Evil Rose is the 7th official Presence album, the first including two covers, The Prophet’s Song, written by Queen’s guitar hero Brian May, featured on Night at the Opera album and Gates of Babylon taken from Rainbow’s Long Live Rock’n’Roll written by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio.The album also includes a 22 minutes suite called
Evil Rose, a five part concept about a broken love scene between two lovers, developed in real time.
Cassandra and Subterreans are two Presence’s trademark songs with Sofia Baccini and Sergio.Casamassima in great evidence. Funebre Dea (impressions from Eraclito’s script in the 535 a.c.) is a visionary instrumental dark gothic song, and No Reason Why a full of atmosphere piano/guitar/vocals ballad. The album concludes with one of the most intensive Presence’s song, Orphic: it tells about the birth of a creation, touchin’ some kind of music styles as jazz, blues and classical mixed in one heavy/progressive track, with an excellent Sofia Baccini performance, all painted with the multiform Enrico Iglio’s keyboards.
TRACK LIST
1. Prologue (11.00 pm) 3.10
2. Cassandra 7.10
3. Evil Rose 22.30
4. Subterreans 7.10
5. Funebre Dea 3.00
6. The prophet’s Song 8.30
7. No Reason Why 3.00
8. Gates of Babylon 7.00
9. Orphic 10.40
Sophya Baccini: Vocals
Sergio Casamassima: Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar
Enrico Iglio: Keyboards
Valerio Silenzi: Drums
