember November’ talks about the days of all saints we celebrate in autumn: “(…) Dance souls on the graves / Bring the candles in this days (…) / The smell of rain (…) / The smell of flowers (…) / The smell of incense (…) / The stink of death Remember…”
In the track ‘Mercy And Forgiveness’ we have some prayer for the eternal peace for dead people: “(…) if you, kindly turn your face / To the cross, every voice says / Oh Christ, give our brothers / They deserved rest / Till they rise from fire / Lord of the dying, Mercy and Forgiveness.”
Another one lyric worth to pay attention is ‘You Are Nothing’, which treats about life in unlimited wealth, about care of the high position in society without respect the dependents, about hedonism. The words which are written, condemn clearly these style of existence and remember that it’s danger, won’t count itself after death and will bring every man to horrible emptiness: ”Here are a powerful person / Controls everything / Every respect you / But all you hate and would like your end / You don’t know hunger / You don’t know suffering / Always well dressed/With his face and hands clean / But the stink and filth are / Inside you (…) You are nothing / Too eternal poor.”
Assumed shortly the work of Doomenicus here on this record we must tell sincere: ”Well done!” The music isn’t only a great piece of boring, “swarming” funeral doom but has some richer elements. Also the vocal line has unfolded and the quality of registration is better. The fans of these climates as My Silent Wake, Candlemass and Black Sabbath should no wait too much to make a place for “Sacred” in their collection. (8/10)
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