Location: Italy
Album: Echoes of a Reflection, out now via Frontiers Music
It’s quite rare for a band’s personality to shine through so clearly in an album comprised completely of cover songs, especially when you consider how well known the artists are in the dark metal realm: Lacuna Coil, Katatonia, and Paradise Lost (among others). It’s even more surprising when Echoes of a Reflection is likely many people’s first experience with the band. False Memories takes gothic rock and dark metal and magnifies everything – bigger riffs, massive hooks, and a brightness that highlights how much fun these Italians are having. Much of that initial great first impression can be traced to vocalist Rossella Moscatello, whose soprano is the perfect accompaniment to the band’s arena-ready sound. Sure, this is reflective-bordering-on-sad music, but that doesn’t mean False Memories can’t sound like they’re having the time of their lives making music. Speaking to the cover selection process, Moscatello shares some insights:
“[Choosing these five songs] wasn’t difficult at all, just we wanted to do a nice tribute to five bands that we love, and at the same time we wanted to give to our listeners and affectionate fans new music, even though it isn’t new! Basically [we all] really love female voices, so it was a real pleasure to do covers like ‘Our Truth,’ ‘December,’ and ‘Strange Machines.’ I am totally in love with ‘December;’ that is a unique song originally born in a Gothic rock style. We did a metal cover and we loved doing it in that way!”
Watch the video for “Our Truth” here:
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Photo courtesy of Melissa Ghezzo
