Italy, is known for it's food, wine, poetry and fine art but not only that but the fantastic music which brings us to today's act
FURY N GRACE. One might best describe their sound like taking a walk into a beautifully obscure world with jagged corners of haunting imagery shimmering through the iridescence cave some call life. But there is more to this band that meets the listeners mental eye when hearing their third installment titled
A Dream-Letter To The Witches Of Western Europe. An complete album of perfectly created melodies that smash the surface of metal music with a twist of oddities making this a release perfection unto itself.
Starting out with their unique brand of obscurity metal song
“The Ossuary” kicks into a groovy texture of chunky guitar chords and speedy drumming which vocalist
Franciscus Campanella matches its fury. One thing that came into mind of
Campanella's sound resembles that of vocalist
Whitfield Crane of
UGLY KID JOE meets
MEGADETH's
Dave Mustaine (
Countdown To Extinction era).
Campanella is a powerhouse indeed for his style matches this obscure metal sound that
FURY N GRACE generates.
There are two songs on this album that are instrumental and shows a first glimpse of what each musician can create melodically. Song
“Ultimate Weapon” displays an instrumental melodic bass tune which has a clean reverb effect that is stunning deep showing
Christian "Nidhoggr" Grillo bass. Guitarist
Matteo Carnio generates a tastefully dark blend of haunting chords that paint distorted images that are sweet with song
“Dark Companions (To Ramsay Campbell)”. Songs are well placed between some power driven tracks that makes for a completed atmosphere.
FURY N GRACE know what they were doing when making this album for each song speaks for itself. Professionally the entire band has a solid steadiness that is reached in every level with
A Dream-Letter To The Witches Of Western Europe.
Songs are catchy yet memorable despite it might feel like having vertigo while walking through a musical swamp of confusion at times. But that is what makes them unique and that is where their strength shines through. For example song
“Gloria in Excelsis Baphometo” has that early
TOOL (
Lateralus) vibe with a dash of
Devon Townsend (
Ziltoid the Omniscient) to the mix. Great accomplishment for
FURY N GRACE if you ask me.
A Dream-Letter To The Witches Of Western Europe is a stellar album overall and assisting in this are fellow guest performances by
Fango DUmatt Gigerz,
John Llewellyn Probert,
Maurizio Savini,
Davide Colombo,
Federico Binelli,
Gabriele Ferrario,
D.F.Lewis,
Matt Giuliani,
Ian James Parker,
Silvia Gadina,
Marco Di Lucca and
Marco Candela. Fantastic grade performances indeed. If you crave a musical intrigue that speaks intelligence yet baffles the mind then
FURY N GRACE are just that.
Songwriting: 10
Originality: 10
Memorability: 10
Production: 10