Antonius Rex was an

Italian progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initi ...

band founded in 1974 in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

Antonio Bartoccetti Antonio Bartoccetti (Macerata, 18 December 1946) is an Italian musician and composer, and leader of the musical groups, Antonius Rex, Jacula, Dietro Noi Deserto and Invisible Force. Biography Beginning in 1968, his primary focus has been progr ...

. It is the same band as

Jacula Jacula was an Italian rock music, rock band founded in 1969 in Milan as an experiment by Antonio Bartoccetti, Doris Norton, organist Charles Tiring and Mediumship, medium Franz Porthenzy. Jacula's music was considered innovative for the time in p ...

with a different name.

Biography

Jacula formed in 1968 and released its debut album, '' In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum'', in 1969. After the release of the 1972 album ''

Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus ''Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus'' is the second album by the Italian rock band Jacula. The album was recorded in Milan, Italy. Gualtiero Guerrini and others helped with the recording in Studio Angelicum, which had a church organ. After the limited ...

'', the band split up. Bandleader Bartoccetti then formed Antonius Rex in 1974 with new members, releasing eight albums under this name. In 2011, the Bartoccetti released a new album under the Jacula name, ''

Pre Viam ''Pre Viam'' is the third studio album by the Italian rock band Jacula, released in 2011 nearly four decades after previous work. In the interim, the band's leader, Antonio Bartoccetti, had formed a new band, Antonius Rex. When Bartoccetti br ...

''.

Discography

*1977 - ''Zora'' *1978 - ''Ralefun'' *1979 - ''Anno Demoni'' *1980 - ''Praeternatural'' *1992 - ''Pig in the witch'' *2002 - ''Neque Semper Arcum Tendit Rex'' *2005 - ''Magic Ritual'' *2006 - ''Switch On Dark'' *2009 - ''Per Viam'' *2012 - ''Hystero Demonopathy''

References

External links

Antonius Rex official website
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