IN.SI.DIA
Istinto e rabbia

Borderlands.

From the Zen pavilions in Palermo to the San Paolo in Bari, from Quartoggiaro to Scampia passing through the capital’s suburbs. The outskirts as a burden of the community, as the scapegoat for various faults.

''Instinct and Rage'', the debut album by the Brescians In.Si.Dia (a cult band of the Italian extreme scene in the '90s) manages to paint in the form of music (and above all words) all the poorly concealed awareness of those boys born and raised in the desolation and misery of the suburbs, always discriminated against just because they did not fit the parameters imposed by society. This status is expressed in the form of direct and effective Thrash metal, which does not get lost in perfectionism and various digressions, remaining anchored to essential and uniform tracks; a genre firmly rooted and conditioned by urban reality, leading thousands of teenagers to identify and vent their outrage supported by furious headbanging.

The roar of a generation that expresses its discomfort and disgust towards the society that suffocates it. A band of young people that rebels and is no longer willing to compromise. This is ''Instinct and Rage''. An authentic, spontaneous, engaging album. The phrases of the opener ''Fuggire'' are enough to fully grasp the message that In.Si.Dia (an acronym for Inviolacy Sinful Dialog) wants to hurl: ''Voglia di fuggire-Da questa fottuta società-Fuggire lontano-Lontano da qua-Cavalca le ali-Della Libertà''. Simple, essential words that perfectly express the group's sense of inadequacy in the urban context in which it is enclosed. The lyrics, as you have understood, are entirely in Italian. This choice allows for easier grasp of the musical message of Riccardo Panni and his associates, bypassing the obstacle of a foreign language like English, yet condemning the album to remain within the profane Italian borders. However, without them, ''Instinct and Rage'' would have represented something intimately different: what makes it characteristic is precisely its origin ''from the street''; there are no barriers between those who play and those who listen; they are young people sharing the same anxieties, the same humiliations, the same rage.

The sound, while inevitably drawing from the Bay Area school of the '80s, moves towards quite personal paths, not shying away from pleasant Hardcore/Punk digressions (not only due to the presence of the Negazione cover ''Tutti pazzi'') and giving the album a rightful heterogeneity. Various tracks are absolutely admirable like ''Grido'' (with its malevolent advance), the Pantera-like instrumental ''Satanka'' or the more melodic ''Tunnel Grigio'' and ''Solo Solutudine'', which draw inspiration from the adrenaline rush of a ''Ride The Lightning'', or even ''Sulla Mia Strada'', the best song of the batch and an excellent example of the uncompromising spirit that permeates the album. To crown it all, as I mentioned earlier, there is the cover ''Tutti Pazzi'' by Negazione, another band that became the spokesperson for the dissatisfactions of many young Italians, showing how, at the time, both genres were victims of the same prejudices and the same censorship actions by moralists.

''Instinct and Rage'' is the manifesto of an Italian historical era and, much more significantly, an album ''Made in Italy'' through and through. It proudly proclaims its socio-cultural component, furiously vomits its fierce frustration while proudly flaunting its territorial origin.

One of the fundamental albums of our national Metal scene.