NEW TROLLS ATOMIC SYSTEM — N.T. Atomic System (review)

NEW TROLLS ATOMIC SYSTEM — N.T. Atomic System album cover Album · 1973 · Jazz Related Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Miler72
This was what came out of the ashes following the split of New Trolls. N.T. Atomic System was simply a name being used while legal matters were under way: who owned the New Trolls name. This 1973 album was obviously Vittorio De Scalzi's baby, and this is very much a prog rock album, although some jazz influences do show up. "La Nuova Predica di Padre O'Brein" is very much classic Italian prog, in the Jethro Tull, Osanna, and Museo Rosenbach vein. They get into an extended jazzy jam at the end. "Ho Visto Poi" is more in the PFM vein, particularly the more mellow passages. "Ibernazione" is more like "La Nuova Predica..." and another highlight for me, while "Buttefly" seems really out of place, with a more folk-rock feel, vocals in English this time. What baffles me is that drum solo at the end? There was no purpose for it, sounded like the group needed to kill time with it. There are reissues that also include their take on Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bare Mountain", which they did a great take on. This album very much shows what Vittorio De Scalzi favored, and that was prog rock. Without Nico Di Palo you don't get the heavy metal tendencies of UT and Searching For a Land. If you love fusion, I suggest you go for their next album, Tempi Dispari, but I still recommend this album, but it's jazz-related rock, rock with jazz influences, and you will find jazz influences in the prog here.
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