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SOP has been working hard, producing three albums within 7 months, with all-new original material… this one comes in the now statutory lavish packaging!
‘White Snake’ is a follow-up to the well received ‘Lady & The Lion’ (Part 1 of songs inspired by The Brothers Grimm fairy tales).
All the main elements of the SAMURAI OF PROG are naturally present (virtuosic violin, powerful picked bass, varied keyboard sounds, dynamic drums), but ‘White Snake’ is in no way a repetition of the first Grimm album.
From the opening notes, you can tell this album takes a new journey, propelled by many talented friends … Marco Grieco, Marcel Singer (KAYAK), Alessandro Di Benedetti (MAD CRAYON), Mimmo Ferri, Rafael Pacha, Marco Vincini, Elisa Montaldo, Luca Scherani, Marcella Arganese, Stefano Gala, Alessi Calandriello, Daniel Faldt, Alessandro Corvaglia, Camilla Rinaldi, Carmine Capasso and of special note: Oliviero Lacagnina (LATIN E MIELE) who composed the 5-part title suite.
This is one more great addition to the SAMURAI OF PROG’s growing catalogue of new Symphonic Prog, rooted in the classics but looking forward.
As always, the CD comes in a top-quality Lavish Mini-LP style Six-Panel Card Sleeve Package including a Printed Inner Sleeve od the CD and an Extensive 24-Page Booklet with artwork by Ed Unitsky.
PLEASE NOTE: With SAMURAI OF PROG albums, the trend now is they manufacture a limited batch, sell and delete them in a short space of time! These are top-quality releases that sell at a very reasonable price and we always recommend you order them as soon as you see them rather that wait until it’s too late!
‘White Snake & Other Grimm Tales II’ was released on 9th July 2021.
A short introduction to The SAMURAI OF PROG…
SAMURAI OF PROG is a multinational (mainly instrumental) ensemble that was formed around 2009 as a project lead by Finland-based Italian composer and bassist Marco Bernard. Marco has been active in the Finnish association for Progressive Music since 1995, and had been involved in their Colossus Magazine since 1996.
He was also instrumental in the ‘Colossus’ series of themed albums created in cooperation with French label: Musea. It was for a contribution to one of those projects that SAMURAI OF PROG was born, and joining Bernard as permanent members were USA multi-instrumentalist: Steve Unruh and Finnish drummer: Kimmo Pörsti. Besides this core trio, the philosophy of this band appeared to be to involve additional musicians as needed and wanted, and their 2011 debut effort: ‘Undercover’ bore testimony to that line of thinking, with a list of guest appearances impressive in length and scope, as well as quality.
A 2nd album based on similar philosophy came along in 2013. Entitled: ‘Secret Of Disguise’ it was a double album that lead on to the 3rd release: ‘Imperial Hotel’, the epic 2014 studio production which featured members of: ENGLAND (UK), GLASS HAMMER (USA), KENSO (Japan), ANGLAGARD (Sweden) and GENESIS tribute act The MUSICAL BOX (Canada)!
After that came ‘Lost & Found’ in 2016, ‘On We Sail’ in 2017, ‘Archiviarum’ in 2018 and ‘Toki No Kaze {Winds Of Time}’ in 2019.
2020 brought: ‘Beyond The Wardrobe’ plus ‘Demise Of The Third King’s Empire’, which is an alternative version of (originally 57 minute long!) track: ‘The Demise’, originally released on the ‘Lost & Found’ album in 2016.
The end of spring 2021 brought the well received first of the studio albums based on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm: ‘Lady & The Lion’, which was quickly followed in the summer of that same year by ‘White Snake & Other Grimm Tales II’.
Also available by The SAMURAI OF PROG…
ARCHIVIARUM (2018 Album in Lavish Gatefold Sleeve) CCCD – Stock # 2030488
LADY & THE LION (2021 Album in Lavish Gatefold Sleeve) CCCD – Stock # 2205244
LOST & FOUND (2016 Double Album in Lavish Triple-Panel Gatefold Sleeve) 2CCD – Stock # 1850472
OMNIBUS-MIDDLE YEARS (2021 Ltd 4CD Box / Card Sleeves) BX06 – Stock # 2205627
ON WE SAIL (2017 Album in Lavish Triple-Panel Gatefold Sleeve) CCCD – Stock # 1942097 * LAST COPY *
TOKI NO KAZE {WINDS OF TIME} (2019 Album in Lavish 6-Fold Card Cover) CCCD – Stock # 2134111
SAMURAI OF PROG: WHITE SNAKE & OTHER GRIMM TALES II Track List:
01. The Tricky Fiddler (6:03)
02. Searching For The Fear (9:42)
03. The Devil With The Three Golden Hairs (10:34)
04. Travelling Musicians (11:01)
05. White Snake (17:37)
06. Tricky Fiddler – Reprise (2:09)
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