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This Argentinian band from Buenos Aires featured Gustavo Montesano (bass/vocals), Anibal Kerpel (keyboards), Pino Marrone (guitar/vocals) and a drummer from Uruguay named Gonzalo Farrugia (from the known progrock band Psiglo). They existed from ’74 until ’77 and made two records: "Crucis" from ’76 and "Los Delirios Del Mariscal" from ’77. The music has a typcial Seventies sound with echoes from THE NICE and FOCUS. Both LP’s were released as separate CD’s but finally re-released on a 1-CD entitled "Kronologia". The music is half instrumental/half with strong Spanish vocals and the emphasis is on the keybaords (organ, string-ensemble, synthesizers, Steinway -...

Rosae Crucis born in 1990, from an idea of masterminds Andrea Magini and Igor Baccei. They began rehearsing and writing material along with vocalist Giuseppe "Ciape" Cialone, Manuel Timperi on bass and Giordano Bimbi as drummer; after a long period experimenting their sound, ranging from doom to heavy metal, from thrash to death metal and more extreme and obscure sound, with influences from Mercyful Fate, Death SS/Paul Chain, Candlemass, Rage, Grave Digger, Cirith Ungol, Manilla Road, and inspired by history, esoteric literature, horror movies and religious myths, they released their first demo "Il Re del Mondo" in 1993, wich gained...