ovidiu What a surprise!What a pleasant surprise!!!2 years after the wonderful ELEVEN MYSTERIES album,mastermind DANIELE LIVERANI is back with another instrumental album,guitar orientated,and ,once again,Liverani is leaving the keyboard work,being 100 % focused on guitar work!The band on this album is formed of very young musicians,the only one which was on ELEVEN MYSTERIES is the keyboard player MARCO ZAGO-the 2 others are new and very talented!Musically speaking,it's a concept album with a leading voice which is present on almost track with some spoken words.The album is very melodic,mid tempo orientated and each song has a strong identity and personality!Liverani is exploring new musical territories on this album,he has a very beautiful guitar sound and he offers plenty of space to the other musicians too.The production is excellent-it's a 100 % Italian business here-and that's excellent!Even the new label for Mr Liverani is Italian-SG RECORDS!The presentation is excellent-great cover art and nice booklet aswell,plus an attractive cd,nice printed!50.50 minutes of pure delightment,musical ear candy-from neoclassical influenced compositions ,even world music,progressive metal tones on this album ,everything is very melodic and attractive,showing another face of the musical genius of it's author!Great instrumental album,Liverani's fans will be definitelly delighted and enchanted-a great musical discovery for all the instrumental albums fans!4.5 stars for something excellent,trully excellent!

ovidiu Finally,a guitar orientated album from one of the most talented rock musicians from la bella Italia-Mr DANIELE LIVERANI!!!Daniele is a body of work,being responsable for many excellent albums-and we have to mention here the amazing trilogy-the rock opera GENIUS,but also the great albums with EMPTY TREMOR,KHYMERA,TWINSPIRITS and PRIME SUSPECT!ELEVEN MYSTERIES is the third solo album of Mr Liverani-where our prodigal musician-well known for his amazing work on keyboards-this time is 100 % dedicated to guitar!It's absolutelly amazing the fact that Liverani is giving plenty of space to the brilliant keyboard player on this album,and this guy is making an excellent job-like all the other 2 guys!Surrounded by unknown musicians-2 Italians -drums and keyboards-and one American on bass-Liverani is totally unleashed on this album,delivering some amazing solos and an impressive guitar work overall!Diverse and catchy,the album has all the ingredients to be considered a group effort-it's not at all an egocentric album,not too demonstrative-but full of feelings and emotions during 11 very inspired compositions!From the impressive opening track-MYSTERIOUS IMPULSE which is very neoclassical and has a wild shred solo ,passing by melodic tones and jazz funk rhythms-the album has many progressive melodic compositions too-all very,very well executed and composed!A very likeble musical experience and a very,very good and inspired album in all directions!It's rare to see in the world of music that a musician is able to realise such an amazing album on guitar,but the musician is wellknown for his skills on keyboards especially!Wow indeed!Great artwork and superbe production aswell!COMPLIMENTI,Mr LIVERANI!4 strong stars!

Time Signature Mysterious Impulse...

Genre: instrumental progressive metal

Daniele Liverani is a very productive Italian guitarist who is involved in a plethora of projects and bands (most notably the progressive metal band Twin Spirits). "Eleven Mysteries" is his third solo album and, as you might expect from guitarists releasing solo albums, contains two handfuls of instrumental guitar-driven albums.

Fortunately, Liverani never goes into over-the-top mindless shredding and, although all tracks serve to showcase his incredible skills on the guitar, the backing band is given the respect and attention, it deserves, but in terms of performance (a certain amount of variation is allowed) and production (the backing band is not obscured in the mix by an insanely loud guitar).

The eleven tracks on the album are also quite varied, taking the listener from heavy riff-driven metal over mellow ballads over lushc symphonic metal to funkalicious jazz rock (I especially enjoy the use of slapping and popping bass in the more jazzy and funky parts). All of this is, of course, wrapped in blazing guitar solos and advanced lead guitar techniques, and the obligatory neoclassicisms are also present on the album. Liverani, however, is not afraid to make use of simple and catchy melodies every now and then, making listening to the album a memorable experience.

Fans of guitar heroes and shredding will, of course, love this album, which, I am sure, will also be of interest for fans of progressive metal. In any case "Eleven Mysteries" is one guitarlicious album showcasing the skulls and musicianship of one gifted guitarist.