The second album from this band from Italy.
The band was a nine piece big band on this album and the lineup was drums, bass, guitars, violin, flute, saxophone, organ, piano and vocals.
This band released their debut album Contea Dei Cento Castagne back in 2006. I reviewed this album back in November 2011 for ProgArchives and was pretty impressed by it.
I also noted that their folk rock label was slightly misleading as the music was also RPI - Progressive Italian Rock.
We are in 2024 and I have to agree with myself. The music on both albums is both folk rock and RPI.
The music is mostly half-acoustic and based on some good vocals. Most of the music is pastoral and not particular eclectic or complicated. There are a lot of violin here and some of the music is leaning towards acid folk.
The use of organ is rather good and adds a lot of quality.
The reason is that RPI has a lot more folk rock incorporated than progressive rock in England and USA ever had. The progressive rock from France and Spain too had a lot more folk rock incorporated than the English speaking world.
Castrum Zumellarum is sixty-six minutes long and has a mix of decent and good songs.
It is an album which would interest RPI fans. Check it out.
2.5 points
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