Artist description Italian Progressive band

Music Style Italian Progressive Metal

Musical Influences Le Orme, Banco, Kansas, Pfm, Dream Theater

Similar Artists Le Orme, Extreme, Banco, Dream Theater, Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Magellan, Pfm, Battiato, Emerson Lake and Palmer

Artist History Iron Maiden meets King Crimson1994 is a great year for the Italian musical scene: Nicola Randone (voc) and Riccardo Cascone (dr) join Luca Tumino and Salvo Spata - leftovers of the metal band Nuclear Rain - and Grey Owl is born. The new band grows up through the local circuit of Ragusa and surroundings, presenting a beautifully progressive rock with an existentialist feeling. From 1994 to 1996 Grey Owl play at "Rock Estate '95", "Christmas Rock '95" and in several pubs of the province. The live performance at "La Festa della Musica" in June 1997 is Grey Owl's first major triumph. The music is pure magic. It ranges from heavy and grinding to slow and melodic, with the Italian lyrics fitting the soundscape well. The audience responds enthusiastically to this gamut of emotions and mood swings. 1997 saw the release of the debut LA PARETE DI GHIACCIO, which has been critically acclaimed by (a. o.) Metal Shock, Psycho, Buscadero and Rockerilla. No doubt, the superb instrumental patch and the dark, passionate ballads tell us: friends of classical metal as well as of Pink Floyd, E L & P, King Crimson and Kansas are at work here. Grey Owl's first album flows through sheer rebellion and mysterious images - like the journey of life itself.

Group Members Nicola Randone - Lead Vocal, acoustic guitar and keyboard Luca Tumino - Lead Guitar Gianni D'all'o - Keyboards Salvo Spata - Bass guitar and backing vocal Riccardo Cascone - Drum

Instruments Keyboards, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums, bass guitar

Albums La parete di ghiaccio

Press Reviews Metal Shock - Rockerilla - Rumore - Psycho - Buscadero - 100 Links al mese

Location Ragusa, RG - Italy

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