Behind The Tracks: Metronimia - Incubo (Single) (2025)

With their new single Incubo, Italian progressive rock band Metronimia invites listeners into a chilling vision of the future—a dystopian soundscape where humanity has become a slave to technology and stripped of its own will. Released via Volcano Records & Promotion, the track is a masterfully crafted blend of tight riffs, dark atmospheres, and dynamic arrangements, all wrapped around a concept that blurs the line between nightmare and reality.

 

Musically composed by Lorenzo Armando, Filippo Avena, and Davide Bagnis, with lyrics penned by Elisa Marchiaro, Incubo draws on the rich legacy of bands like Deep Purple, PFM, and Ivan Graziani while pushing toward a personal and modern direction. The band’s haunting performance captures a dreamlike descent into madness, as the song crescendos from tense rhythmic passages to chaotic peaks, only to snap back into clarity, awakening the listener with the question: “Is this just a dream… or is it our world?”

 

The accompanying video reinforces this conceptual depth, visually interpreting the themes of control, alienation, and technological domination with stark symbolism and surreal imagery. Incubo is more than just a progressive rock single; it's an artistic statement—one that uses fantasy to reflect on the modern human condition, urging us to consider how close our present may already be to this imagined future.