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REVIEW: Klimt 1918 - Undressed Momento My Kingdom Music, 2003
6.5/10
Klimt 1918 - Undressed Momento - cover art Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter and founder of the school of painting known as the Vienna Sezession. He died in 1918, thus the peculiar band name of this Italian group of musicians. The two founders of the band were active in a progressive death metal band between 1994 and 1999 but never managed to sign a record deal before splitting up. In 1999 they began writing new music together, now with a wide range of influences from modern goth / doom bands like Anathema, Opeth, Edge Of Sanity and Katatonia as well as 80s wave bands like The Cure, Depeche Mode, early U2 and even The Beatles. The final result presents itself on this debut album of their's as a light version of gothic rock with a depressive touch and orchestration by Novembre's Massimiliano Pagliuso. His bandmate Giuseppe Orlando also performs some powerful and passionate backing vocals on one of the songs ("We Don't Need No Music"). Unfortunately the vocalist of Klimt 1918 has a voice far from the capacity of Giuseppe Orlando. Musically these guys are doing their job very well but when dwelling in this field of music you need to have a real front person and that is what Klimg 1918 is lacking right now. Stand-out tracks: "We Don't Need No Music".

written by Vincent Eldefors

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Tracklist
1. _
2. Pale Song
3. Parade Of Adolescence
4. We Don't Need No Music
5. Undressed Momento
6. That Girl
7. Naif Watercolour
8. If Only You Could See Me Now
9. Stalingrad Theme

Playing time: 46.39

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