HYAENA, founded by Gabriele Bellini and Ross Lukather certainly need no special introduction!
Tireless musicians who for the quantity and quality of the projects they have also separately worked on such as Hyaena, Death SS, Labyrinth, Athena, Ritmenia Zoo, Pulse-R, Shining Fury, as well as various solo projects and collaborations.
Tuscany’s Hyaena were born back in ’85 but their career remained ingloriously and unacceptably in the shadows despite the great potential they expressed. In ’87 they come powerfully out with the steely demo-tape ‘Metamorphosis’ which turns out to be one of the best works of that period. The release was considered by insiders of the time as one of the most interesting in NWOIHM. For Italian metal connoisseurs, the Tuscan band is definitely best known for the progressive rock episodes it released in the following years, while the debut is steeped in hard and massive HM of mostly American mold.
The lineup also consists of Mario Candido on microphone and Marco Frau on bass, in addition to the aforementioned Gabriele Bellini (guitar) and Ross Lukather (drums).
The four musicians in this Metamorphosis really give the impression of being a cohesive band that firmly believes in its own proposal. Metamorphosis is a harbinger of a sound that no longer exists today; it is indeed a pity that this handful of songs only now enjoys the proper showcase it would have deserved 30 years ago.
In June 2016, with the officialization of the new line up formed in addition to the two historical founders Gabriele and Ross , by the new bassist Elisabetta Ferrari and the new vocalist Claire Briant Nesti and guided by the admirable production of Giacomo Jac Salani, they entered the studio to record completely live the songs of the historical demo, excluding Phenomena (the cover of the mythical song by Goblin! ) included as a bonus track in the new album “Metamorphosis Revisited” available digitally from the end of July 2016 always for QuaRock Records and accompanied by a first video extracted from the same recordings. In January 2023, “From The Moon” was released, an album containing a cover of PFM’s “L’Isola di Niente” and an unreleased track dated 1992 called “The Ground, The Light, The Sound”.
The EP is available now on all streaming platforms.
Tracklist:
1) The Birth
2) Dance Under the Moon
3) The Island of Nothing
4) The Ground, The Light, The Sound
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