“Minutes Away” is the latest composition by Decadent Heroes, an Italian-based songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. It’s his first track in 2024 and the first one since 2022, when he released a tremendous amount of outstanding recordings such as “Shades Of Light” EP and several singles like “Morning Break,” “Ares Era,” “Flyin’ High,” and “Morning Break (Orchestral Version).” Soundwise, Decadent Heroes relies upon many different but complementary music genres. Perhaps instrumental music is his preferred sonic weapon, but you’ll also notice how he tastefully writes, composes, arranges, records, and produces his work. The artist skillfully merges some of the finest properties borrowed from art rock, pop rock, classic rock, alternative, and many other subgenres. He uses all these elements as more than necessary enhancements, accentuations, decorations, and other details to uplift this number to an entirely new level, while he remains loyal to the primary sonic direction. Therefore, these experimentations with many different but complementary styles resulted in a magnificent instrumental rock song that will appeal to even the pickiest listeners and beyond.
Perhaps Decadent Heroes excludes lyric content, but he lets his brilliant ideas and exceptional musicianship speak louder than any words. He flawlessly constructed a song structure, so you’ll hear how every segment arrives with many intricate instrumentations delicately implemented for easy listening. The calm, soothing, relaxing, ethereal atmosphere delivered by carefully stacking various orchestrations allows the listeners to submerge their listening apparatus deep into the pleasant soundscapes, so Decadent Heroes ultimately succeeded in his aim to deliver a marvelous listening experience to the table. You’ll immediately hear how guitars play a vital role in shaping such a cathartic ambiance. The interplay between rhythm and lead guitars is nearly mindblowing. Therefore, you’ll hear how the lead guitar offers many catchy leads, themes, melodies, harmonies, and other sonic maneuvers, while the rhythm serves as a backdrop with all those magnificent chord progressions and riffs harmoniously pervading from all the possible sides. Decadent Heroes’ ideas shine through every strumming and articulation, allowing them to breathe fresh air into instrumental rock artistry.
There are also subtle piano chord progressions, ambiances, and accentuations lurking around in the mix, helping out rhythm guitars in delivering intricate backdrop for guitar solos. The artist also thought about the rhythm section, so you’ll notice how the equally complex, vividly hearable, warm-sounding basslines rumble right beneath the guitar and piano layers, offering more than necessary heaviness, clarity, and depth while simultaneously binding all these orchestrations with drums. The outstanding drumming performance dictates groove and tempo by bringing tastefully arranged, moderate, well-accentuated beats, breaks, fills, and other percussive acrobatics. Besides propelling these instrumentations, the drums also keep everything in line. Decadent Heroes thought about everything and each instrument plays a significant role in this sonic equation. His expertise, skills, and talent shine in every pore of this song, making this track such a pleasant listening experience. Decadent Heroes is a songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist par excellence whose knowledge and experience are vividly hearable from scratch to finish. There is no doubt this composition will end up on so many instrumental rock playlists thanks to all the brilliant ideas and exceptional musicianship incorporated by this astounding Italian musician. The single is available on all streaming platforms. Don’t miss it!
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