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Lucid Dream - Duration: 00:47:02
- Available from: 22/01/2025
Lucid Dream come to their fifth full-length, entitled “A Peaceful Death”. The band, founded by the guitarist Simone Terigi, had undertaken the first steps of his discography with some albums that we could essentially define characterized by a good hard rock, however also open to several other genres, with incursions in prog and metal, for example.
The previous full-length “The Great Dance of the Spirit” had however marked a decisive turning point, with a completely renewed line-up and a somewhat different stylistic approach, however linked to a tendentially rock/metal sound but which in general opened more to softer and atmospheric sounds.
With this new work, we must see how this trend has been further emphasized: hard rock and metal now seem a distant memory, in favor of a series of very soft and atmospheric songs. Just some trace such as “Dawn of a New World”, “Father” or the beautiful “Heroes of Light” have a slightly more rock attitude, while in general the band opts definitely for soft and delicate sounds, which focus a lot on the ability to transmit emotions.
In this, on the other hand, the Lucid Dream are really very good, thanks to the fact of being able to boast in formation of musicians of the highest level (practically all confirmed compared to the previous album), among which the presence of Roberto Tioranti, which He plays the bass and sings in four tracks (on “Broken Hopes”, moreover, duet with a female voice), alternating in the tracklist with Karl Faraci (Arcahadian, Odyssea), behind the microphones in other songs. Among others, we certainly mention Luca Scherani (the conscience of Zeno, Hotsonaten) to the keyboards, which in some songs also uses the Hammond, giving a certain sectntian flavor, but several songs are also embellished with wonderful solos, very loaded with Feeling, either from Terigi to the guitar or with interludes played by arches or even with sax (“out of time”).
Let's say that, in itself, the songs are not bad and are certainly excellently interpreted and arranged, even if on more than one occasion, in truth, some verses have given us the impression of not presenting ourselves optimally, resulting a little forced with the metric.
Beyond this, in general, this change of stylistic route so decisive has not particularly convinced us, indeed we come to say that the very essence of what the lucid dreams have been completely distorted to us and have been able to offer in the past with their discography. If on the one hand the level of the musicians has risen and the songwriting has become increasingly mature and aware, on the other hand the band has lost a lot in terms of determination, emotional charge and expressive power.
The fact that “The Eleventh Illusion” (titletrack of the second album) with a track that is subtitled “Acoustic Reprise” is significant: in fact it is totally another song, which however refers to the original in the text of the refrain , but capable of representing very well what today's stylistic approach of the band is.
“A Peaceful Death” has the advantage of being all more homogeneous than the previous “The Great Dance of Spirit” and also more 'essential' and directed in its proposal, but in general we have not remained at all enthusiastic for different choices made by the bands and we are honestly perplexed for this path that has decided to take.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM