ANCESTRAL STIGMATA (new songs online)

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Member Since: 9/25/2006
Band Members: GIUSEPPE DI NAPOLI : vocals, guitar, keyboards

SERGIO ALZANI : guitars

MARCO MASCI
: bass guitar (photo coming soon)

OMAR CAPPETTI : drums

Influences: DEATH - CARCASS - ARCH ENEMY -

CYNIC - PESTILENCE - IN FLAMES -

- OPETH - SENTENCED -

CONTROL DENIED - NEVERMORE .....

Some past reviews:

Ancestral Stigmata - Spirit One of the most interesting new bands out of Italy are ANCESTRAL STIGMATA. The guys really are something different, because they have not written Melodic-Speed onto their banners.To describe this style is not easy, because it doesn't fit into any category. The vocals are fairly harsh, rather Death Metal, but instrumentally the guys are far away from that. The music is very emotional, containing many calm acoustic parts, but losing not a tad of power within them.The lead-guitar is not from this world, it's a bit proggy, but never complicated. The songs contain many breaks and variety in abundance, but still get to the point. The only acts that I could roughly compare them to, would be DARK MILLENNIUM and OPETH.Still ANCESTRAL STIGMATA sound completely original. The music is just exciting. For bands of this calibre I still am Metal-fan, this is a musical adventure, with you never knowing, what might lurk behind the next corner. Great name, great music, definitive tip to buy!

I am now even more convinced that the world can no longer ignore the Italian Metal scene! This album should have been in the running for “Best Album of 1999”, but wasn’t even considered because the Metal world at large know almost nothing about the Italian scene. What a shame! Fans of clean Swedish Death Metal like In Flames or some of the more esoteric American bands like Sculptured and Scholomance will fawn over Ancestral Stigmata. I was so surprised when hearing this because the cover art isn’t that exciting. But the music is way cool. Like I said, the guitars are mixed like the Swedish Death bands, the vocals and drums are clearly distinguishable. Riff and rhythm are important, but the guitars are very melodic at times. Even more, Ancestral Stigmata occasionally meander off the Metal path and play some really cool mello jazzy moments like America’s Sculptured (The End Records). They mix up the tempos and time signatures for a truly “musically correct” album. Keyboards exist in a few key places and they sound wonderful, even introspective. Sometimes the vocalist will stop growling and sing some baritone vocals like many of the Scandinavian folk bands do. “Spirit” is one of the most musically diverse and complete albums I’ve heard in a while. I guarantee that if you are a fan of the other bands mentioned in this review, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how good this band is. We’ve got to let the rest of the world know how great they are. They could certainly go far with some exposure. I give this album a perfect score and regret it didn’t get “Album of 1999”.

La prima release della Northern Darkness dopo la prolifica parentesi di fine 1999 è il cd degli Ancestral Stigmata. Il sound della band ha le sue radici nella nuova scuola del death metal americano (Death su tutti) e a volte si fonde felicemente con alcuni fraseggi svedesi, senza però scadere in velleità melodiche fini a se stesse. Queste coordinate però risultano insufficienti perchè gli Ancestral Stigmata incorporano anche molte altre influenze che vanno dalla fusion psichedelica alla Meshuggah (vedi "Evidence") ai retrogusti prog di "Father" e "Hate of the Man". Canzoni più pesanti come "Why Hell" o "Albatros" si affiancano al lavoro di synth (curato dal chitarrista-cantante-tastierista Giuseppe di Napoli, che a quanto pare ricopre tutti e tre i ruoli anche dal vivo!) di "Immortal", "Enchantica" o "1st Army", dove si sente anche una cornamusa. Lo standard tecnico della band è molto alto, intrecci di assoli di tastiera e chitarra si susseguono per tutto il disco, così come quelli di clean e growling vocals. Gli Ancestral Stigmata hanno fatto un gran lavoro per questo album, e "Spirit" è uno dei migliori album death usciti in Italia in questo breve inizio d`anno.
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