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The band 81db was formed in April 2006 by guitarist Kostas Ladopoulos. The idea was to make a modern sounding group by combining melodies and heavy riffs with folk elements derived from Kostas’ Greek origins. This is music that challenges the mind. With every listen you discover new ways to comprehend it. After a while Antonio and Filippo Capursi joined the group (Bass / Drums). In June 2006 Francesco (vocals) and the band took different ways. The group stayed without a singer for a couple of months in which they recorded 3 songs and composed several more. In October 2006 William Costello responded to the band's call for a vocalist. His melodic yet fanatical voice was the perfect match for Kostas' imaginative compositions. Elevating the band to a mix between ‘Faith No More’, ‘Tool’, ‘System of a Down’ and “Metallica”, William wrote lyrics and recorded for 3 tracks (So Wounded, Voices, Generation XXX). 81db had their first promo CD (Promo XXX - 2006) finished at the beginning of November 2006. Around 500 copies were freely distributed to people at concerts, friends and anyone who liked what they were doing. The response was overwhelming and so much so, that at the debut concert of the group there were around 150 people! Meanwhile, more material was created and the band played 12 concerts in 6 months. Various pod casts and local radios passed the song voices and got positive reviews for the home-made promo CD. Comments like "Original" "Without musical limits" "Psychotic sounding" etc. which were exactly what the compositions strived to reflect. In March 2007 81db along with Fabio Bianchini, started filming a video of the song ‘Voices’. Craziness and creativity led to an extraordinary result. In June 2007 the band entered the studio Larione10 of Florence to record 12 tracks. After the recording, Antonio had to leave the band for personal reasons. It didn’t take long until the new bassist came onboard. Vieri Pestelli was already in contact with Kostas for another musical project. His superior skill and eclectic taste in bass playing made him a perfect match for 81db. Finally, recording of the tracks was finished. The idea is to make a full-length album named "Evaluation". Kostas mixed and produced the first 4 tracks (Mirror, Voices, Have a NiceTrip, Revelations) that can be listened to the Evaluation Promo EP.

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Member Since: 11/7/2006
Band Website: 81db.net
Band Members:

William Costello- Voice

Kostas Ladopoulos - Guitars, Buzuki, Back Vox

Vieri Pestelli - Bass

Filippo Capursi - Drums

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Influences: Tool, Soundgarden, System Of A Down, A Perfect Circle, Korn, Mike Patton etc..
Sounds Like: Tool, Soundgarden, System Of A Down, A Perfect Circle, Korn, Mike Patton:
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

81db support act at DEEP PURPLE!!

well...it's fuckin' GREAT NEWS....be there!!!!
Posted by 81db on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:18:00 PST

RockHard magazine - Italy for the 81db Evaluation promo EP

"Dopo aver positivamente impressionato con il precedente demo datato 2006, gli 81db tornano a stuzzicare la nostra curiosità con un estratto (quattro pezzi) dell'album "Evaluation", già completato e ...
Posted by 81db on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:36:00 PST

Radio Airplay Around Italy

Next Radio Interview on 30/01 at RADIO BECKWITH of Torino. Here is the updated list of all the radios that airplay us around Italy (Thank you Flavia!:). If you wish for more just call you favorite r...
Posted by 81db on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:28:00 PST

collaboration with the "EMERGENTI" team

81db signed with the "Emergenti" team. (Nico Spinosa - Ros - Charlie) We are more than content for the choice of collaborating with people who love music for what it really is..Lets move on stronger a...
Posted by 81db on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:18:00 PST

81db@homepage of DigiChannel - go check it out!

the video of Voices is on first page of DigiChannel only for   today!! chek it out!! www.digichannel.net...
Posted by 81db on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:04:00 PST

UPDATE

Hello everyone! It's been a while, we've been working  really hard and now we are back!! Check out our new website www.81db.net  we are back with:    - new audio material (you ca...
Posted by 81db on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:35:00 PST

New songs and video online!!

Finally, 4 of the new songs of the upcoming album "Evaluation" are now available online together with the music video of Voices! Let us know what you think and we move on and rock on!thank you all tha...
Posted by 81db on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:41:00 PST

announce for the new bassist

Well yes,we have our new man on the Bass! The name is Vieri and he is a member that will surelly add some new forces to our band due to the important upcoming period. Welcome aboard Vieri!!!...
Posted by 81db on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:41:00 PST

Change of Bass player

Our bassist Antonio announced as that he leaves the band for personal reasons. He goes back to his homeland and his decision is mostly respected. No hard feelings, no misundestandings. Mature and seri...
Posted by 81db on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:44:00 PST

progress of the album and video news

Hello everyone,after a calm August we are back in business..The final mixing process has started and it's well on fire. We decided to delay the debut day of the album since we want to make a good work...
Posted by 81db on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:41:00 PST