Try today to take five boys, all about 18 years old, place them on a stage, give them music instruments and say them to start to make music. What will you get? Probably only a teenie-band á la Take That, after they have thrown away the instruments. The Bros. Rustici & Co. just won all rocker hearts, not only in Italy, and made this monument in Progressive Rock. Very rarely in music, you run into something which is so obscure, unknown and rare, and which completely blows you away. This disc is one of the best pieces of music I've ever found. It's consistently superb from start to finish. It's consistent harmonically, in complexity, and has real scope, at turns sinister and soothing. It has a unique sound to it, and isn't as derivative of English bands or American fusion groups as some other Italian prog...though if you like Genesis and Mahavishnu I don't see why you wouldn't like this one. It epitomizes dark heavy Italian prog such as Il Balletto di Bronzo, Osanna and Museo Rosenbach.
Cervello (Brain) was another one of those Italian prog bands that gave us one album then disappeared. Melos, was that one and only album from Cervello. Originally released in 1973 on the Ricordi label, same label that gave us Banco and Museo Rosenbach, the original LP comes with a gimmick cover, which is nicely replicated by Seven Seas Records in Japan on this 1st japanese-reissue. Anyway, if you're a fan of Osanna, particularly Palepoli, you need Melos. As a matter of fact, guitarist Corrado Rustici was the younger brother of Osanna's Danilo Rustici, so of course the comparisons to Osanna can't be avoided. But I can also compare this with Semiramis (particulary because vocalist Gianluigi di Franco sounds just like Michele Zarrillo) and of Biglietto Per L'Inferno (because of that similar sinister atmosphere), so if you're a fan of those groups, you're sure to enjoy Melos as well. Like Osanna, Cervello featured sax and flute, as well as the usual guitars and vocals, but unlike Osanna, the flutes and sax are more tame, and there's no Mellotron like on Palepoli, but the music is still quite incredible. The opening "Canto del Capro", which starts off with some really sinister chanting, before the music kicks in. Others highlights include "Trittico", "Scinsione" and the title track. And while Cervello disappeared from sight after this album, Corrado Rustici did not, he was later with a band called Nova, before coming to the United States, and unfortunately, playing with the likes of George Michael and Whitney Houston, which really smells of sellout to me, which is too bad. On Melos, Rustici's guitar playing is very much like Mahavishnu Orchestra's John McLaughlin (no surprise as McLaughlin was one of Rustici's guitar heros). As a matter of fact, if McLaughlin was a member of Osanna, it would end up sounding like Cervello. Anyway, as far as Italian prog is concerned, Melos ranks up there with Banco's Darwin and Io Sono Nato Libero, Museo Rosenbach's Zarathustra, Osanna's Palepoli, and PFM's Per Un Amico. 
Essential stuff.
Cervello ‎– Melos
Label: Seven Seas ‎– K22P 325 Series: European Rock Collection 2200 10 – Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: Japan Released: 1983 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock
Tracklist A1 Canto Del Capro A2 Trittico A3 Euterpe
B1 Scinsione (T.R.M.) B2 Melos B3 Galassia B4 Afresco B5 Luce Divina
Companies, etc. Manufactured By – King Record Co. Ltd
Credits Bass, Acoustic Guitar [12 & 6 String], Effects [Pedals], Recorder [Flauto Dolce], Voice [Voce] – Antonio Spagnolo Drums, Vibraphone – Remigio Esposito Lead Guitar, Recorder [Flauto Dolce], Flute [Flauto Dolce Traverso], Vibraphone, Voice [Voce] – Corrado Rustici Lead Vocals, Flute, Percussion [Piccole Percussioni] – Gianluigi Di Franco Music By – G. Marazza Producer [Realizzazione] – Danilo Rustici, Elio D'Anna Saxophone [Electric Contralto Saxophone], Tenor Saxophone [Electric], Flute, Voice [Voce] – Giulio D'Ambrosio Text By – E. Parazzini
Notes Reissue, 1st release has gimmick cover and inner insert like the original Italian LP

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