Italian progressive rock band Cervello will release Chaire on December 5, 2025, via Sony Music. The album will be available exclusively on CD and LP. This will be the group’s first studio release since their 1973 debut, Melos.
The title Chaire comes from ancient Greek, a word used for both greeting and farewell, often translated as “be well” or “take care.”
Cervello formed in Naples in the early 1970s during the rise of Italy’s prog-rock scene. Alongside contemporaries such as Osanna, Premiata Forneria Marconi, and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, the band developed a distinct mix of Mediterranean influences, symphonic structures, and experimental rock. Their lone studio album of the era, Melos, drew on Greek mythology and became a cult favorite over time despite the group’s short initial run.
Chaire is produced by Corrado Rustici and built from material written between 1974 and 1983. The surviving original members spent the last four years arranging and recording the songs. These include Corrado Rustici on guitar, keyboards, vocals; Antonio Spagnolo on bass, acoustic guitar, recorder, vocals;
Giulio D’Ambrosio on flute, saxophone, vocals; Gianluigi Di Franco on lead vocals. Roberto Porta performed on drums.
Di Franco, who died in 2005, is featured through restored archival recordings. Advances in audio restoration made it possible to integrate his vocals from original reels and cassettes.
The release also includes a live recording from 1973, featuring performances of material from Melos plus an unreleased instrumental. Separately, a newly remastered edition of Melos will be issued, completing a rollout that connects Cervello’s early catalog with their current return.
Corrado Rustici shared: “Over the past fifty years, these songs, written by me together with Gianluigi Di Franco between 1974 and 1982, had remained frozen in Cervello’s second album. After the band broke up, they fell into a kind of hibernation that, paradoxically, preserved the purity of their original spirit.
“Today, after all our human and musical experiences, I know it would have been impossible to recreate the innocence and creative direction of those times. Once again, technology opens new possibilities: what has happened over the past three years has allowed us to bring those ideas back to life, with Gianluigi’s voice.
“For me, it’s almost a miracle to hear his voice again, still innocently pure, shaping the melodies and giving meaning to this release and these songs. It took five years to complete these seven tracks, and I truly hope that all the fans who have followed us since 1973, all over the world, will enjoy this music. It is our way of thanking you for following and supporting us through all these years.”
Chaire track list:
Chaire – Hallo
Templi Acherontei
La Seduzione di Chiaro Ulivo
Reina de Roca
Movalaide incl. Trasfigurazione
La Danza dei Guardiani
Chaire – Farewell
LIVE AT POMIGLIANO D’ARCO, 1973 track list:
Intro
Canto del Capro
Scinsione (T.R.M.)
Euterpe
Melos
Progressivo Remoto