LINEA77 ft. SUBSONICA - 66 (Diabolus in musica)

2004

LINEA77 ft. SUBSONICA - 66 (Diabolus in musica) (2004) Era: Italian Nu-Metal / Electronic-Rock Crossover (2004) - Peak of Italy's early-2000s alternative heavy scene; Turin-centric collision of nu metal aggression and electronic texture, released as a single from Linea 77's third album 'Numb' on Earache Records. High curatorial value as a documented artifact of Italy's early-2000s alternative rock peak, featuring two of the country's most internationally recognised heavy and electronic acts in a single production. Rare cross-genre collaboration with verifiable chart and cultural impact; visually representative of the era's rapid-edit, high-contrast nu-metal video grammar. Useful anchor point for any archive covering European nu-metal or Italian alternative music history. Context: Released in 2004 as a single from Linea 77's third album 'Numb' (Earache Records), '66 (Diabolus in musica)' represents a landmark Italian cross-genre collaboration: Linea 77, a nu-metal band formed in 1993 and signed to Earache after positive reviews in Kerrang! and Metal Hammer, joined forces with Subsonica, pioneers of Turin's electronic-rock scene formed in 1996. Subsonica had already won MTV Europe Music Awards in 2000 and 2002 and achieved mainstream Italian chart success. The collaboration merged Linea 77's hardcore-rooted aggression with Subsonica's electronica-inflected rock sensibility, reflecting the broader Italian alternative scene's experimentation with genre boundaries in the early 2000s. The title's invocation of 'Diabolus in musica' (the tritone interval historically associated with dissonance) underscores the video's dark, confrontational aesthetic. Director notes: IMVDb catalogues the video as a 2004 release for Linea 77 feat. Subsonica but explicitly states no technical details are on record. No Italian music press sources or production company credits were recoverable via web search.