DISMAL - THE WALTZ OF MIND

 

      DISMAL - THE WALTZ OF MIND




Genre:  Gothic/Black/Doom Metal (early), 
             Neoclassical/Gothic Rock (later)

City: Turin

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 1995

Lyrical themes: Romance, Magic, Sadness, Death

Current label : DreamCell 11 Entertainment

LINKS :    Facebook   Website

MEMBERS :

 Rossana L - vocals & double-bass.
 
 Bradac - piano . synths & orchestration.

Daniel P -  8 strings e.guitar/classical guitar

Valerio M - violin




BIO:



Dismal - The Waltz Of Mind is an italian gothic/alternative band. 

The first official band's release has been issued in November 1998 on Pagan Records&Audioglobe dist., it has been called “Fiaba Lacrimevole - like a red bleeding rose in a glacial desert”. The debut album gets an immediate success and soon it became a top selling album. In September 2002 Dismal found a musical agreement with Aural Music Group, another record deal has been signed and together they established Dreamcell11, a division of Aural Music in order to follow and to promote the band artistically and commercially. >Within the end of 2002 the band entered the Gulp! Studios by Marco Calliari, sound engineer of the Italian pop band Subsonica in order to record their second cd called “Rubino Liquido - Three Scarlet Drops…” using a 12-elements orchestra.


Claustrophobic and essential drum parts, waltz and tango bit mixed with baroque and orchestral sound while the electric guitar parts are always more and more left on the background. After few months artists like Yendri (D), Ab Ovo (F) and Stark (AUS) started to remix three songs of this album, “Tre Stille Scarlatte”, “Niveare” and “Esse”, songs available on the deluxe version of the follower cd called “Miele Dal Salice” also on digital version. “Miele Dal Salice” is the third record issued in 2006, the band dedicated a lot of time to this record which is the most intense and bizarre cd they have released to date. On this new effort Rossana Landi (degreed in music) is the new lead singer, playing contrabass too. 

After a short but intense touring around Germany and Italy as well as on very important festivals like the Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig and Berlin with solar fake (D), Dismal took a break and (Afelio co-founder,male voice and guitar) left the band due to personal reasons. After this very long break the band decided to enter the studio again and this year 2013 it will see the light the brand new album called “Giostra di Vapore”. Now the band goes forward to create a new sound dimension fusing electronic sound with the classical music, simply modern and antique meets together for a sound similar to steampunk. Lyrics&inspiration are always focused on topics like social psychology, philosophy,poetry,art, alchemy and more spiritual themes.

REVENIENCE

                  REVENIENCE



Genre: Modern / Gothic Metal

City: Bologna

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2015

Lyrical themes: N/A

Current label : Sliptrick Records

LINKS :    Facebook    Website

MEMBERS :

Debora Ceneri - Vocals

Michele Di Lauro - Guitars

Fausto De Bellis - Bass&Guitars

Pasquale Barile - Keyboards&Synths

Simone Spolzino - Drums&Growl

BIO :

Revenience is a modern metal band based in Bologna – Italy, currently in the roster of Sliptrick Records. The band takes its final shape in the end of 2014, during the recordings of their first album (Daedalum) from the work of musicians active for several years in various projects of the underground Italian metal scene.

Thanks to the heterogeneity and variety of their previous experiences, each member of the band contributed greatly with its own attitude and musical suggestions to the final sound of Revenience: progressive, gothic, symphonic metal and also electronic music influences are present, all elements contributing to the rich personality of their music.



Aggressive and articulated rhythmic patterns are merged with pervading sounds and atmospheric arpeggios, building up a textured background on which the versatility of Debora’s voice and the strength of Simone’s growl can reach their contrast-based full potential.

HOLLYWOOD GROUPIES

 

             HOLLYWOOD GROUPIES

Genre: Hard´n Heavy Metal

City: La Spezia

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2010

Lyrical themes: N/A

Current label :  Art Gates Records

LINKS :    Facebook    Youtube

MEMBERS :

Kelly - Lead Guitar

Ace - Vocals, Rhytm Guitar

Condor - Bass

Mirko - Drums 



BIO : 


Hollywood Groupies is a hard'n'heavy band, these guys mature live experience joinin' various musical events, sharing stages with established artists . In January 2010 they publish their debut album "Punched By Millions Hit By None", a twist of hard rock, punk and metal; this unique cocktail of music is the distinguish sign of the band, this album garnered the band very good reviews worldwide and a place on the stage of Free Wheels Festival in France facing the main stage with bands like Twisted Sister, Motorhead, Crucified Barbara and Popa Chubby. 

In 2011 they played at the world famous Whisky à Go Go and in 2012 in London
In 2013 they change line up, Ace moves from drums to rhythm guitar and Mirko enter the band as official drummer.

In 2014 the band works a lot in the studio and develops a new sound that takes them in a new and fresh direction, a much heavier but still melodic way. In December they give birth to " Bitchcraft ".
After a strong live activity in 2015 all over Europe including a 30+ shows tour as direct support for Lordi the band recorded "From Ashes to ligh" full lenght at New Sin Studio in Loria (Italy) , engineered, mixed and mastered by the world renowned producer Luigi Stefanini.
"From Ashes to light" will be out in fall 2016.

