The band was formed in November 2007 by Marco Squillino (Guitar/Vocals) and Erika Martin (Vocals), initially as a minor side-project of the former. The Line-up then took further shape when bass player Mattia Squillino, previously involved in another of Marco’s projects, joined the duo. After some months spent writing, Marco Squillino decided to call on an old friend of his to join the band, whom he had previously played guitar with in other bands: Marco Carbotti. Subsequently fate changed many things by beginning a series of line-up changes (Starting from September 2008 with Erika Martin's abandonment ). After spending months looking for a valued drummer, the formation was eventually completed by multi-instrumentalist Antonio Leggieri (december 2008) on drums. around March 2009 Mattia was first replaced by Paolo Castronuovo, then by Vito Surgo, who along with keyboardist Luca Zecca completed definitely the line-up in June 2009. Although the band is inspired by basically every kind of music, the main influences are Doom, Death Metal, Gothic Metal, Black Metal, occasionally enriched by a Progressive flavour. Their debut album “A Short Lived Hope” was finished off on the 5th of September 2009, after three months of recording.

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