TO TIE IN WITH THE RELEASE OF THE NEW
MASTERCASTLE ALBUM
‘DANGEROUS DIAMONDS’ ON
18TH NOVEMBER 2011 (LMC312) LION MUSIC ARE
RE-ISSUING THE BANDS 2010 RELEASE ‘LAST
DESIRE’ WITH 4 NEW BONUS TRACKS WHICH
INCLUDE DEEP PURPLE & PINK FLOYD COVERS.
The ultra
powerful Italian metal outfit Mastercastle
return on June 18th 2010 with their
second album ‘Last Desire’. Led
by the soaring vocals of Giorgia Gueglio, the
gifted guitar work of Pier Gonella and the
tight rhythmic interplay of bassist Steve
Vawamas and drummer Alessandro Bissa,
Mastercastle made a strong impression with
their debut album; the 2009 release “The
Phoenix” and are back with an even more
impressive follow up.
‘Last Desire’ takes a similar path to its
predecessor yet sees the debuts neo-classical
influences toned down a little and replaced
with a straighter hard rock/metal sound making
for a more rocking affair. The big riffs Pier
Gonella is known for are here in all their
glory and Giorgia Gueglio works her vocals
into new areas on the new music, whilst the
bass work and potent drumming are powerfully
produced creating a thunderous sound.
The straighter hard rock style of the album is
represented by opener ‘Event Horizon’,
‘Away’ and ‘Cat House’. Whilst
the title track fuses a number of different
elements from an almost thrash metal guitar
riff to the hard rock edged chorus to make an
original sound. Guitar fans will find a lot
to enjoy in the instrumentals ‘Las
Serenissima’ and ‘Space Trip’. The
former being a cover of the Italian ensemble
piece ‘Rondo Veneziano’ rearranged for
rock guitar and sees the classical slant of
the debut echoed. Whilst the former is a more
traditional guitar instrumental fusing
technical and melodic aspects that will appeal
to all metal fans. The rest of the album
focuses on strong heavy metal/hard rock with
strong vocal melodies and memorable themes.
Vocalist Giorgia Gueglio penned all the albums
lyrics covering a variety of stories all based
around the different meanings of the word
‘desire’. The title track is about the
passion that lights between two individuals.
In ‘Will Spell’ the desire means hope,
the hope of escaping from reality and the will
to dream anyway. In the opening track
‘Event Horizon’ there is the desire to
cross the human borderline of reason. The
songs tell about the general relativity, where
event horizon is a boundary in space beyond
which events cannot affect an outside
observer. It’s a point of no return that
represents the curiosity of the man who wants
to know everything new for him.
In ‘Scarlett’ the lyrics are based on
meaning behind the film “gone with the
wind” that represents the desire as the
strength to go on between the pains and
discomforts of war, where a combative women
never looses her female charms. On “Cat-house”
we can find 2 desires: the more turbid desire
of a customer who turns to a prostitute to
overcome the difficulties of life; and the
desire of the prostitute that want to escape
from that condition. ‘Misr’ tells about
the ingredients for magic or bewitched potions
that responds to the desire of evocating far
and unspoiled landscapes. All the lyrics are
delivered with great strength and clarity from
one of metal strongest new female vocalists.
The majority of what would become ‘Last
Desire’ was written between May and September
2009. 3 songs were sent to Lion Music as demo
of the new album and these saw the label offer
a deal for the second album. Recordings then
commenced at the end of November 2009 with
mixing and mastering taking place in December
2009 with the album seeing release on June 19th
2010.
• Superb 12 song second album from the Italian
metal outfit.
• The bands debut ’The Phoenix’ saw strong
reviews worldwide and a live appearance on
Italian Rock TV. The promo video for ‘Princess
Of Love’ have received over 50,000 views on
YouTube at time of writing. This second album
will build on this initial success and buzz.
• Mastercastle are available for interview in
Italian or English. Please send requests to
promo@lionmusic.com