This article is about the Italian rock band. For the Italian comicbook of the same title, see Jacula (fumetti)

Jacula (fumetti)

Jacula was the eponymous vampire in an Italian fumetti title. In common with Zora and Sukia, the series contained strong sexual imagery: together with her vampire husband Carlo Verdier, the predatory Jacula seduced the unwary and corrupted the innocent...

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Jacula is an Italian progressive rock

Italian progressive rock

The Italian progressive rock scene was born in the early 70s, mostly inspired by the progressive movement in Britain, but with certain features of its own that makes some sources mention it as a separate musical genre....

 band founded in 1968 in Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

 as an experiment by Antonio Bartoccetti, Doris Norton (also known as Fiamma Dello Spirito), organist

Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...

 Charles Tiring and medium

Medium

- Communication :* Medium , storage and/or transmission tools used to store and deliver information or data* Transmission medium, in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy...

 Franz Porthenzy.

Jacula's music was considered innovative for the time in progressive circles but considered dark and strange by most fans and analysts of the genre, especially in an era that included the development of groups such as Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

, Genesis

Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

 and Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...

, bands which were the basis of the new progressive rock scene.

Because the band was experimental, and had been labeled by founder Antonio Bartoccetti as a youth mistake, Jacula's discography is relatively small.

The group completed two albums: In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum

In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum

In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum is the debut album by Italian progressive rock band, Jacula. Unlike many of the other emerging italian progressive rock bands, the album is known to be dark and more gothic type...

which has a superposition of an organ

Organ (music)

The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

, piano and other sound effects, and Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus

Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus

Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus is the second album from Italian progressive rock band, Jacula. The album is very different from their first album and more properly made, notably because Doris Norton is singing, new member Albert Goodman is on drums, and that the band dropped their signature distortion...

which features Doris Norton's vocals, with a sound influenced by bands of the Italian underground scene such as Le Orme

Le Orme

Le Orme is an Italian progressive rock band formed in 1966 in Marghera, a frazione of Venice. The band was one of the major groups of the Italian progressive rock scene in the 1970s...

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In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum

In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum

In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum is the debut album by Italian progressive rock band, Jacula. Unlike many of the other emerging italian progressive rock bands, the album is known to be dark and more gothic type...

was supposedly recorded in 1969 and released in extremely limited numbers, however no original copies have surfaced in collectors circles.

After nearly four decades, Jacula released their third studio album Pre Viam

Pre Viam

Pre Viam is the third album by the Italian progressive rock band Jacula. It is their first release since 1973.- Track listing :LP-vinyl playlist:# Jacula Is Back# Pre Viam# Black Lady Kiss# Abandoned# Devien Folle# In Rain# Godwitch...

 in May, 2011.

Discography

• In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum
  In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum
  In Cauda Semper Stat Venenum is the debut album by Italian progressive rock band, Jacula. Unlike many of the other emerging italian progressive rock bands, the album is known to be dark and more gothic type...
  
  (1969 - allegedly)
• Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus
  Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus
  Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus is the second album from Italian progressive rock band, Jacula. The album is very different from their first album and more properly made, notably because Doris Norton is singing, new member Albert Goodman is on drums, and that the band dropped their signature distortion...
  
  (1973)
• Pre Viam
  Pre Viam
  Pre Viam is the third album by the Italian progressive rock band Jacula. It is their first release since 1973.- Track listing :LP-vinyl playlist:# Jacula Is Back# Pre Viam# Black Lady Kiss# Abandoned# Devien Folle# In Rain# Godwitch...
  
  (2011)