China Team Name: Labyrinth
Nationality: Italy
History: 199 1 till now
Music genre: epic/strong heavy metal
Music features: beautiful melody, great momentum and superb technology. Full of the unique strength and passion of the Italian nation. The wonderful combination of classical music and heavy metal rock makes their style different from ordinary and slightly decadent British and American rock, which brings powerful audio-visual shock to people.
On-the-spot experience: Since the team was established, it has participated in many large-scale European open-air music festivals with good image, healthy typhoon and unrestrained enthusiasm.
Italy, one of the oldest countries in Europe. In the long years of two thousand years, the Roman Empire, which regarded the Mediterranean as an inner lake and swept across Europe, Asia and Africa, rose on this land. The Great Renaissance began here-Titian, Michelangelo, Puccini, Paganini ... Modern art and music all benefited from the friendliness of these Apennines.
In the 1960s, the wave of rock music swept the world, and all kinds of music trends were both beautiful and non-English, and all kinds of rock stars, such as crucian carp, crossed the river. At this time, the Apennine Peninsula became a forgotten corner. When it comes to Italy, people seem to think of only three tenors. Fortunately, "all roads lead to Rome"-in the 1990s, young Italian musicians inherited the humanistic spirit since the Renaissance, absorbed the rich nutrition left by their ancestors, and raised the banner of "Italian metal" with metal music as the carrier. With the rise of labyrinths, rhapsodies and other bands full of personality, more and more fans began to pay attention to this hot land full of melody and narrative music poems. Taking narrative as the main theme, on the basis of traditional rock music, adding a lot of elements of progressive rock and classical music has become the most remarkable feature of Italian rock music. As the most outstanding representative of Italian metal/rock music, Labyrinth was originally founded in 199 1. After several years of tempering, they have accumulated some creative experience and decided to strike out with heavy punches and show their unique musical ideas and talents to the world. 1994, the band's first EP album "A Time" was released strongly. The works in the album combine speed and strength, and the euphemistic keyboard melody sets off the background, making the music more perfect in layering and appeal.
1995, Labyrinth's first album "Unlimited (Boundless)" was finally born under the eager expectation of fans. While bringing great surprises to European music fans, the labyrinth music war began to burn to more distant foreign countries. In Japan, South Korea, Brazil and the United States, their music is also favored by rock fans. No Limits, one of the top ten metal albums selected by ‘Burrn', Japan's most famous heavy metal music magazine, was on the list and remained on the list for six consecutive months. For the maze born in Europe, their music has won such recognition and support from Asian fans, which is far beyond their expectation.
1997 is an important year for the maze. In order to make the upcoming new album "Return to Heaven Rejected" by going up one flight of stairs, the band signed a contract with Metal Blade, a famous American independent music brand, and spent nearly six months in the studio, working hard and carefully creating every track in the album. Sure enough, many things happen. Once this long-term boutique record was released, all parties received rave reviews. This song "Denial to Heaven" takes the music of the maze to an unprecedented height. The strength distribution of the works in the album is relatively uniform, and almost every capital can become an eternal classic of this kind of music. The lead singer Rob Tyrant's wonderful interpretation in the album left a deep impression on the fans, and the maze's works have a distinct sense of hierarchy. The emotional expression span is large, so the singer is required to have very good singing skills to deal with it, but all this is not difficult for Rob tyrant. His singing is full of tension, and he can perform both opera-style high-pitched chorus and shallow reading with ease. What is more commendable is that under the premise of controlling the intensity, he does not lose the level of emotional expression at the same time, especially when the work reaches its climax. His clear voice, like a rainbow across the sky after a storm, gives fans a very refreshing and pleasant feeling, as well as the vibrato he uses when singing, which is a singing method borrowed from Italian opera. The performance of other musicians in the band is also remarkable. A seemingly cold and ignorant instrument seems to be endowed with a soul in his hands. A magnificent picture of neoclassical music is instantly presented to fans, sometimes as magnificent as a runaway wild horse, and sometimes as quiet as a sweet lake in the forest. The guitarist Olaf Thorsen combines the power of tradition and fashion with the rhythm of metal, making him one of the outstanding musicians in the Italian heavy metal industry and establishing the leading position of the band in the Italian metal trend.
1998 In the summer, Maze, as an outstanding representative of Italian bands, participated in a music festival called' Metal God'. Their passionate live performances have made countless metal fans ecstatic and intoxicated with their thrilling music. This time, the world-class rock stars Blake Sabbath (Black Sabbath), PANTERA (Pandora), Helloeween (Halloween), BLIND GUARDIAN, STRATOVARIUS and many other famous bands came.
After a period of rest and adjustment, Labyrinth returned to the studio to record another EP album "Eternal Crime", and also released the LP version of Unlimited and Rejected Return to Heaven. In August 2000, Maze rewarded fans with his new album "Son of Thunder". Due to high-profile publicity in advance, the album sold quite well after its release, ranking first in the rock charts in many countries. The overall performance of this band Lei Zi is quite good. The profound atmosphere and deep euphemism that the maze should have are reflected in different works. The lead singer's voice is still loud, the guitar interpretation is still vivid, and the drums are still passionate.
