ZENIT BELGIAN REVIEW

ZENIT - The Chandrasekhar LIMIT

A seventy-minute plate with barely six numbers on it, which is something I do not often get presented for your review to Roots Time. Yet that is what happened to me today with the progressive rock album "The Chandrasekhar Limit" of the formation 'Zenit' established in 1998 in the Italian-speaking part of the country of Switzerland. In 2001, this symphonic rock group playing first came on the music market, with their debut album "Pravritti" for which they had met a real singer with Lorenzo Sonognini Sonognini writes the lyrics he sings the ethereal music that is produced by his bandmates, being guitarist Luigi Biamino, keyboard player Ivo Bernasconi, bassist Andy Thommen and drummer Gabriele Schira. 'Zenit' plays on just about all the progressive rock festivals in Switzerland and Italy and found five years after the release of their debut came in 2006 when a second plate towards music world with the album "Surrender" to launch Now it took seven years before this third album "The Chandrasekhar Limit" was allowed to appear on the record market. The first song "Awaken" is all right for a 12-minute symphonic rock, followed by lasting a scant 3 minutes Cub Lady ", the shortest track on this CD. "Pi Greco" is good for 7 and a half minutes and also for the video that you can watch and listen to. According to our best track on the album is "Matrimandir", a 17 minute cinematic epic ethereal sounds and especially ripping guitar playing Luigi Biamino, but also very clever vocals Lorenzo Sonognini. Middle of the song there is also switched from rock to jazz to a few minutes later, back on the scene ending in the much louder rock sound "Pulsar" is the most commercial sounding song and also in terms of time we stay under 6 minutes for airplay on the radio stations seem to be an absolute limit. For the last track, however, you pull a half hours during the 24 and a half minute "The Daydream Suite" as a whole wishes to listen. If you want to compare the sound of 'Zenit' then you must think of a complex mix of the sound of 'Pink Floyd', 'Yes', 'Led Zeppelin' and 'Genesis'. That this Italian-speaking Swiss up there managed to enthrall despite this rather special way of making music from beginning to end is a merit that this quintet belongs only. Good work! (Valsam) www.rootstime.be CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO The Chandrasekhar Limit CD - �9.99