2025 Report (three days later, when everyone has already finished)
My 2025 report: music, blogging, AI, and cartoons. Not a list of accomplishments, but the result of having too much chaos in my head to sit still.
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Natus Est: Chronicle of an Experiment That Became an Album (Almost by Accident)
Natus Est is my Christmas Mass with a metal twist. 12 liturgical songs born from an experiment. The chronicle of a project that grew step by step.
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Metal-FM.com – Interview with Ricky Guariento
Ricky Guariento discusses Symphonic Reverie with Metal-FM: 8 minutes of algorithm-defying progressive metal. An Italian-Japan collaboration, musical philosophy, and the RickyVerse.
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When Music Speaks Louder than Algorithms
Metal Planet Media shares Ricky Guariento's "Symphonic Reverie": 8:32 minutes of prog/symphonic metal that challenges the tyranny of the algorithm. Read the story.
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October 6th. The day Hyla knocked on my door.
Hyla, the half-elf warrior protagonist of the eponymous instrumental progressive metal album released on October 6, 2022. In the cover image, Hyla is portrayed in an enchanted forest with cinematic lighting: flowing blonde hair pulled back in a high ponytail, elven ears, armor decorated with gold details, sword and quiver slung over her shoulders. Her gaze, fixed on the viewer, speaks of a thousand battles fought and the strength of those who rise again. A fantasy artwork that represents the inspiring muse born during a period of convalescence, a symbol of rebirth and healing through musical creativity.