From 200 1 to 2002, Labyrinth devoted itself to busy European tours and various large-scale music festivals, including SIGMA, HELLOWEEN, Steel Savior, DOMINE, White Skeleton, Lark, November, Centurion and many other excellent bands. Wherever he went in the maze, he tried his best to communicate with fans with music. Thousands of fans at the scene also shouted their names and sang their classic works with the band. . .
In July 2002, the maze, which was silent for a while, released a Demo with only four tracks. It was this demo that got the band's attention from the famous record company '(Century Media. Soon, C.M.R got in touch with Labyrinth and reached an agreement to release his new album in Europe and America, while the release in Japan was completed by the local' King Records' record company. In the same year, Maze entered Milan's' Noise Factory' and began to record his new album. In 2003, LABYRINTH, the fourth official album of Labyrinth, came out. For the first time, the band members used their real names in the album, and the album name with the same name as the band indicates that the maze will open a new chapter in history.
In 2005, guitarist PIER GONELLA joined the band after personnel adjustment, and the new album freeman came out, with 65,438+00 soul-stirring works, especially the lead singer's solo in the last song, which was absolutely exquisite. This album cannot be ignored. Subsequently, the band toured Europe and was well received by all walks of life.
At the end of 2005, bassist Cristiano left the team.
Member file:
Andrea Cantarell-Guitar-
Date of birth: 02/04/ 1974
Constellation: Aries
Former band: Witchunt
Lend me the first record: I can't remember …
The first record I bought: Iron Lady-"the seventh son of the seventh son"
Favorite band/musician: Iron Lady/Queen/Chris Oliwa.
Favorite video clip: Natalie Imbruglia (anyone)
Favorite maze song:-Freeman
Favorite food: forever toldry! ! !
Favorite sport: PSP
Hobby: My Ducati Monster 1000.
Mattia Stancioiu-Drum-
Date of birth: October 27th, 65438
Constellation: Scorpio
Former band: Crown of Autumn
The first record lent to me was the soundtrack of The Great Massingue.
The first record I bought: "Song of May 2"
Favorite band/musician: Death, Chuck Schuldiner.
Favorite video clip: metal band "Until it falls asleep"
Favorite maze song: "Touch the Rainbow"
Favorite food: ice cream
Favorite sport: golf
Hobbies: Miniatures, Internet, Chatting, Video Games, TELOFAI! ! !
Andrea "Mc" De Paoli-Keyboard and Programming
Date of birth: 13/03/ 1976
Constellation: Pisces
Former band: Nemesi, shadow of steel, Masterfly
The first record lent to me was: Barbier in Seville by gioachino rossini, or a tape of Julio Lglesias given to me by my mother when I was a child.
The first record purchased: Madonna-Love Actually, Spacecraft Smith-Permanent Vacation, Iron Lady-Somewhere in Time.
Favorite bands/musicians: Iron Lady, kevin moore, Chick Corea, malm Sting, Andy Timmons and Luciano luisi (keyboard player of Sukelo).
Favorite video clip: Sound Garden Band-Black Hole Sun
Favorite maze song: "Heaven is Rejected"
Favorite food: I eat everything ... In fact, for some people, my nickname is "bottomless pit".
Favorite sport: track and field events (100 meters)
Hobbies: reading, hanging out, interacting with beautiful girls, internet and general informatics, collecting and listening to audio and video cartoon theme songs, generally speaking, it's from the 1980s: I'm crazy about them!
Pierre Gonella-Guitar-
Date of birth:1March 26th, 977
Constellation: Aries
Previous band: end and end, so we and others …
The first record was lent to me: I can't remember, maybe it was Deep Purple (anthology) or Scorpion (global life).
The first record I bought: I think the iron lady-"a piece of heart"
Favorite bands/musicians: Joe Satriani, Y. malm Sting, Iron Lady and many others …
Favorite video clip: van halen-"Live"
Favorite maze song: "Living in a maze"
Favorite food: everyone!
Favorite sport: no one.
Hobbies: electronic music and sampling, internet, keeping goldfish and what happened …
Roberto Tiranty-Vocal Music-
Date of birth:10/12/1973
Constellation: Sagittarius
Former band: Vanexa
The first record lent to me: j. c. s. far 1983.
The first record I bought: I can't remember whether it was Quinn's "some kind of magic" or Ingrid malm Sting's "rising power"
Favorite bands/musicians: Deep Purple, Queen, Mr. Big Man, Queen, Iron Lady, Judas Pastor, Rush, Uriah Heep, Kansas, Glenn Hughes, Stevie Wonder, Gino Vannelli.
Favorite video clip: Queensryche-"Silent clarity"
Favorite maze song: I sang Moonlight and listened to Chapter One.
Favorite food: ... almost all!
Favorite sports: eating, sleeping, annoying anyone!
Hobbies: See the picture above!