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░ ██ ██ Artist: Clepsydra ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Fears █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-03-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Galileo Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Remastered ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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░█ █░ ▀
█ With the departure of Lele Hoffmann and the entry █
█ of the awesome Marco Cerulli, Clepsydra finally █
█ reached its maturity as a group. And "Fears" was █
█ undoubtly better than the two previous albums! █
█ The weakness of sound and lack of originality of █
█ "Hologram" can not be found here. And the lack of █
█ a clear direction and irregularity of "More Grains █
█ of Sand" is clearly missing in "Fears". The █
█ musical direction of "Fears" is sharply █
█ orientated, having a mixture of the best Neo-Prog █
█ from the 80's and 90's, but with a stronger █
█ feeling and more power than other similar bands █
█ like Collage or Pendragon. If you like Arena, █
█ you'll surely love "Fears". █
█ But while in Arena the keyboards of Clive Nolan █
█ are the clear protagonist, here the principal part █
█ is for Marco Cerulli. His guitar melodies and █
█ instrumental passages are just great! For example, █
█ the beginning of The Missing Spark makes me have █
█ goosebumps. This man is really talentous in making █
█ touching guitar passages! Just like Lele Hoffman, █
█ but not so Mike Oldfield sounding and more █
█ diverse. Another good example is the beginnig of █
█ Fear, or the really talentous acoustic Daisies on █
█ the Sunshine. █
█ The rest of the band makes a great role too, █
█ sounding really better than the previous releases █
█ of the band. The powerful drums of Pietro Duca █
█ became a signature of the band here in "Fears" and █
█ in the later "Alone". In Fearless he sounds █
█ powerful (a song clearly in the vein of Arena...), █
█ making a good pair with the bassist Andy Thommen. █
█ This consolidated musical rythmic section is the █
█ trademark of Clepsydra, together with the █
█ passionate vocals of Aluisio Maggini. █
█ █
█ Conclusion: despite I consider that "Alone" is a █
█ slightly better album than "Fears", I think that █
█ the third album of the band is also an obligated █
█ purchase for every Neo-Prog lover. It's full with █
█ beautiful instrumental passages, long and clever █
█ melodic progressiosn, it has a cristal clear █
█ production, and here can be heard a band reaching █
█ its madurity and a outstanding musical level. █
█ Strongly recommended. █
█ █
█ Best tracks: Soaked, The Missing Spark (among the █
█ best songs of the band) , Fearless (I love this █
█ Arena-like power!), The Cloister (beautiful and █
█ misterious track) and Fear (awesome guitar █
█ melodies). █
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░ 1. Soaked 9:03 ░
░ 2. The Missing Spark 9:03 ░
░ 3. Into My Cartoon 4:08 ░
░ 4. The Age of Glass 5:53 ░
░ 5. Fearless 3:59 ░
░ 6. Daisies in the Sunshine 2:31 ░
░ 7. The Cloister 5:46 ░
░ 8. The Nineteenth Hole 8:45 ░
░ 9. Sweet Smelling Wood 2:46 ░
░ 10. Fear 10:57 ░
░ 11. New Day (Part One) (Demo Tape, 1990) 6:13 ░
░ (Bonus Track) ░
░ 12. Sandflow (Live in Locarno, Switzerland, 3:15 ░
░ 1992) (Bonus Track) ░
░ 13. The Outermost Bounds (Raw Mix, 2:56 ░
░ Alternative Vocal Track, 1994) (Bonus ░
░ Track) ░
░ 75:15 ░
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