{"id":5308,"date":"2022-04-04T16:04:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5308"},"modified":"2022-04-04T18:39:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T17:39:17","slug":"apocalypse-the-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5308","title":{"rendered":"Apocalypse &#8216;The Spirit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Shindig!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>writer STEVE KRAKOW has unearthed a rather special demo from his native city Chicago&#8217;s mid-70s prog-rock scene<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-1024x614.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-1024x614.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-768x460.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave-1536x921.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/apocalypse-art-by-Plastic-Crimewave.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Castle<\/em> is 38 minutes of pure prog-rock magic: male\/female harmonies, violin, mellotron and fuzzed-out guitars\/keys. It was recorded in 1976 as a demo by Windy City band Apocalypse. In the words of Krakow: \u201cApocalypse used their double-neck guitars to create chamber prog suites about faraway castles. With their lenghty and tuneful musical odysseys, their music conjures the golden mid-70s progressive period of Renaissance, Soft Machine, ELP, Gentle Giant and Genesis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"APOCALYPSE - &quot;The Spirit&quot; OFFICIAL taken from &quot;The Castle&quot; LP (Out-sider Music)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qa1c1gjPZBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this five-song, 38-minute demo was an amazing showcase for the collective progressive rock leanings of Apocalypse, <i>The Castle<\/i> remained an unreleased artefact until 2021 when the reel-to-reel master tape of the presumably long-lost relic was rediscovered by band member Michael Salvatori in a dusty old basement storage bin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The band consisted of brothers Tom and Michael Salvatori along with Michael\u2019s wife Gail Salvatori and Tom\u2019s classmate Scott Magnesen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-802x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-802x1024.jpeg 802w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-235x300.jpeg 235w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-768x981.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse-1203x1536.jpeg 1203w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tom-Salvatori-3-Apocalypse.jpeg 1253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buy\u00a0<\/i><i>Apocalypse&#8217;s<\/i><i style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Castle <a href=\"https:\/\/guerssenrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-castle\">here<\/a>. 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