The story behind this single is more interesting than the music.
After a Facebook invitation to a London gig, Michael Nyman apparently went along and "fell in love with the band".
It's not clear from this if he was smitten by the music or by Luana, their striking lead singer.
Whatever his motives, Nyman consented to the use of his hugely successful The Heart Asks Pleasure First from the soundtrack to The Piano.
We are told that he is actually playing on this track, although it sounds for all the world as though the band simply played over a CD of the tune.
There certainly isn't much in the way of synchronicity between the two artists.
Nyman's piece is melodic and lyrical in contrast to emo rock sound of the Italian quintet. This is a band which presumptiously claims to have originated the 'Rock Noir' genre.
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The song deals with the appropriately dark topic of how to respond to Tyrants like Bin Laden and Hitler. It apparently "raises questions about retributive self-justice". In other words is an eye for eye a justifiable response to evil.
Belladonna are understandably milking the Nyman connection for all its worth but it's hard to see this as more than a one-off and without the star cameo the band don't show here that they have anything partucularly original to offer.
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