================================================================ AydrA — PSYCHO PAIN CONTROL (1996) Press kit / Electronic Press Kit — text document (IT / EN) ================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE INFO ---------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: AydrA Album: Psycho Pain Control Type: Mini-CD / EP (debut) Release: 1996 — Dawn of Sadness (cat. D.O.S. CD03) Vinyl reissue: 2024 — Rude Awakening Records Format: Mini-CD · 5 tracks Genre: Thrash / Death Metal Origin: Ancona / Marche, Italy Recording: Sound Machine Recording (1994–95) — David Lenci (in memoriam) Cover artwork: Lorenzo Luzi Logo: Mauro Pacetti Tracklist: 1. Psycho Pain Control 2. Dream's Door 3. Revenge 4. Carnage 5. Penance Stare Recording line-up (1996): Giovanni Rovatti — guitar / vocals Francesco Olivi — guitar Mauro Pacetti — bass / vocals / screams Nicola Raffaeli — drums Marcello Lammoglia — clean guitar (guest) ---------------------------------------------------------------- ALBUM DESCRIPTION — IT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Psycho Pain Control è il mini-CD d'esordio di AydrA (1996), uscito per Dawn of Sadness di Alex De Socchieri come D.O.S. CD03 — dopo che una prima trattativa con Cryptic Soul Productions era naufragata (la stessa disavventura vissuta da Natron e Undertakers, da cui nacque una rete di amicizie tra band). Il disco è registrato al Sound Machine Recording di David Lenci, il fonico incontrato dal vivo a Senigallia il 16 luglio 1994: colpito dalla band, propose di registrare un album. Psycho Pain Control è così uno dei primi tre album mai prodotti da Lenci, accanto a Three Second Kiss e One Dimensional Man (Pier Paolo Capovilla). La title-track era già composta nel 1994. L'artwork nasce da due opere pittoriche originali di Lorenzo Luzi — non illustrazioni concepite per il disco, ma quadri di matrice metafisica scelti come front e back. Subito dopo l'uscita Giovanni Rovatti — ultimo superstite della formazione Hydra — lascia la band; entra Marcello Lammoglia. Dalla title-track e dalla versione primordiale di "Icon of Sin" (su Scream From Italy III, 1998) parte la rotta verso il primo full-length. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ALBUM DESCRIPTION — EN ---------------------------------------------------------------- Psycho Pain Control is AydrA's debut mini-CD (1996), released on Alex De Socchieri's Dawn of Sadness as D.O.S. CD03 — after an earlier deal with Cryptic Soul Productions fell through (the same setback lived through by Natron and Undertakers, which turned into a network of friendships between bands). The record was tracked at David Lenci's Sound Machine Recording, the engineer the band met live in Senigallia on 16 July 1994: struck by the show, he offered to record an album. Psycho Pain Control is thus one of the first three albums Lenci ever produced, alongside Three Second Kiss and One Dimensional Man (Pier Paolo Capovilla). The title track had already been written in 1994. The artwork comes from two original paintings by Lorenzo Luzi — not illustrations made for the record, but metaphysical paintings chosen as front and back. Right after its release Giovanni Rovatti — the last surviving member of the Hydra line-up — left the band; Marcello Lammoglia joined. The title track and the early version of "Icon of Sin" (on Scream From Italy III, 1998) set the course toward the first full-length. ---------------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS (per track) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Psycho Pain Control — lyrics: Mauro Pacetti — music: AydrA 2. Dream's Door — lyrics: Giovanni Rovatti * — music: Giovanni Rovatti * & Mauro Pacetti 3. Revenge — lyrics & music: Giovanni Rovatti * 4. Carnage — lyrics & music: Giovanni Rovatti * 5. Penance Stare — lyrics: Giovanni Rovatti * — music: Mauro Pacetti & Giovanni Rovatti * * Giovanni Rovatti — founding member of Hydra (Falconara, 1985). (P) 1996 Dawn of Sadness · (C) AydrA ---------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS QUOTES (1996–97) ---------------------------------------------------------------- "A New Interesting Band! Brutal Thrash/Death Metal in this Debut MiniCD. NO Trendly, NO Alternative Inside!" — promotional flyer, 1996 "L'impatto che si sprigiona dal mCD lascia a bocca aperta." — Italian fanzine, 1996-97 ---------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIAL LINKS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Website: https://www.aydra.it Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Aydra Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aydra_death_metal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aydraofficial Bandcamp: https://aydra.bandcamp.com Metal Archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Aydra/4983 Contacts: Band: aydrametal@gmail.com Label / Press: rudeawakening.records@yahoo.com (Rude Awakening Records)