Titta: The band was born in 2001 and released an album in 2006! (Laughs)

Silvio: The band was formed in 2001 by me, Andrea and Emanuele. We went through two lineup changes regarding the vocals, when we finally recruited Titta and last but not least Filippo as the drummer.

How did you decide to turn from a tribute band into a normal band?

Titta: Because I think it's natural for a band to grow up and mature. The tribute band was a really good jam for us. We were playing a lot. After that, we decided to try to write some original material.

Titta: We expect people to like the album, like you did (I swear I wasn't paid for this!). We would also like to spread our music to the Metal audience.

Silvio: We don't want to end up like many Metal bands around the world that release one or two good albums and then disappear.

Titta: Yes, it's something like a concept because when I wrote the lyrics, we saw that every track had something in common with the other ones. So, we built up this story.

Titta: Exactly.

Titta: Sex! (Laughs) As you see, the tracks are linked. It's a story about a person called Mr. Bates (I think that's what they said!).

Silvio: It's about a human being. About life and emotions. It's about being born, living dying and resurrecting. It's not only that, but we talk about death before life.

Titta: It's like the sex before! (Laughs)

Titta: There are many Italian bands like Lunarsea. Bands like Lacuna Coil and Rhapsody Of Fire grow more popular very fast around the world, as well as in Italy. That's just because they're very commercial bands. This doesn't mean that we like these bands. It depends on your taste. If you like bands like Lacuna Coil or Evanescence, it's ok.

Regarding what you said about Lacuna Coil and Evanescence. There are many bands out there that play Metalcore or are fronted by female singers. Something that sells a lot nowadays. What's your opinion about it?

Titta: I think it's boring to hear bands that play the same things again and again. For example bands like Stratovarius, Lacuna Coil or Nu Metal. They play nothing new.

Silvio: When you listen to Stratovarius or other Power Metal bands, you always hear the same drum parts and the same melodies.

Titta: If this sells, tomorrow we'll start playing Power Metal! Today I watched the Sonata Arctica DVD. That's Gay Metal! We really tried to avoid being into the trend. We tried to create something different and that's difficult because of the different elements we tried to mix.

Silvio: You see we have many different elements in our music like Power Metal, Thrash riffs...

Titta: I think that Progressive Metal is a more general title. We added many elements to our music and we tried to create some catchy lines. I think that Progressive is fine.

Titta: Not always. Hmmm... Next question please! The main structure of a track starts with a guitar riff or a keyboard melody and we play a lot based on that riff. We've done a lot of jams. Then, we start to slowly build the song up.

Silvio: Sometimes, we are based on the rhythm section.

Titta: When we have the main riff, then it's simple. The song comes up easily, like a fart! Sometimes it takes a long time to finish a song. Other times the song can be completed in one day. It depends...

All: Nooooooo! How could you say something like that??? [Laughter]

Which other bands have influenced your music?

Silvio: Ehhh... Iron Maiden, Queen, Angra, Journey. There are also many Thrash riffs. Bands like Pantera or Britney Spears...

Titta: There are many influences in the band. You see I am the dead part, our drummer likes Fusion, the other guys like Hard Rock...

Titta: There is nothing in particular that gives me inspiration to write. Maybe sometimes it's personal feelings, but most times I just sit and write...

Titta: It is very difficult to make a tour or something like that, but we will play some live gigs to promote our album. We played a lot as a cover band and we made a lot of friends so we can play in some clubs.

Silvio: We plan to do many live gigs in Italy and who knows; maybe we can tour around the world!

Titta: We know that next year there's going to be a very nice festival here [Athens], so we will try to play live in Greece as soon as possible.

Titta: To be honest, we hate Dream Theater. We played their songs a lot so...

Silvio: We played the songs a lot and we also got into some trouble with the Italian fan club.

Titta: Jordan Rudess is a very good person. He is the cool guy of the band... He is a very funny guy!

Silvio: Hmmm, buy the CD!

Titta: We just released the CD and I hope that people will appreciate our music.

Titta: You're welcome!