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A Chance To Win The Orb

from The Hum Of The Machine by Gramma Vedetta

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    Stoked to release this trip into an alternate universe, where big brutalist buildings overlook crowded cities and give the possibility to people to become pure digital entities.

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    Gramma Vedetta draw inspiration from vintage sci-fi of the late 70s and early 80s. Heavily distorted guitars, soaring melodies and driving rhythms create a huge progressive sound that transcends this dimension.

    Stoner meets Progressive Rock with a great passion for science fiction – Gramma Vedetta is a unique beast offering space travel, brutalism and dystopian novels through big and heavy riffs


    “Fans of heavy riff, early ‘80s science fiction, progressive rock and stoner rock will feel at home with The Hum of the Machine. These are songs for thinking, but also to sing along.”
    Decibel Magazine

    “The Hum Of The Machine is a delicious evolution towards a very inventive stoner/psych/progressive. This album is full of great riffs, creativity, viral melodies and lots of great surprises. This album tastes like a Black Sabbath candy filled with a Rush ganache, seasoned with metallic spices. To be enjoyed without moderation!”
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    “This is one hell of a contribution and a giant step forward sonically for Gramma Vedetta. That they self-recorded this incredibly eccentric and enjoyable album shows just how many other skills this
    trio have at their disposal. These guys are great rock musicians”
    Civil War London

    “An album that is wall-to-wall brilliance and will be getting repeated plays all year long.”
    Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life

    “The band amply demonstrate that being ‘progressive’ doesn’t have to indicate tedious virtuosity and pompously fantastical lyrics, rather a willingness to take musical risks within the traditionally conservative music genres of stoner and doom metal. ”
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about

The opener song introduces the passage to the black hole and it is about repetitions, which are comfortable and also dangerous at the same time because it could not allow progress.
It describes the impact of the new world to the dreams of the protagonist. Will he be able to win the Orb?
The song features 4 sections: a space intro, a sung section with a solemn rhythm, a quiet bass solo section and a last part with a big repetitive Drop-C guitar Riff fighting with high pitched synthesisers.

lyrics

A million miles away
There’s a black dot painted on a wall.

The light has lost domain
The dimension soothes my brain.
It’s beautiful...

From a million miles away,
A thousand voices sing the same
repetitive refrain.

I can’t help but watch the show
Repetition messes with my brain,
It’s dangerous.

Plastic wizards are chasing
the slowest change.
They kneel before the Electric Lady
for the chance to win The Orb.

Here we are, the prefab breed,
Feeding people, creating needs.

From a million miles away
The same picture, a different name
decorates our graves.

Plastic wizards are chasing
the slowest change.
They kneel before the Electric Lady
for the chance to win The Orb.

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from The Hum Of The Machine, released May 27, 2022

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Gramma Vedetta London, UK

Living organisms evolve and mutate. Gramma Vedetta is now on at the stage where Riff-based Stoner Rock flavoured songs meet the Progressive Rock of the 70s.

The band's trademark sound is characterised by lo-tuned big riffs over rumbling grooves, topped by viral melodies.

A full-blown rock’n’roll machine captivate their audience with the high energy live shows and witty humour. ... more

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