After "Refugium Peccatorum" and "Apocalipsys", the hard progressive Italian band The Black releases its third conceptual CD based on Christ?s death. The Black?s line up is formed by the drummer Gianluca Bracciale, the bassist Enio Nicolini, and the leader of the band, vocals, guitars, and artist Mario "The Black" Di Donato, who also does the artwork with beautiful paintings. Di Donato has exposed his paints in art halls of countries such as Hong Kong, Germany or Spain. The album is divided in two chapters. The first one begins with a beautiful keyboards intro -"Momenti ansiosi" (1:52)- followed by "Golgotha" (4:28), where The Black shows us its musical proposal. Music based on guitar riffs and keyboards backgrounds which create mysterious atmospheres with lots of melody and a great sense of "crescendo", 70's sound, sharpened guitars, heavy basses, and, as all Italian bands do, lots of drama. The second chapter also begins with church organ and keyboards intro, "Tormentum" (1:33), followed by "Ivstitita" (5:55), another example of progressive hard rock that it seems to be a mix of Italian progressive, Black Sabbath ("Technical Ecstasy"), Black Widow ("IV"), and Grand Funk Railroad. But the greatest track in this second part is the cover of the classic "Il Giudizio" (10:41) originally composed and performed by Il Rosvecio della Medaglia. This cover is played with a high fidelity and has great changes of rhythm, instrumental developments and an amazing 70's sound. This is classic and eternal progressive rock. If you like 70's hard rock and the darkest Italian progressive rock, the name is "Golgotha". A classic.