THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART

Roz Vitalis, a Russian band, with their album "The Hidden Man of the Heart" from 2018, touched perfection and created a prog rock masterpieceMystical and melancholic, with sounds that sometimes step into really dark atmospheres, but at the same time, a bright spot emerges that gives glimpses of hope. The chamber and orchestral component is wrapped in a rock approach and as such creates irresistible landscapes of the melodic avant-garde world. Here, the band really reached heights in terms of composition and presented a diverse palette of sounds that are perfectly implemented in a web of grandiose inspiration, which, as we are used to from the main composer, is quite personal and strives to create images and stories, thus creating a perfect whole.

Here we have constant compositional beauty presented through strong, heartbreaking, and lacerating emotions, dark gothic emotions, glimpses of contemporary music, and eclectic suggestions in a diverse soundscape halfway between the classic and the modern sound. The chilling sounds, macabre, and seductive melodies are incredibly presented and ingeniously designed to make this whole concept perfect and to paint complex psychological pictures dominated above all by strong emotions. Talented guest musicians add a rich diversity of textures, nuances, and sounds to the instrumentation and the arrangements that on this album manage to give the desired depth. Here the band strives to refine their sonic potential in the presence of plenty of musical suggestions promptly bent to a precise idea to create a unique and modern approach to chamber rock, demonstrating the instrumental quality of a project with perfectly implemented balances. The sounds also oscillate between heavier sound and jazz-rock seasoned chamber prog, sometimes with slight classic- progressive coloring. The music progresses very elegantly, complexly interwoven and well-rounded, sometimes clearly rooted in the RIO tradition, but without flaring up weirdly or wildly.

The musical value of these compositions is compact and beautiful. A fact that demonstrates, to those who do not yet know Roz Vitalis, their perfect adaptability as well as their intense and never banal musicality.