Soul Secret

Musicwaves.fr described Flowing Portraits as "a pivotal album"{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicwaves.fr/frmReview.aspx?ID=2924&REF=SOUL-SECRET_Flowing-Portraits|title=Flowing Portraits review on Musicwaves.fr|website=Musicwaves|language=fr|access-date=2016-05-15}} even if just their debut album, while Dprp.net wrote that the highlight of the album is the last song, the epic called Tears Of Kalliroe, which features an amazing orchestral overture, followed by sheer brilliant prog metal passages.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200826.php#soulsecret|title= Flowing Portraits review on Dprp.net|website=Dprp.net|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-15}} Closer To Daylight, the band's second album, passed with flying colours and scored the album 5 out of 5 on Allaroundmetal.com.{{Cite web|url=http://allaroundmetal.com/component/content/article/26-releases/197-quando-il-prog-metal-italiano-fa-scuola|title= Closer To Daylight review on Allaroundmetal.com|website=Allaroundmetal.com|language=it|access-date=2016-05-15}} Of the band's third album, a concept album titled 4, Progmetalzone.com wrote that the album is full of ambitious, technically accomplished and poignant material that showcases the strength of each and every single musician in the band, as well as the band's cohesiveness as a unit, as they have finally found a stable line-up after a few past changes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.progmetalzone.com/2015/album-review-soul-secret-4/|title=4 review on Progmetalzone.com|website=Progmetalzone.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610112157/http://www.progmetalzone.com/2015/album-review-soul-secret-4/|archivedate=2016-06-10}} About BABEL, Progarchives wrote that it was worth 4.5 stars and a strong contender for a masterpiece status.{{Cite web|url=http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1815181|title= SOUL SECRET Babel music review|website=Progarchives|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-22}} The latest album Blue Light Cage gathered even more positive reviews, including "this fifth album is their best effort so far",{{Cite web|title=Soul Secret – Blue Light Cage BACKGROUND MAGAZINE Review|url=https://www.backgroundmagazine.nl/CDreviews/SoulSecretBlueLightCage.html|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.backgroundmagazine.nl}} "this is an album from another category"{{Cite web|last=Knip|first=Edwin|date=21 October 2020|title=Soul Secret – Blue Light Cage|url=https://www.rockportaal.nl/soul-secret-blue-light-cage/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Rockportaal.nl|language=nl}} and "Opening Sequence is probably the best opening sequence I have heard in the past 23 years, ever since Fire Blossom by aforementioned Vanden Plas".{{Cite web|title=Issue 2020-093 • CD & DVD Reviews • DPRP.net|url=http://www.dprp.net/reviews/2020-093|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.dprp.net|language=en}}

; Current members

• Claudio Casaburi – bass (2010–present)
• Francesco Cavezza – guitars (2018–present)
• Luca Di Gennaro – keyboards (2008–present)
• Lino Di Pietrantonio – vocals (2013–present)
• Antonio Mocerino – drums (2008–present)

; Former members

• Antonio Vittozzi – guitars (2008–2017)
• Michele Serpico – vocals (2008–2009)
• Fabio Manda – vocals (2010–2013)
• Lucio Grilli – bass (2008–2010)

; Guests

• Mark Basile – vocals on the entire album "Flowing Portraits" (2008)
• Anna Assentato – vocals on the song "If"
• Arno Menses – vocals on the song "Aftermath" (2011)
• Marco Sfogli – guitar solo on the song "River's Edge" (2011)
• Derek Sherinian – keyboard solos on the song "The Ghost Syndicate" (2020)
• Marek Arnold – sax solos on the song "Blue Light Cage" (2020)

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The album, released on ProgRock Records, features Mark Basile (DGM) on vocals, as the band's singer, Michele Serpico, had health problems just before entering the studio to record.{{cite web |url=http://www.soulsecret.net/main/band.html |title=Band |accessdate=2016-05-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428024402/http://www.soulsecret.net/main/band.html |archivedate=2015-04-28 }} Official website

1. Dance of the Waves – 7:23 – (music by Soul Secret – lyrics by Michele Serpico)
2. First Creature – 7:35 – (Soul Secret – Serpico)
3. Inner War – 8:08 – (Soul Secret – Serpico)
4. Learning To Lose – 7:12 – (Soul Secret – Serpico)
5. Regrets – 4:28 – (Soul Secret – Serpico)
6. Tears Of Kalliroe – 16:42

:: I. Sailing in the Arms of the Ocean (instrumental) – (Di Gennaro)

:: II. Be My Temple – (Soul Secret – Serpico)

:: III. Moving Silhouettes – (Soul Secret – Serpico)

:: IV. Against My Own Mind (instrumental) – (Soul Secret)

:: V. Baptism Of Flaming Waters – (Soul Secret – Serpico)

• Mark Basile – vocals

• Salvio Imparato – sound engineer, mixing
• Karl Groom – mastering
• Nello Dell'Omo – artwork

Closer To Daylight, released on Galileo Records, is the band's second studio album.{{Cite web|url=https://galileo-records.com/soul-secret-closer-to-daylight/|title=SOUL SECRET – Closer to Daylight|website=Galileo Records Gmbh|language=en|access-date=2018-12-28}}

1. Checkmate – 5:51 – (music by Soul Secret – lyrics by Antonio Mocerino)
2. River's Edge – 6:48 – (Soul Secret – Mocerino)
3. If – 3:48 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
4. The Shelter – 7:52 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
5. Pillars Of Sand – 9:09 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
6. October 1917 – 3:34 – (Manda, Vittozzi – Vittozzi)
7. Behind The Curtain – 8:47 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
8. Aftermath – 16:43 – (Casaburi, Di Gennaro, Menses, Mocerino, Vittozzi – Vittozzi, Di Gennaro)

