''Lighthouse Pathetic'' is the seventh album of the Italian heavy metal band

Mastercastle Mastercastle is a heavy metal band formed in 2008 in Italy by the guitar player Pier Gonella and the singer Giorgia Gueglio. History Mastercastle was founded in January 2008 by the guitar player Pier Gonella and the singer Giorgia Gueglio. The ...

, released on 10 January 2022 by the record label Diamonds Prod. There are also two instrumental tracks.

History

The songs were composed between 2019 and 2020. The instrumental track "Rosso Profondo" is a reworking of the song "

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" by the Italian progressive rock band

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. The track "Fantastic Planet", on the other hand, is a reworking of the soundtrack of the 1973 animated film ''Fantastic Planet'' ('' La Planète Sauvage'').
The Digipack version of the album includes the bonus track "Princess," which is the 2008 demo version of the song "Princess of Love" from the first album. The album features numerous guests:

Fabio Lione Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973), known professionally as Fabio Lione, is an Italian singer and lyricist who has worked with many bands in the metal genre. He was known for being the singer of Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire fo ...

, Flegias, Andrea De Paoli, Mattia Stancioiu, Alessandro Bissa, and Francesco La Rosa. All the lyrics are written by

Giorgia Gueglio Giorgia Gueglio (born 1973) is an Italian singer and founding member of the heavy metal band Mastercastle. Biography She started singing in 1990, following her passion for singers like David Coverdale, Robert Plant and Ian Gillan. From 1 ...

and consist of "a fascinating journey into our emotions, symbolized by the lighthouse that illuminates our path even when it seems dark and full of pitfalls".

Pier Gonella Pier Gonella (born Pierangelo Gonella) is an Italian guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Mastercastle and the black metal band Necrodeath. Biography Pier Gonella began playing guitar at the age ...

summarizes, "musically, on the one hand, the album sees a return to our roots, with a more gritty and faster sound and a great deal of work on vocal melodies alternating with highly sought-after instrumental tracks". The composition started in a very relaxed way about three years ago, maybe even a little earlier. For some time, I've been producing various types of musical bases and accompaniments that I then publish in digital format. In a series of Heavy Metal bases, I found two or three tracks that started everything. I thought that with Giorgia Gueglio's voice, these were "Mastercastle" songs. Two singles were released from the album: "Who Cares for the Moon", released on 28 June 2022, and the eponymous "Lighthouse Pathetic", released together with the rest of the album.

Track listing

:All lyrics by

. :All music by

, except tracks 4-8-10

Line up

– voice *

– guitars *

Steve Vawamas Steve Vawamas is an Italian bassist, known for his collaborations with various metal bands as Athlantis, Shadows of Steel, Mastercastle, and The Dogma. Biography He started playing when he was 14 years old on the example of famous hard rock ...

– bass * Francesco La Rosa – drums

References

External links

Mastercastle – Official site of the band

Mastercastle – Who Cares for The Moon

Mastercastle – Lighthouse Pathetic
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