Life

Description

The Italian masters of progressive metal DGM will release their highly anticipated 11th studio album, "Life," next November. This album follows "Tragic Separation," which was released in 2020. "Life" is the culmination of two years of work during which Simone Mularoni, the band's leader, wrote a multitude of pieces from which the songs that make up "Life" were chosen. The songs clearly show the desire to push the band beyond its previous limits and to build a more personal identity and approach. This is no small feat, given the band's catalog! All the characteristic elements of DGM's sound are present in this new album, with catchy choruses, technical passages, lightning-fast fretwork, powerful vocals, and grand transitions, but the care and dedication put into the writing emerge in phenomenal songs that carefully encompass everything from Symphony X to a more classic hard rock sound. The playing is impeccable, as always, and the melodies are perfectly integrated with the killer guitars, epic keyboards, and drums. The band is tighter and more cohesive than ever, but a special mention goes, beyond Mularoni's pyrotechnic guitar playing, to singer Mark Basile, who truly dominates the musical material like a helmsman in a stormy night. Simply exceptional!