The Album Club choice for March was originally going to be provided by another member who, for reasons best know to themselves, decided they wanted to take a break from AoS. We are thus very grateful to Mika (MikaK) for stepping into the breach at the last minute with his choice ‘Inferno’ by the Italian rock band Metamorfosi.
Metamorfosi – ‘Inferno’
Inferno, the second album of Italian progressive rock band Metamorfosi released in 1973 is one of the greatest classics of the best Italian prog. A conceptual gem, heavily influenced on Dante's famous work "La Divina Commedia" and its first part describing a journey to hell.
Instead of hell, you have here an album full of wonderful music filled with beautiful melodies and instrumentation (great keyboards, specially organ) giving the listener an unforgettable trip. The album contains some of the most emotional and captivating tunes I have ever heard. Davide Spitaleri's vocals are also fantastic full of emotion. Despite this is an album you have to listen as a whole, the songs like "Introduzione", "Caronte/Spacciatore Di Droga" and "Lucifero" are some of the highlights in this mandatory album.
Note: The original album in LP format has 16 pieces but the cd issue states that there are 16 tracks but the cd itself shows only 12 tracks. This is due to the fact that on the cd and other digital media, all the instrumental tracks were united with the preceding songs, thus shortening it to 12 songs.
Album Club, March 2016: Metamorfosi - 'Inferno'
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