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Band
Kingcrow
Title
Timetropia
Type
LP/EP
Company
Lucretia Records
YOR
2006
Style
Progressive
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4/12/2008 - Review by: Kim Thore

Kingcrow
Timetropia

Company: Lucretia Records
Release: 2006
Reviewer: Strutter
Genre: Prog, power, rock
Rating
4


  • Italian prog rock with an elaborate sound and overarching theme



    • The new album from the Italian prog rock band Kingcrow, "Timetropia", demonstrates that more is coming out of Italy than great leather goods and fine Italian sauces. Common to the genre of prog rock, Kingcrow employs a collection of unified tracks with an elaborate sound and overarching theme. Most of the tracks are sinuous and sophisticated in their execution with a bit of a 90s flavor that leaves a melodic taste behind.

    Comparisons to Styx, Rush, Kansas, Queen, Queensryche and Savatage have been made and there is validity--but Kingcrow’s vocalist Mauro Gelsomini is distinctive enough in his delivery to still give the band a signature sound all of their own. Standout tracks include "Realusion", "Fractured" and "A Hitchhiker".

    Technically, the overall result is melodic and slightly classical in its presentation--2008’s answer to an Italian Opera. A plugged in Giuseppe Verdi would be proud.


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      4 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: KINGCROW
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    		 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Eidos
    2015
    Sensory Records
    		Greg Watson7/24/2015
    3
    Insider
    2004
    Independent
    		Frank Hill6/9/2004
    -
    Timetropia
    2006
    Lucretia Records
    		Kim Thore4/12/2008
    4

    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: KINGCROW
    INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
    Mauro GelsominiChris Galea5/27/2005


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