Loading details…
Artist
Antonius Rex
12+ albums
Progressive rockitalianoccultdark progressive rockitalian progressive rock
about
Antonius Rex is an Italian dark progressive rock band from the 70s, still active, formerly known as Jacula. Formed by Antonio Bartoccetti e Doris Norton in 1974. ANTONIUS REX - Full Biography In Milan in 1968 the composer Antonio Bartoccetti founded the groups Jacula and Antonius Rex, with a view to transform into music a series of theological-philosophical and esoteric observations, which were the fruit of a close association with the mystic Franz Parthenzy. In London in 1969 Antonio Bartoccetti managed to cut the first "embryonic" LP, entitled "In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum". Realising that this work would be difficult to market, designer and producer Travers issued just a few hundred copies in a plain black and white cover and gave them away as a symbolic and magical gift to monasteries and made no attempt to get the LP distributed. In 1972 the same musicians (Bartoccetti vocals-guitar-bass, Norton voice-piano-synthesizer, Tiring church organ), cut the second album under the name Jacula, entitled "Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus": the album, while qualitatively valid and extremely innovative, turned out to be a commercial flop: Jacula broke up and was reborn at the same time as Antonius Rex. During his military service in 1973 Antonio Bartoccetti thought about a new group and a new album, many songs of which had already been composed by Doris Norton and him in 1971. In 1974 the two musicians went back to London where they got to know Albert Goodman, an aristocratic practioner
