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| STRUTTER MAGAZINE, metal web zine (Holland) |
Italian band formed 10 years ago, with a very strong debut CD release titled ‘Aurea’. The band sings in the Italian language, but that is not a problem at all because the band’s lead vocalist (Riccardo Roverso) has a fantastic voice and the music is super melodic sympho/prog rock (with slight AOR influences)”and some Melodic Heavy Rock parts, kinda like a mix between ASIA, IQ, ARENA and some calmer KAMELOT, with Italian lyrics and some more Orchestral keyboard use and arrangements. Songs like “Dimentica”, “Strega”, “Sesto senso”, “La strada delle ombre lunghe” and “Re dei re” (a more uptempo based melodic rocker, very sensational actually) are showing that this AUTICADA is a very impressive band for sure. More info at: http://www.auticada.it and e-mail at: auticada@libero.it (Points: 8.6 out of 10) |
| MUSIC EXTREME, metal web zine (Argentina) |
| Auticada is pure melody and arrangements that show a lot of good musicianship and good song construction. The music can be defined as progressive metal in the vein of bands like Dream Theater, Pendragon; magellan and others. On this album there is a lot of place for virtuosism and for multiple ideas within a song context. It is remarkable the role of the keyboards here that orchestrate and arrange each secons of this compositions. Riccardo Roverso´s voice is really clean and it is essential here because he developes good melodies that give a lot of feeling to the compositions. I have to remark how good the rhythm section is because it is evident that the drums and bass are not here only to support the rest of the band but also to add their own arrangements as they do in tracks like "Dimentica" or "Aurea Parte 1". Each song here is a challenge of multiple ideas and incredible melodies that will soon stick in your mind. Pure progressive metal full of virtuosism
Federico Marongiu
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