''Inferno'' () is the second studio album by the Italian
progressive rock
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band
Metamorfosi
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. It was released in 1973.
It's a
concept album
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in which the protagonists are put to the index of the ills of society (drug dealers, greedy, racist, political, etc.), updating the model proposed in the
Divine Comedy
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of
Dante
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.
Track listing
#"Introduzione - Selva Oscura" - 7:50
#"Porta dell'inferno" - 1:20
#"Caronte" - 1:19
#"Spacciatore di Droga - Terremoto - Limbo" - 6:22
#"Lussuriosi" - 3:15
#"Avari" - 1:32
#"Violenti" - 3:45
#"Malebolge" - 1:32
#"Sfruttatori" - 5:41
#"Razzisti - Fossa Dei Giganti" - 3:25
#"Lucifero (Politicanti)" - 2:32
#"Conclusione" - 1:37
Notes
1973 albums
Metamorfosi (band) albums
Concept albums
Music based on Inferno (Dante)
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