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• Posted more than 2 years ago in Dropshard - Anywhere But Home - The Debut Album
  [TUBE]SD3xF9ONgzY[/TUBE]@font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } After several years of rehearsals and concerts, Sebastiano Benatti, Tommaso Mangione and Alex Stucchi (ex Antares) decided to set up the prog/alternative project  Dropshard.   Based in Milan, Italy they recorded 2 demo sessions DS1 and DSII and evolved through several line-up changes before taking to the road to debut songs from their ‘suite’ of music called Anywhere But Home. Following a fantastic response from audiences which found the band in the finals of many Italian unsigned band events they were spotted by the UK’s Sonic Vista Music and recording of the debut album began.   Following a storming performance at EXPROG 2010 the band have been featured on the seminal European Perspective Progressive Rock Radio show and are appearing at Electric Garden the north west UK’s first progressive rock festival in May 2011 along with fellow Italians The Watch and UK’s The Tangent. The debut album recorded at Frequenze Studios in Monza is an ambitious but ultimately triumphant concept album comprising the ‘Anywhere But Home Suite’ and the bonus track Freedom Supermarket.   Taking inspiration from early Genesis and contemporary prog metal bands such as Riverside, Dropshard have honed an absolutely stunning piece of work which drifts from Choral harmonies through to blistering chunks of powerful but complex metal riffs using interesting time signatures and high levels of technical proficiency.   The album is a story of life and social framework exploring the idea that what we are searching for maybe just under our noses. Available on February 15th, 2011 as a retail CD and also digital download, the album is a statement of intention from a nation which respects progressive rock music as the most valid medium of creative expression.Dropshard website | Sonic Vista website
• Posted more than 2 years ago in Dropshard - Prog Metal
  Feb 15th sees the first commercial full length album by Dropshard. www.dropshard.netThe bands previous releases DSI and DSII are available as free downloads on their website.The debut album is a concept release on the Sonic Vista (UK) label although the band themselves are from Milan, Italy. The album is called 'Anywhere But Home' and consists of the "Anywhere But Home' suite (a continuous piece divided into eight segments plus the bonus track 'Freedom Supermarket' The video below is for the track P.O.W.A which appeared on DSII.[TUBE]OACYb714gf4[/TUBE]Bio:After several years of rehearsals and concerts, Sebastiano Benatti, Tommaso Mangione e Alex Stucchi (ex Antares) decide to set up the prog/alternative project of Dropshard. They debutted in september 2007 with a concert of instrumental unpublished songs.In april 2008 the first selfproduced demo,"DSI", is published and then the band will start up a very hard tour in order to present the new hits.The concerts are characterized by a dreaming atmosphere, which suddenly changes in true adrenalin moments. This feature is typical of the progressive genre that has inspired the band.At the end of july 2008 Federico Ravasi joined the band as keyboard player completing, in this way, the instrumental line up.In september 2008 the Dropshard, worked hard in the rehearsal room to produce their new demo. But there is a new entry: the singer Matteo Cattaneo; his entering the band allows the Dropshard to achieve their goal: They have produced the second demo: DSII.They debutted with the new line up in march 2009 collectig a lot of compliments among the audience.Unfortunately the singer has left the band because of a series of misunderstandings; but a new singer has taken part of the band: Enrico Scanu. Eventually the band is completed and all the ideas came across; the evolutions are about to be realized.Now the band is working for the production of new songs and the preparation of new concerts.Now the band is has completed its first full length CD for the UK label Sonic Vista. Anywhere But Home comprises a full suite of music written to be listened to in its entirety plus the bonus track Freedom Supermarket. Garnering astonishing advance publicity for its complex writing and impeccable production the album is already set to be one of the stand out releases of 2011.There are shades of Riverside, Genesis and Porcupine Tree but in truth the album sets its own standards and provides a benchmark for a new decade of prog metal.But these are only words, let the music play.Discography:DSI (2008) Self Released:1. Winter Days  2. Misunderstander  3. Beyond Norwegian SeaDSII (2008) Self Released:1. Portrait   2. Awake  3. The Saviour  4. P.O.W.AAnywhere But Home (2011) Sonic Vista:Anywhere But Home Suite:1. Look Ahead   2. Anywhere but Home   3. Images of Mind   4. A Cold Morning5. Again   6. Changing Colours  7. A New Beginning   8. Look BehindBonus track: 9. Freedom Supermarket

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