The Cassini Projekt

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THE CASSINI PROJEKT – “Filler”
The Cassini Projekt is back to this webzine once again to promote a new album, called “Filler”. The Cassini Projekt is a one-man band founded by Alex Mc Donnell (guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, bass, and vocals) – a young musician with a true Rock attitude – who aimed to create unbounded music to express his personal points of view. Mc Donnell is guided by a desire of experimenting and having fun, and was largely influenced by “Radiohead”, “Queen”, “Nine Inch Nails”, “The Mars Volta”, “The Darkness”, “Charlotte Hatherley”, “Led Zeppelin”, “The Prodigy”, “At the Drive-In”, “Coldplay”, “Goldfrapp”, “Opeth”, “Animals as Leaders”, “Badly Drawn Boy”, “Dragonforce”, “Pulp”, “Yeah Yeah Yeahs”, “Interpol”, and “Tool”. On his previous album – the self-made CDR titled “Blind Vision” (2008, Firebird Records – reviewed in 2011 at PR&PM), Mc Donnell achieved the goal of mixing his influences into really weird and crazy songs that defied all conventional tags, mixing several different trends, from Metal and Punk to Progressive, Pop-Rock, Space-Rock and Experimental Music. On “Filler” (2012, Firebird Records), which is The Cassini Projekt’s second self-produced album, Mc Donnell brought in new musical influences from the ’90s, incorporating different genres and styles like Doom Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock, Rap, Punk, Electronica, Grunge, Dance, Alternative and Stoner Rock. The lyrics talk about world war, the psychology of imperialists, the apocalypse, alienation from the universe, political corruption, the nature of consciousness, universal axioms and human evolution. being not directed to the timid listener. A greater influence from “Metallica’s” album “And Justice For All” is heard on the tracks, together with some raging aggressiveness that recalls bands like “Alice In Chains”, “Korn”, “Nirvana”, “Jane’s Addiction”, “Rage Against The Machine”, “Porcupine Tree” and “Black Sabbath”. “Filler” contains 11 tracks, and represents a bitter and ferocious critic to our culture and world around it. The songs are guitar & vocals driven, have twists and changes of pace, and are far better arranged and produced than on the previous album “Blind Vision”. There are many highlights on this album. The explosive opening song “Citadel of Sorrow” (6:22) is driven by Hard Rock guitars, British Metal attitude; has vocal parts that recall “Jane’s Addiction” and some baroque guitar solos. The long track “Leviathan: The Song of Woe” (9:12) – is a Dark & Heavy Progressive piece pervaded by some Psychedelic parts, marked by icy pianos, tribal bass and unexpected drum solo, being like a mix of “Porcupine Tree”, “Pink Floyd”, and “Black Sabbath”. The weirdest, heaviest and most aggressive tracks are “IAO” (8:48) – which blends electronic effects with a “Metallica” & “Megadeth” Thrash-Metal frame, adding Punk vocals, space-guitars, and having a great twist in the middle for the coming of soaring progressive parts before the great guitar solo that plunges the song into a final apocalyptical madness – and “The Jackal” (6:17) – which is a strange hybrid of “Hendrix”, “Megadeth” and “NIN”, having some epic parts and few growling vocals. The most progressive tracks are “Polybius” (5:17) – which explores the post-Punk sound of “DEVO”, “The Cure”, and “NIN”, being immersed in thick layers of guitars; and “Ziggurat” (5:04) – a soaring Ambient track that closes the album. But what makes “Filler” an interesting album to be further explored, is the musical variation it contains. Aside from the commented tracks, the listener may also get hooked by the distorted and groovy Stoner-Rock guitars of “The End of Everything” (5:08); levitate over the Space-Electronic pulsing beats and keyboards of “Anti Human” (5:12) – a song driven by a robotic voice; or even mosh into the energetic pool of the frantic Punk-Metal “Profit from Doom” (3:51). Or you rather prefer to spit out political slogans with the half-Rap & half-Grunge “Infernalis” (3:44) (a song that recalls “Rage Against The Machine”); or simply calm it down by listening to the lighter and melodic Alternative mainstream Rock “False Dawn” (3:36). In sum, by blending new influences of Alternative Rock, Metal, Electronica, and Progressive Rock to its primary sound, The Cassini Projekt walked many steps farther in “Filler” in relation to its first album, without abandoning its original desire for going beyond the regular musical patterns. Still not indicated for the regular Progressive Rock fan, The Cassini Project is from now on recommended for fans of “Metallica”, “Megadeth”, “Alice In Chains”, “Korn”, “Nirvana”, “Jane’s Addiction”, “Rage Against The Machine”, “Porcupine Tree”, “Black Sabbath”, “Nine Inch Nails”, and “The Prodigy”. Only band member involved in The Cassini Projekt is: Alex Mc Donnell – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, and bass… (Comments by Marcelo Trotta)

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The latest album by Projekt, Filler, is an intense mix of hard rock, progressive rock and metal and is out now as a free download!

Filler can be downloaded on Jamendo, Soundcloud and Grooveshark.

Lyrically Filler explores themes of world war, the psychology of imperialists, the apocalypse, alienation from the universe and political corruption. Lyrics for all the songs from the album can be found on Wordpress and Jamendo. A promotional video for “Citadel of Sorrow”, a track from Filler, can be viewed at http://youtu.be/wL5A88cuxwY.