MISTHAVEN

                   MISTHAVEN

Genre: Alternative Rock / Metal

City: Campobasso

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2014

Lyrical themes: N/A

Current label :  From The Depths Entertainment,Nehalennia,Valkyrie Rising

LINKS :    Facebook    Youtube

MEMBERS :

Francesca - Vocals

Alessandro - Bass

Tito - Guitar

Eleonora - Keyboards

Antonio - Drums 



BIO : 

Misthaven is a five members band made up in Campobasso, a little town in the south of Italy.
Their journey started early in 2014 when Eleonora (piano) and Tito

(guitar) were talking around music preferences and they wondered why not to start writing music together. Afterwards, Francesca (vocals) joined the group, on Eleonora's call. Friends since childhood, they've already worked together, performing on local events covering Evanescence's songs.
Finally, Alessandro A. (bass) and Alessandro I. (drums) joined the band, though the drummer left before everything became official, soon to be replaced by Antonio in 2016.

Out of many different musical backgrounds, “Born Among The Ashes” is Misthaven four tracks self produced demo cd, come as result of this first year of hard work, come out on March 4th 2015.

On July 1st the band was ready to give birth to a second four tracks little record. “Bleed” is Misthaven acoustic demo, full of classical and gothic influences.

The band call itself critical to the local music scene and at least the Italian one, still too close to new different sounds and experiences, which brought them to open their eyes to the overseas music style, counting among their main influences many groups such as Evanescence, Alter Bridge, Halestorm...

After a few radios and magazines appeareances, in December 2015 the band joined the From The Depths Entertainment roaster, ready to start a new adventure.

On September 30, 2016 the band released "Bleed EP" with the German label Nehalennia, followed by first single "Newborn" by Valkyrie Rising on October 21, 2016.

FIVE WAYS TO NOWHERE

                               FIVE WAYS TO NOWHERE


Genre: Alternative / Hard Rock  

City:  Torino

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2015

Lyrical themes:   N/A

Current label :   Unsigned / Independent

LINKS :    Facebook    Website

 

 

MEMBERS :

Charlotte S - Vocals

Dario Orlando - Lead Guitar

Matteo "TEO" Lassandro - Rhythm Guitar

Silvia "SIXBASS" Casetta - Bass

Fabio Brunetti - Drums

                                                             

BIO :

Five Ways To Nowhere is a powerful blend of loud guitars, aggressive and groovy riffs, a scratchy voice with catchy melodies all driven by a neurotic rhythm section.

The first spark that brought the band to life was when Dario Orlando and Charlotte S first met. Their musical journey began with other musicians, other sounds, other names, creating an alchemy that later became the core of Five Ways To Nowhere.
Soon other members joined in to complete the line-up: Matteo "TEO" Lassandro with his face-melting rhythm guitars, bassist Silvia "SIXBASS" Casetta with her refined yet brazen style and the versatile drummer Fabio Brunetti.

That’s how this new rock band was born.
Their music is a mix of Hard Rock and Alternative that creates an explosive and melodic sound in the wake of bands like Halestorm, Shinedown, Papa Roach and others.

That’s Five Ways To Nowhere. 100% Rock.

AEVUM

 

                                                AEVUM
                                        



Genre: Symphonic / Gothic / Neoclassical / Theatrical  Metal

City: Torino

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2007

Lyrical themes:   Arts, Old literature, Theatre, Opera, 

Poetry

Current label : Wall records

 LINKS :     Website     Facebook     Myspace  

 

 

 

MEMBERS :

 

 

EVELYN MOON:  main female voice, opera/clean/spoken voice;

 
HYDRA:  main male, opera voice and scream; 

RICHARD: pianist and backing clean/growl vocal;

IAN: synth music, keyboard and effects; 

LORD OF DESTRUCTION: rhythmic/solo guitar; 

VIOLET: bass and backing clean vocal and spoken voice; 

FLAVUS: drums

featuring

MIKI: live chorist 

 

 

 

BIO :

 

The name AEVUM summarizes the meaning of music, the research, and the evolving of the band.

AEVUM translated from Latin, is the Angel of Judgment, the greek aeon, that marks the end of a known order of things and the coming of a great change, of a new system.
Their music is a costantly moving towards the union between the human and the divine, between opposites, between male and female, between positive and negative, in a genre that is the union between classical music and gothic-metal.

The project shapes in the late 2007 and the early 2008 from the encounter between the singer Evelyn Moonl and the pianist Richard. Over the years, the line-up has seen the alternation of new singers, guitarists and drummers, but since two years the line-up is complete and consists of 7 young musicians. The peculiarity of the group is the uses of texts sung in different languages with lyrical voice, clean, growl and scream, and researched music.

