I'm quite fine, thanks! And I hope you're too. I'm busy yes, but with work, that unfortunately it isn't music.. ahah!

I started back when I was 12, and around 14 I started with my first experiences and various bands, always playin' in more than one, just to keep my mind busy. The bands you've mentioned are all playin' different genres, as I like to space and express myself throughout all kind of metal and hardcore (xDELOREANx, indeed, was a powerviolence band). And so my bandmates do! We are all playin' in more than one band, just to relax as little as possible!

For me it's even easier than working full with other people, I simply record and write the song as I want! Obviously in my other bands we all work together on the music and lyrics but this time I think I should try to do all by myself, just to hear what can come out and if the result could be good.

The first Konquest live line up it's not what it should be in the beginning ahahah, since for a reason or another the other guys I contacted originally for that gig were not available on that day. So I call some other friends that already play with me and it was very easy to rehearse the songs and then bring them live. But I eventually played with the "original" line up on Keep It True Rising later in October, which has been great as well. I love to call people I'm friend to when I've got to do some gig, they're all great people and musicians.

Obviously I've always listened to metal since I was a kid, but with the passing of the years I've been (and still I'm) into hardcore punk, progressive rock and stuff like that. I try to take inspiration from things that aren't metal, most of the time.

I read it so many times ahahah, and yes, I have to say that they are one of my biggest influences, at least on the first album. And they say my vocals are similar to them too, but it's a  coincidence: that it's my true (not so good) voice! Sure they compare Konquest to Thin Lizzy, which are one of my another biggest influences and Iron Maiden (that's obvious, it's like sayin that anyone who print it's influenced by Gutenberg!)

I simply posted Konquest first demo on the Keep It True page and he asked my if I wanted to make a full record. Than he released the first record and mastered both that and this new one.

Thank you so much! Actually the lyrics are the last thing I do for a song, some times I start working on it from a title that sounds cool to me, but the lyrics doesn't talk about something in most cases. Some of that are about personal stuff, some more ermetic, and some are words that simply sounds good!

Yes, it's obviously influenced by the classic stuff but I try to put my hardcore and pop influences on it. I like catchy stuff in general, so I try to find solutions that could bring someone to dance on those songs!

I have to say that my favorites are Too Late (the first one I wrote) and Something In The Dark. But not for special meaning, it's because they sound cool to me!

I live and I've always lived in Prato, Tuscany, very very near Florence (for those who doesn't know) and there are some legendary metal bands from there (Strana Officina, Sabotage to mention some), but apart from them there are not so many italian bands that I like. The only thing that influenced me it's the boring life we live there, we gotta do something to have fun ahah!

I'm writing the next record at the moment, or at least some songs ideas, but I'm quite slow because there's no more lockdown that force me to stay home writing stuff, eheh. So we will see!

Too kind, thank you! Hope to see you very soon.

Grazie, ci vediamo!