• Marco Sfogli – guitar solo on River's Edge
• Anna Assentato – second voice on If
• Arno Menses – vocals in Aftermath

• Tommaso Allocca – sound engineer
• Markus Teske – mixing, mastering
• Alexandra V Bach – artwork

4, released on Golden Core Records/ZYX, is the band's third album, and their first concept album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zyx.de/Musik/Rock/Progressive/4-10778.html|title=4|last=Deutschland|first=Z. Y. X.|website=zyx|language=de|access-date=2018-12-28}}

1. On The Ledge – 8:36 – (music by Soul Secret – lyrics by Luca Di Gennaro)
2. Our Horizon – 7:00 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
3. K – 5:43 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
4. As I Close My Eyes – 2:00 – (Di Gennaro – Di Gennaro)
5. Traces on the Seaside – 4:47 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
6. Turning The Back Page – 6:50 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
7. Silence (instrumental) – 5:20 – (Soul Secret)
8. In A Frame – 3:47 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
9. My Lighthouse – 6:36 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
10. Downfall – 5:05 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
11. The White Stairs – 16:44 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)

• Simone Bertozzi – growl vocals on "K", "Traces On The Seaside" and "The White Stairs"
• Arturo Muselli – Adam
• Victoria Acampora – Anne
• Jasmine Wang – Anchorwoman on "On The Ledge"
• Mel McMahon – Reporter on "On The Ledge"
• Dylan Ogle – Boss on "Our Horizon", Dr. Greedy on "K"
• Giulia Fiume – Radio speaker on "Traces On The Seaside"

• Jordan Valeriote – mixing
• Troy Glessner – mastering
• Razorimages – artwork

BABEL, released on Pride & Joy Music, is the band's fourth album, and their second concept album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prideandjoy.de/index.php/144-soul-secret-sign-to-pride-joy-music-new-album-babel-to-be-released-july-28th-2017|title=SOUL SECRET sign to PRIDE & JOY MUSIC; new album "Babel" to be released July 28th, 2017!|website=www.prideandjoy.de|access-date=2018-12-28}}

1. Prologue – 1:08 – (music by Soul Secret – lyrics by Luca Di Gennaro)
2. What We're All About – 5:56 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
3. A Shadow on the Surface – 4:37 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
4. Will They? – 5:57 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
5. logOS – 2:22 – (Di Gennaro – Di Gennaro)
6. Awakened by the Light – 7:39 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
7. Entering The City Of Gods – 10:59 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
8. The Cuckoo's Nest – 6:59 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
9. Newton's Law – 7:49 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)
10. In The Hardest Of Times – 14:08 – (Soul Secret – Di Gennaro)

• Mark Manning – Narrator
• Andy Kowowski – Sam
• Niabi Manning – Adriel
• Dorsey Jackson – logOS

• Alex Argento – mixing, mastering
• Thomas Ewerhard – artwork

Shine Again, released on Layered Reality Productions, is a charity single written by the band during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, with all of its proceeds to be donated to the World Health Organization.{{Cite web|url=http://permafrost.today/2020/04/13/soul-secret-the-entire-world-and-well-shine-again/|title=Soul Secret: The entire world and we'll shine again...|website=permafrost.today|access-date=2020-11-10}}

1. Shine Again – 05:51 – (music by Francesco Cavezza – lyrics by Francesco Cavezza)

• Tom de Wit – guest singer

• Tom de Wit – mixing
• Rich Gray (formerly Rich Hinks) – mastering
• Claudio Casaburi – artwork

Blue Light Cage, released on Layered Reality Productions, is the band's fifth studio album, featuring Derek Sherinian and Marek Arnold.{{Cite web|url=http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=70306|title=SOUL SECRET Blue Light Cage|website=www.progarchives.com|access-date=2020-11-10}}

1. Opening Sequence (instrumental) – 3:00 – (music by Casaburi, Di Gennaro)
2. The Ghost Syndicate – 5:26 – (Di Gennaro, Mocerino – lyrics by Di Gennaro)
3. A President's Speech – 6:00 – (Casaburi, Di Gennaro, Di Pietrantonio – Di Gennaro)
4. Switch On (instrumental) – 1:42 – (Casaburi)
5. Blue Light Cage – 4:50 – (Di Gennaro, Di Pietrantonio – Di Pietrantonio)
6. We'll Become Dust – 7:22 – (Casaburi, Cavezza, Di Gennaro, Di Pietrantonio, Mocerino – Mocerino)
7. Going Home – 5:45 – (Di Gennaro – Mocerino)
8. Jump Right In – 7:00 – (Casaburi, Di Gennaro, Di Pietrantonio – Di Gennaro, Di Pietrantonio)
9. Breathe and Recover – 13:00 – (Casaburi, Di Gennaro – Casaburi)

• Derek Sherinian – keyboard solos on The Ghost Syndicate
• Marek Arnold – sax solos on Blue Light Cage
• Tom Gallagher – new-anchor on A President's Speech
• Joe Prestia – spoken words on We'll Become Dust

• Virus Studio – mixing, mastering
• Nello Dell'Omo – artwork
• Copy editing – Jasmine Wang
• Project supervision – Davide Guidone

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.soulsecret.net Official website]

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