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THE REVIEW
"Horror Vacui" is the latest album by the Turin band Linea 77. I'm not a true fan of Linea 77, and to be honest, I discovered them with this album and also discovered that in Italy there is someone who knows how to make good metal music (or more precisely, crossover).
The album is full of energy and the lyrics of the songs (especially those in Italian) are very poetic and full of meaning. The CD opens with "The Sharp Sound Of Blades", a very powerful and engaging song with exceptional screams from the two singers. After this splendid track, it goes from good to BETTER with "Sempre Meglio," the first Italian song on the album that has nothing to envy from the songs in English; in fact, here too the rhythm is very fast and engaging, and Italian (considered by many a language not well-suited for this genre) blends beautifully with the music. Then, it moves onto a series of three songs that represent (in my opinion) the best of the CD and are respectively: "Grottesque", "Il Mostro", and "Sogni Risplendono", the latter enriched by the collaboration of Tiziano Ferro who might seem unsuitable but actually gives the song a particular nuance that makes listening very enjoyable.
After these three splendid songs comes the only flaw of the album: "My Magic Skeleton", a slightly monotonous and repetitive song, difficult to listen to... However, after this small blemish on an otherwise immaculate canvas, it picks up again with "Penelope", a very beautiful song with deeply meaningful and very poetic lyrics, and the rhythm is engaging and not at all monotonous... in short, when it ends, you'll want to replay it from the start.
The album ends beautifully with an irresistible quartet: "Mi Vida", "Overload", "La Nuova Musica Italiana" (the latest single from the album), and "Touch 2.0", all songs with sounds very similar to American metal and which will also please (or at least I hope) the purest metalheads.
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Horror Vacui by Linea 77 is a powerful and energetic crossover metal album from Turin. The album features poetic Italian lyrics blending well with the intense music. Highlights include the songs 'Sempre Meglio' and 'Sogni Risplendono' with Tiziano Ferro's collaboration. Despite one repetitive track, the album impresses with strong rhythms and meaningful content, appealing to both Italian and international metal fans.Tracklist Videos
Linea 77
Linea 77 are a Turin-based Italian band commonly described in these reviews as operating between hardcore/metal crossover and nu-metal, with two vocalists (Emo and Nitto) and a noted rhythm section. Reviewers trace early momentum through albums like Too Much Happiness... Makes Kids Paranoid and Ketchup Suicide, discuss a commercial/mainstream turn around Numb and Available for Propaganda, and debate Horror Vacui’s polished production and collaborations. Later, 10 is presented as a self-correcting return with all-Italian lyrics.16 Reviews
Other reviews
By Jester
Everything indicates the will to gain a spot under the sun on the much disparaged Italian soil.
Linea 77 confirm with this new work among the best interpreters of the Italian nu-metal scene, understood, of course, in its most mainstream sense.
By ludopucci
Massive respect to Mr. Wright - who, it is said, had Emo use the same microphone used by a certain Legend: Layne Stanley.
What no one has addressed is the compactness of the album, even superior to that of 'Ketchup Suicide'... there’s an impressive perfection of mixing and production at times.
By Deviljin
"All songs are the same and boring, even more flattened by a production almost like that of an Italian pop album."
"If this really is 'La nuova musica italiana,' then we are indeed in bad shape."