Currently, AEVUM have two EPs, Celestial Angels, released in 2008, and Nova Vita in 2012, both self-produced.
At times melancholic, at time powerful, their concerts are an unforgettable experience for the great stage presence and the emotional charge contained in their songs.

LACHAISE

   

                                             LACHAISE
                                        



Genre: Gothic Rock / Metal

City: Venice

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2007

Lyrical themes: Melancholy, Inner Struggles

Current label : Revalve Records

 LINKS :        Facebook     Youtube         Web

               



MEMBERS :
 

Xenya Nyx: Vocals

Niklas 'Suspiria' Goottilainen: Piano, Keyboards and Orchestral Arrangements.


Gezwind P. Vingerstaal: Guitars and Bass

Paul Ongars: Drums 


BIO :
 
The first thing that springs to mind is, “Lachaise...how the hell do you pronounce that?”. At least it’s not yet another English word, recalling as it does the famous Parisian Père Lachaise cemetery.
Established in 2007 following the combination of various projects, the band published its first album “Silent cries for help” in June 2008, produced by the record label MP&Records. That same year, the
band was selected to open the Italian tour of Christian Death, a legendary US gothic rock band.
Despite various line-up changes, keyboard player and leading composer Niklas “Suspiria” Goottilainen has always stayed on. For him, “you can overlap any type of sound , perform any type of virtuoso feat, but melody must reign supreme, with no half-measures”.
One of the characteristics of the band’s live performances is the absence of a bass guitar. When asked “how come?”, the guitarist Gezwind P. Vingerstaal answers: “We’ve never felt the bass guitar to be essential to our genre. We use 7- and 8-strings guitars and 88 keys keyboards, and we just don’t feel it’s necessary for now”.
In its current and by now well established line-up, Lachaise is about to publish its second album “A state of Oblivion” with the Revalve Records label, established by former member and founder of the Theatres Des Vampires, Rob Cufaro. The album is to be released in September 2012. Ranging from rock to metal, gothic to dark, when asked the classical question “How would you define your genre?”, this is how they reply: “We just make music…you decide!”

TEODASIA

                                      
                                                  TEODASIA 
                                        



Genre:  Symphonic Metal

City: Venice

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2007

Lyrical themes: Various

Current label : Unsigned / Independent

 

 LINKS :     Facebook      Twitter    Myspace       Youtube      Web
               



MEMBERS :




Priscilla Fiazza - Vocals

Fabio Compagno - Guitars

Nicola Falsone - Bass

Michele Munari - Keyboards

Francesco Gozzo - Drums



BIO :


Teodasia is a group from the Venice area, Italy.
Teodasia has been playing symphonic rock/metal since 2006, its foundation year at the hands of the band composer and drummer Francesco Gozzo. The band's first demo "Crossing the Light" dates to 2009 and has brought to the band a producer from Padua , Andrea Bezzon, who has guided the production of Teodasia's first full album, 'Upwards', to be released on the 30th of March 2012.. The album builds on the sonority of the demo, enriching its passionate and evocative melodies (ballad tracks), and toughening up its heavy sonority (metal tracks).

TOTHEM

TOTHEM

Genre:  Melodic  Metal

City:   Roma

Country: Italy

Year of creation: 2010

Lyrical themes: N/A

 
Current label : Unsigned/independent

 

 LINKS :     Facebook      Myspace    Reverbnation

                 Soundawesome       Youtube



MEMBERS :


Roslen: Vocals

Black Cyril: Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals

Marco: Piano, Keyboards and Synth

Leo: Bass Guitar

Andrea The Joker: Drums and Percussions



BIO :

Tothem is considered one of the most talented and promising bands of the Italian melodic metal panorama. After the release of an Ep (Tothem), in 2003 the band breaks up and only in 2010 Black Cyril, the guitar player, and Roslen, the vocalist, decide to reform Tothem with the entry of three new elements: Leo, on the bass guitar, the Joker, on drums, and Marco, on keyboards. During the years they have played at the best clubs of Rome such as the Qube, Alpheus, Ex-Magazzini, Coetus, Black Out, Jailbreak and so on. Then they took part in the Emergenza Rock competitions, reaching the final, and in the Live Magic Contest, been set at Alpheus, reaching the semifinals. They were lately placed second at the “We a.r.e. the festival” contest among more than 100 bands, while Roslen was awarded as the best female singer. Up to now they have recorded two demos (Automatisma and Pray) and two Eps (Tothem in 2003 and Osaka Bed & Breakfast released in 2010 in limited edition).

 This latest Ep got a great critical success and audience approval (300 copies gone sold out, enhanced by the chance of the free download of the songs), especially among foreign listeners and the band’s popularity is constantly growing. Rescue, second track from the Osaka B&B album, became part of the “World of Glass” and “You can’t shake me – A little help for Japan” compilations. Cross the line entered in the “Metal around the world” compilation and Light of Soul in "Aiutiamo l'Emilia".


At the moment the band is working on their debut album that will be released in October 2012. The band played in Bucharest (RO) and Gravesend (UK) as the firsts dates of the promotional tour.