EDGE OF FOREVER - Semirole - CD
GENRE: Hard Rock
Edge Of Forever returns with a new record ”Seminole," following two years after their fourth album, “Native Soul”. The last album saw a "rebirth" for the band with new members guitarist Aldo Lonobile (Secret Sphere, Archon Angel) and drummer Marco di Salvia (Hardline) joining with band founder and vocalist/keyboardist Alessandro Del Vecchio and bassist Nik Mazzucconi (Labyrinth). “Seminole” continues the band’s tradition of combining inspirational and positive lyrics with powerful riffs, anthemic vocals, and skilled musicianship inspired by the heart and depth of Native American culture.
Once again produced by main songwriter and vocalist Alessandro Del Vecchio, "Seminole" lifts every element the band is known for to the next level. With songs like “Get Up On Your Feet Again”, “Breath Of Life”, “Shift The Paradigm”, and “Our Battle Rages On", the album is a reflection of our times with a positive and deep outlook. The album reaches its peak with the ending mini-suite “Seminole”, a four part piece featuring everything distinctive element you would expect from Edge Of Forever: intricate vocal harmonies, soaring choruses, powerful rhythms, and blistering solos set to a story that everybody can relate to. A story of resilience, perseverance, love, and positive mental attitude.
For their last album, the band should have left on tour for a few months, hitting the road with the likes of Harem Scarem, but pandemic hit and, like every other band, they were left with no gigs for a year and a half. So, the band took the time to write and dig down deep to find their best songs. With the majority of the album written by Alessandro Del Vecchio, the final four piece suite “Seminole” sees, for the first time, writing contributions from drummer Marco Di Salvia.
“I didn’t wanna just write another album, another batch of songs. Being a prolific songwriter makes it easy and natural for me to sit down and write, channel the inspiration and translate that idea into music and lyrics. But Edge Of Forever is different for me. It’s my island where I don’t wanna just write songs that I sing. I want to tell stories that can inspire people to reach their goals, live for their dreams, face adversities, and win over all the odds that life throws at us. “Native Soul” could have easily been a solo record since I wrote it with a band torn apart by personal issues. Then I was lucky when Nik, Aldo, and Marco entered the picture and I could turn it into such a strong album. Still, today I pride myself on “Native Soul”, but when I put myself in my EOF-mode for “Seminole”, I wrote every single note for my bandmates. I wanted them to shine and have a blueprint where they could weave our canvas with their personality and definitively be themselves. They were the main drive and inspiration to write these songs and I can’t thank them enough for making these songs what they have become now. We pushed everything beyond our limits: songwriting, production, arrangements, performances,but especially what we delivered in all songs is beyond, beyond us, beyond what was my vision was when I wrote these songs. “Seminole” is a conceptual album about my life, everybody’s life. I tell the story through the lenses of a Seminole warrior and how from a defeat you can still come out stronger and even more resilient, only if you want to. Sit down and enjoy how my story began, in the land of the Seminole…” says Alessandro Del Vecchio.
“Seminole” is a band effort, a mirror of a group of preeminent musicians feeling as one, ready to conquer with their anthemic vocals, extraordinary musicianship, and inspiring stories.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Alessandro Del Vecchio at Ivorytears Music Works, Somma Lombardo, IT
All songs written by Alessandro Del Vecchio except “Mistaken Reality” and “Rewrite The Story” written by Alessandro Del Vecchio and Marco Di Salvia
Tracklist
- Get Up Your Feet Again
- On The Other Side Of Pain
- Made It Through
- Shift The Paradigm
- Another Salvation
- Breath Of Life
- Wrong Dimension
- Our Battle Rages On
- Seminole Pt.1 In The Land Of The Seminole
- Seminole Pt.2 Mistaken Reality
- Seminole Pt.3 Rewrite The Story
- Seminole Pt.4 The End's Starting To Begin
