{"id":2828,"date":"2017-09-13T12:11:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T12:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perkele.it\/uncategorized\/insider-land-of-crystals-3\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:22:17","slug":"insider-land-of-crystals-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perkele.it\/?p=2828","title":{"rendered":"Insider &#8211; Land of Crystals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L&#8217;Abruzzo \u00e8 davvero una miniera inesauribile di musiche e storie. Dopo le divagazioni epiche del genio Mario &#8220;The Black&#8221; Di Donato, il progressive d&#8217;annata delle Distillerie di Malto e la psichedelia trascinante dei <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perkele.it\/?p=3644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perizona Experiment<\/a>, da Pescara arrivano gli <strong>Insider<\/strong> a inondare le nostre orecchie di cupa elettricit\u00e0. \u201c<strong>Land of Crystals<\/strong>\u201d \u00e8 targato 1998, \u00e8 il secondo album della band e gi\u00e0 le premesse garantiscono la qualit\u00e0 del lavoro: artwork oscuro, testi d&#8217;ispirazione dark, ma soprattutto la collaborazione in fase di mixaggio e d&#8217;ispirazione (vedi \u201cBath Chian&#8217;s Mary\u201d) del guru Paul Chain.<\/p>\n<p>Si parte alla grande con \u201cChildren of Mercy\u201d, cascata di <strong>riff opprimenti<\/strong>, asfissianti, cos\u00ec doom da togliere il respiro. Le chitarre granitiche di Marco Ranalli, il basso pulsante del fratello Piero (anche programmatore della drum machine: unico punto debole dell&#8217;album) e la voce graffiante di Eugenio Mucci chiariscono subito le loro intenzioni: siamo di fronte ad una fusione tra Black Sabbath, primi Cathedral e atmosfere ariose, quasi progressive, create dai tappeti tastieristici.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Second Sight\u201d ha un incipit mastodontico, che apre la strada alle urla di Eugenio per poi esplodere in un solo tutto feeling e wah-wah davvero da brividi. A seguire arriva la title-track, un pezzo lungo e articolato dove il cantato si concede una vaga divagazione melodica, interrotta nella parte centrale da un break che pare uscire dalla mano di <strong>Tony Iommi<\/strong>, per poi riprendere in modo aggressivo in un finale vorticoso e trascinante. Ma \u00e8 \u201cBath Chair&#8217;s Mary\u201d il picco creativo del disco: cover di un brano scritto da <strong>Paul Chain<\/strong> (presente su \u201cDetaching from Satan\u201d) e cantato da Marco in fonetica (esperimento portato a perfetto compimento da Paolo sui magmatici \u201cSign from Space\u201d e \u201cCosmic Wind\u201d) che unisce il doom alla melodia, le chitarre pesanti ad un cantato soffice, che si fa da parte solo per l&#8217;assolo finale, grezzo e flippante. Un piccolo cult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCircular Walk\u201d comincia con due riff intrecciati e si muove con passi da dinosauro alternando il cantato pulito ai growls che riportano alla mente i <strong>My Dying Bride<\/strong> del seminale \u201cThe Angel and the Dark River\u201d. \u201cBecoming\u201d riprende invece i canoni sabbathiani e si concede anche ad influenze space negli effetti e al death-doom nelle vocals malate molto vicine al grande <strong>Lee Dorrian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cCosmic Laws\u201d le ritmiche sono pi\u00f9 serrate, il <em>wall of sound<\/em> creato dalle chitarre si avvicina per certi versi ai <strong>Saint Vitus<\/strong>, mentre il break centrale risulta molto epico, come una sorta di <strong>Candlemass<\/strong> pi\u00f9 dilatati. In sostanza, mezza storia del doom condensata in un solo pezzo. Chiude l&#8217;album la strumentale \u201cThe Last Voyage\u201d, brano che conferma il grande valore degli Insider: tastiere oniriche, twin guitars lisergiche e effetti da crociera cosmica rendono il finale mistico e intrippato.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Alessandro Zoppo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&#8217;Abruzzo \u00e8 davvero una miniera inesauribile di musiche e storie. 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