VANDERLUST – The Human Farm (2026) *HQ*
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”The Human Farm”, sophomore effort from the Italians VANDERLUST, shoots for the stars with a melodic power-prog sound that’s woven around a tale of interstellar visitors. A clear evolution from their debut, this album presents a more varied, technically advanced compositional style based in awesome melodies akin DREAM THEATER or KAMELOT.
You’ll find a metal intensity on tracks like “Golden Shackles” and “From The Cave – Fuga” (“escape”), where tremolo-picking and double-kick passages create a sense of melodic urgency. That kind of energy is also accompanied by a notable freneticism in the aggressive, decidedly Vektor-influenced guitar riffs that zig and zag over rapid blast-beat passages in “Viral Escape”.
Meanwhile, their seven-minute epic and album closer “Humanity 3.0 – The New Canaan”, develops in several distinct movements and is arguably the standout piece on the album. These musical contrasts adeptly showcase Vanderlust’s more progressive elements both in the overall science-fiction theme and within the songwriting itself, helping to give ”The Human Farm” a sense of identity.
01 – Humanity 2.0 – The Human Farm
02 – Golden Shackles
03 – The Turning Point
04 – Connection Failed
05 – Viral Escape
06 – … Find Them!
07 – Battlefield
08 – From The Cave – Fuga
09 – Drive
10 – Reborn … Again
11 – Humanity 3.0 – The New Canaan
Ricca “ZP” Morello (vocals)
Francesco Romeggini (guitars, backing vocals)
Giacomo Mezzetti (drums, backing vocals)
David Cantina (bass)
guests:
Martina Barreca (vocals)
Francesco Londino (keyboards, arrangements)
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