More Bang for your buck: the band have cinematic ambitions
PICTURE: DAVID MORGANTI
NO TERROR IN The Bang singer Sofia Bortoluzzi cannot contain her excitement following the French progressive metal band’s all-too-brief performance at Le 106 in the group’s hometown of Rouen.
“This was definitely the best show we’ve given so far!” she enthuses. “I was so excited before the show and a bit frustrated after it because it was too short. But it was amazing.”
No Terror In The Bang’s second album, Heal, straddles a twisted intersection where massive, stop-start riffing, deft rhythms and Sofia’s tormented, harsh tones collide with her clean, mezzo-soprano vocals backed by disconcerting piano notes. “I really like to have those two personalities,” she says. “Sometimes I need to expel all the anguish inside of me… but that fragile part of me is still there.”
No Terror In The Bang was formed by a group of friends teaching and studying at a conservatory, and take their name from Alfred Hitchcock’s description of how tension generated in anticipation of an act outweighs the shock of the act itself. Sofia is looking forward to ramping up the band’s live production.