Diamante (12)

Hard Rock band from Brescia, Italy. The band was born in the province of Brescia in 1994. The main influences range from the rock / hard rock of Gentle Giant, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep to the Italian prog rock of Area, Biglietto Per L'Inferno, Il Rovescio Della Medaglia and Locanda Delle Fate. After several changes, in 1998 the line-up stabilized and in 2000 the group recorded their first full-length entitled "Riflesso". The record does not fully satisfy the band: despite good melodies, the technique of the singles is not sufficient to obtain the desired result. From this negative experience comes the desire to improve, and after years of study and apprenticeship in 2007 the second album comes out. Entitled simply "Diamante", this work has left the true imprint of the quartet, characterized by 70's sound, with a slight progressive streak and a hard rock matrix! Unfortunately in 2011 a terrible misfortune deprives the band of a very precious element, the keyboardist Nicola. Thanks to the numerous close people and to Nicola's family, the decision, albeit painful, is to continue! Alan joins the group and immediately starts the work for the recording of the new album, interrupted some time before. The release of Diamante's third studio effort, "Ad Vitam Reditus", contains a couple of pieces written by Nicola ("Breathe Te" and "The Ballad of Good Wine"), the cover of "Ballo In Fa Diesis Minore" by Angelo Branduardi and six other pieces composed by the new formation.