Torso Virile Colossale

Behind the pseudonym 'Torso Virile Colossale' (literally: Manly Colossal Torso) we find Alessandro Grazian, author of several solo albums, producer, composer of soundtracks and painter / illustrator: A project born in 2008, but that actually began to materialize only several years later, years of deep study on the material which this album is based on: the so-called "Peplum" or "Sword and Sandal", an Italian cinematographic sub-genre of historical films set inside a mythological contest, mainly produced in the '50s / 60s. Not only music and arrangements, but also illustrations and the album graphic layout are fruits of Alessandro's work. "Che gli dei ti proteggano" consists of 12 instrumental tracks (not by chance as many as the legendary Labours of Hercules) that have no philological intentions with respect to the symphonic works that characterize the original soundtracks of the genre, but actually want to be an ideal fusion between the epic and solemn worlds of this cinema, the soundtracks of the '60s and a more contemporary aesthetic that revolves around electric guitars with open tunes, all played by Grazian, proto-metal, stoner and psychedelic suggestions.