I Teoremi - 1972 - I Teoremi

I Teoremi

1972

I Teoremi

01. Impressione

02. Mare della tranquillità

03. Passi da gigante

04. Nuvola che copri il sole

05. Qualcosa d'irreale

06. Il dialogo di un pazzo

07. A chi non sarà più

Aldo Bellanova / bass

Mario Schilirò / guitar

Claudio Mastracci / drum

Vincenzo Massetti (Lord Enzo) / vocal

I Teoremi was an Italian group that released one album in hard rock style in the beginning of the seventies. The line-up of the group was: Aldo Bellanova (bass), Mario Schiliro (electric guitar), Claudio Mastracci (drums) and Tito Gallo (vocals). Before the album the group had already released a single with a different vocalist Vincenzo Massetti. After the album the group members disappeared from the music scene except for the bassist Aldo Bellanova who later joined SAMADHI and recorded their only album with them.

The only album was released in 1972, the first really great year for Italian progressive. The music in this album is more like LED ZEPPELIN style hard rock but the overall sound is more progressive due to the imaginative rhythm section. The music highlights the electric guitar but it is actually the bassist that steals the show. The keyboards (piano) are featured in only one of the tracks. The vocals suit the music very well and are perhaps the strongest point besides the bassist. Not a very progressive album in the true meaning of the word but a good album nevertheless.

Among Italian heavy prog albums, it is difficult to rate this one. It certainly stands up with many of the truly great Italian heavies, bearing several points of comparison to Osage Tribe and also at times to Greece's Socrates Drank The Conium. I Teormi however is unique in their use of frenetic atmospheres throughout much of their compositions, hinting at an avantgarde feel on this their sole output. It surprises me how modern much of it feels due to atonal shifts in their sound. Their vocalist doesn't sound too far from the norm in the Italian Prog realm, but the rest of the band heavily twists, rips and blasts their way through three quarters of an hour. A unique classic of Heavy Prog!

The only album by this group is not a typical Italian prog album. It is a hard rock influenced prog album and the keyboards are featured in only one track. In my opinion this album would be hard to classify progressive without the great rhythm section. It is much more imaginative to the usual hard rock bands of the seventies and actually better than most progressive groups used to have. It is the bassist Aldo Bellanova who really stands out. The overall sound is more reminiscent of the overseas groups, especially the style of the electric guitarist. His playing is also very good but might not please everyone because of the hard rock style. This album shouldn’t be expected to be similar to the symphonic Italian groups.

The best tracks in this album are ”Nuvola che Copri il Sole”, “A chi non Sara piu” and “Mare della Tranquillita”. The cd version includes two bonus tracks “Sognare” and “Tutte le Cose”, both similar to the original album tracks. The latter one of the bonus tracks is a cover of Jethro Tull’s “With you there to Help me”, but with Italian vocals.