I found the song title structure to be rather intriguing, too. What we have here are three "acts" or "sections" broken up into five songs, which span twenty-three minutes. More specifically, we've got the first section, "synesthesia" which is made up of tracks one and two; the second section, "Hypnagogia" is made up of tracks three and four; and, lastly, the section "Onironauta" is made up of track five.

Now, for an independently release promo, I found the production to be quite good. All of the instruments are discernable; and the vocals aren't too muffled in the mix -- it's a professional sounding job, that's for sure. My problem here is with the music. This is out and out Opeth worship in its most unalloyed form, folks. Without a hint of exaggeration, Ill Grande Scisma D'Oriente sound just like mid-era (i.e., post _Still Life_) Opeth. It's actually quite impressive how accurately this band have managed to translate all of mid-era Opeth's trademarks into their music -- everything from the sweeping, dissonant-sounding riffs, the clean guitar interludes, the hazy, smoky-sounding solos, the drumming patterns with their idiosyncratic time changes, and especially the vocals (both brutal and clean). Emanuele Capparelli's clean vocals sound just like Mikael Åkerfeldt -- though not quite as smooth.

The bottom line is, I think that the musicianship is excellent on this promo; and I think the band's ability to perfect their craft to the extent that they sound like a carbon copy of Opeth is in itself quite impressive; however, it's not sufficient to warrant anything more than a passing comment like, "huh, they sound just like Opeth". So, then, inasmuch as Opeth already exists, we really don't need another band trying to emulate their formula -- regardless of how accurate that emulation is. As such, my advice to Ill Grande Scisma D'Oriente is to push your song-writing boundaries further in order to cultivate, define and purvey your own unique sound -- as a band, you certainly have the talent and capability to do so.