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Il Fauno Di Marmo
8+ albums
Progressive rockProgressiveItalyalternative rockitalian progressive rock
about
Coming from the province of Gorizia, the story of Il FAUNO DI MARMO and THE REBUS properly begins back in the early 90's, a first version of the band initially being called MIRROR TRAIN (based on a track by OSANNA), then changing to IL TRENO DEGLI SPECCHI (`Train of Mirrors'). Led by singer/flutist Luca Sterle, a sole live bootleg recording from 1994 is all that survives of this group. The band would re-emerge with some new musicians as THE REBUS in 2001 and release two studio albums between 2002 and 2005, a self-titled work and `Acroterius', as well as a live disc in 2009. During this time, they performed at events with other Italian progressive bands such as THE TRIP, BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO FOLK and GARDEN WALL. In 2011, the group, with a slightly altered line-up, changed their name to Il FAUNO DI MARMO (The Marble Faun), and October 15th 2013 saw this new band release their debut work "Canti, Racconti e Battaglie" (Songs, Stories and Battles). The music of both bands is characterized by rough vocals, classical elements, strong folk influences, retro flavoured hard-rocking Italian prog with an emphasis on bombastic organ, heavy guitar and wild flute passages, perhaps comparable in parts to JUMBO, OSANNA and even DELIRIUM. Il Fauno di Marmo even adds stirring violin, female vocals, jazz improvisations and some psychedelic colour as well. Bio by Michael H (Aussie-Byrd-Brother) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms
