italian progressive rock

Franco Battiato (born 1945 in Sicily, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and painter.
He is considered one of the most original personalities in italian music from the 1970s to now. Battiato's songs are dreamy, controversial collages of images and sensations, very experimental and convoluted, rich of esoteric, philosophical and East Asian religious themes. His collaborations (from 1994 onward) with the nihilistic-cynical philosopher Manlio Sgalambro have added further depth to his apparently nonsensical lyrics...

Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) is an Italian progressive rock band that achieved a high level of popularity in the 1970s, with success in both the British and American charts. While they had many Italian contemporaries, such as Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Area, Perigeo, and Le Orme, they were the only Italian band of their genre to become highly successful outside of their home country. Their music shows influence from Genesis and early King Crimson, but they still manage to maintain a high level of originality and a distinct, warm Mediterranean sound.

There are at least four bands with the name Procession: 1) Formed in 2006 by Felipe Plaza and Daniel Perez in Chile's cultural heart, the coastal city of Valparaiso, they follow the path of tradition, laid out by the masters BLACK SABBATH, CANDLEMASS and SAINT VITUS without mercy, without compromise. Their songs are fully based in the ancient tradition of heavy metal, where just drums, bass, guitar and vocals are necessary to give such an impact full of melodies, demolishing riffs and epic lyrics of kingdoms destroyed, frustration, anguish, anger and despair.

There are three artists named Uno: 1) Alter ego of german hip hop artist twit one, used for the Instrumental Hip Hop Album "Testiculo y Uno - Hi-Hat Club Vol. 1" in collaboration with german producer Hulk Hodn as Testiculo. 2) Formed from the ashes of Osanna when the band split in 1974 by Elio D'Anna and Danilo Rustici along with drummer Enzo Vallicelli (from Hellza Poppin, who had played with Osage Tribe and Claudio Rocchi), Uno was a much-hyped band that went to England to record their first and only album with help from lyricist N.