Hardrock

Black Pie is comprised of three experienced musicians, Elena ‘Hellen’ Villa, a singer, lyricist, musician and composer formerly of Malcondita on bass, mandolin and lead vocals; Claudio ‘Clode’ Cinquegrana, a member of the New Trolls on guitars, keyboards and backing vocals; and Silvano ‘Syl’ Bottari, formerly of Vanexa, one of Italy’s founding heavy metal bands who emerged from Savona in 1978, playing drums and percussion. Based in Liguria, the band got together in 2023 with the aim of performing updated interpretations of classic rock songs.

ANGELS is well-played and a well-produced album with a great vocal performance, Villa delivering a convincing rendition in American-tinged English.
Opening track OFF THE RADAR comes across as Americana, a gentle two-verse song which is less than three minutes long, making it the shortest piece of music on the album. The lapping waves at the end don’t prepare you for the groovy, heavy and funky KAOS NIGHT which has a spaced-out keyboard-dominated section before the final verse.
It's just that it's well-made old-school prog rock that regularly deviates towards that good old seventies hard rock that still makes fun.


Off the radar
Kaos night
Little lady bright
Borderline
Your fault
Welcome toxic
People from the sky
From the ashes
Blanket tide
Lift it
Follow

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