The Heisenberg Diaries, Book A
Docker's Guild
When you become a little more experienced in life (just a polite way to say that we grew old) is when something from your past is brought to your under a new shape. This can make shed tears of happiness, for those good times that we all lived once will be forever in our hearts for the rest of our days. The Italian keyboardist and vocalist Douglas R. Docker created something divine on "The Heisenberg Diaries - Book A", the new album from his project DOCKER'S GUILD. The band's style is something between Progressive Metal and Symphonic Metal. But it sounds pretty different from many bands that only will bore you, dear nephews and nieces. Here, all is done with extreme care, every little musical arrangement was done to be near perfection. But what turns "The Heisenberg Diaries - Book A" truly special is that the album is a collection of many themes from old films and series, and those who a bit older will recognize these songs within few seconds, and feel the heart beating with joy, and tears of happiness your eyes. If you don't miss something from your past, sorry, but you're too young to understand my words. But I believe that you'll love this album in the same way.
The sound quality is on an extreme level of clarity, because it's what the band's style demands. But there is a touch of weight that turns everything more interesting. This is a Metal album, after all. So, when the album plays, you'll hear excellent moments, because the songs respect the original versions, but a series of new musical arrangements were made, turning the time you hear this album an extremely good experience. This album has some incredible moments, as we can hear on the long "Flash Gordon Suit", a remake of some parts of the soundtrack from the film from 1980 (and I must remind you all that the entire soundtrack was composed and played by QUEEN, so this makes things pretty hard. But the final result is excellent), the fine moments we can hear on "Barbarella" (that has a Pop Rock feeling like bands from the 70s, because the song comes from cult Sci-Fi film from that time), the excellent version for "Suspension" (a TV series from the end of the seventies, dedicated to Buck Rodgers. The bass guitar and the contrast from female and male vocals are really great here, and some good guitar solos can be heard), "When the Wind Blows" with its (an old David Bowie song for the film with the same name, with very good bass and drums work), the very good guitar and keyboards arrangements heard on "The Neverending Story" (one of the best moments of the album, with great vocals once more, and the guitars are fantastic. This song came from the film of the same name, and it brought many tears to my eyes, because I still love Atreyu and Falcon), the fine orchestrations that are presented on the instrumental medley "The White Light/Echoes from the Past/Dying Station/Delenn's Sunrise" (this is enriched by some violin sound), the savage and heavy version for "Doctor Who main Theme" (I don't need to write from what series it came, do I?), "The Black Hole End Title" with its excellent orchestrations and bass guitar work, and "Dune Suit" (another long song, done on keyboards as the main instruments, but guitars, bass guitar and drums appears on excellent interventions). It's a matter of love it or love it!
9 / 10
Almost Perfect
Songwriting
Musicianship
Memorability
Production
"The Heisenberg Diaries, Book A" Track-listing:
1. Space: 1999 Year One Main Theme
2. Flash Gordon Suite
I. Flash's Theme
II. In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)
III. Football Fight
IV. Flash to the Rescue
V. Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawkmen)
VI. Battle Theme
VII. The Hero
3. Barbarella
4. Suspension
5. When the Wind Blows
6. The Neverending Story
7. Red Dwarf Theme
8. The White Light/Echoes from the Past/Dying Station/Delenn's Sunrise
9. Doctor Who Main Theme
10. UFO Main Theme
11. The Black Hole End Title
12. Space-Patrol (Raumpatrouille)
13. Dune Suite
I. Prologue
II. Main Title
III. Leto's Theme
IV. The Floating Fat Man (The Baron)
V. Paul Meets Chani
VI. Take My Hand
14. Space: 1999 Year Two Main Theme
Docker's Guild Lineup:
Douglas R. Docker - Keyboards (all tracks), lead vocals and backing vocals (tracks 3 - 6)
Elize Ryd - Lead and backing vocals (tracks 4, 6)
Amanda Somerville - Lead and backing vocals (track 2)
Valentina Procopio - Lead vocals (track 7), backing vocals (tracks 3, 6)
Nita Strauss - Guitars (tracks 2 - 6, 8, 10)
Mio Jäger - Guitars (tracks 1, 9, 11, 14)
Yasi Hofer - Guitars (tracks 7, 12)
Anna Portalupi - Bass (tracks 1 - 7, 9 - 13)
Elisa Montin - Drums (tracks 1 - 7, 9 - 11, 13)
Roxy Petrucci - Drums (tracks 12, 14)
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