“Anno’s saga Pt. 2: Back in 1999 when I played drums for Anno Birkin’s band Flying Mango Attack, I read him some of my random ramblings that I called poetry. ”I write a bit of poetry myself” he responded, unassumingly. I shrugged it off and didn’t give it a second thought until well after his tragic death, when his father showed me endless folders of the most stunning poetry I had ever seen. Eventually I read Anno’s collection of poems, Who Said the Race Is over. I then picked eighteen of my favourites and began writing Anno’s Saga for my band GENRE 18 in an attempt to bring his thunderous emotions, twists and rhythms to life. Unable to build any fanbase; rejected or ignored by well over a hundred record companies and cursed by Anno’s mother, the band split up in 2011. In 2018 we managed to put some old demos together and finally released Anno’s Saga Part 1. Part 2 was meant to follow shortly but a fall out with the drummer, budget issues and COVID 19 quickly made that an impossibility. I’m happy to say though that we kept the dream alive and have now released Anno’s Saga Part 2 at long last.”
A fascinating introduction (assuming you’re unfamiliar with them) to a band with an especially fascinating backstory, this latest track from prog-rock outfit Shïan and the Genre 18 defies all expectations from the very start. Beginning with a sound bite of Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond monologue in Sunset Boulevard, Antiquity progresses into an acoustic guitar led ballad of sorts. With horn effects and a kick drum, this track crescendoes into a beautiful symphony and. layering of musical detail work just before deconstructing into a gritty and aggressive outro of growling vocals.
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