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Holy Chianti and Rigatoni this is good. Like 6 stars good. This record loses no time: right at the beginning big gong, church organ, harpsichord and wham! one tasty synth melody after the other. Keyboards firing right with toms rolls, bass punching with loud organ on my left with heavy rock drumming in the middle; of course, with a bit of reserve, Metamorfosi is pumping lots of ELP by moments, but I must stress the originality of their grooves.

Bang! Boom! Ka-Pow! Lots of energy flying around with abrupt time changes with more synths lines emerging in another mood change. Then another! From softly meditating to self pity to perhaps despair, the singer is fully committed at singing his trip to Hell. This skillful level of blending darkness and light has not been seen much these day. The album that gave me such goosebumps at first could be RDM's Contaminazione. Their approach is not too far from each other: balls to the wall rock intertwined with light, ethereal passages.

The cherry on top could be the ominous art cover straight outta Lucio Fulci's cinematography, straight scary. Imagining spending the eternity in that state is what 70's nightmares were made of. The really scary stuff: no gore, just the oppressing feeling of being trapped.

Frenzy, sad, desperate, beautiful, gentle and sometimes jazzy, this album is one trip to hell and back.

Stuff of Legends. Absolutely recommended.

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