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Domiziano Mendolia

Italian Bass Player

About Me

Bass Player, Composer, Dean Guitars Endorser, Domiziano was born in august 11th , 1978, His native city is Castelvetrano .. Selinunte, a small town in the extreme south of Italy very near to the mystic Selinunte Temples! He begins his studies at the age of 15 as Saxophonist attending the A. Scontrino Conservatory in Trapani (Italy), he studied privately harmony and solfeggio with an Italian music teacher Michele Lentini At the age of 18 he began the classic study of contrabass with an Italian music teacher Raffaelli a known contrabassist of ..Teatro Massimo.. of Palermo (Italy), in the meantime He began to study electric bass as autodidactic to learning many different techniques of improvisation and a lot musical style. He bought your first rock album ..Terremoto..- Litfiba, but his musical preferences are really opened with Heavy Metal, Rock, Pop, Classic Music, Funk and listening to many bands including Iron Maiden, Metallica, Angra, Litfiba, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primus, Queen, Uzeb.. Domiziano continue to discover another metal bands in particular he search for Italian Metal act as Labyrinth, Rhapsody (now Rhapsody of Fire), Wonderland and start to playing and recording as studio session in many different bands mostly rock and metal and gaining experience all the time. In 1999 He forms your first important metal band called Ancestral (epic/power/speed/metal band) the band was present at many concert and festival and captured the attention of many metal kids... Domiziano, along this years, are released with Ancestral, a lot of Cd compilations, two demo Cd and one promo Cd: - ..Travel in a forgotten time.. (2000); - ..Breed of Chosens.. (2001); - ..The Walls of Troy.. (promo 2005) Thanks to ..The Walls of Troy.. promo, Ancestral was signed a deal for the historic Italian Label Underground Symphony recs. The debut album called ..The Ancient Curse.. was recorded at Zenith Recordings Studio, Lucca (Italy) and will be released coming soon!

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Member Since: 11/30/2006
Band Website: ancestral.it
Band Members: Domiziano Mendolia: Bass
Frank Caruso: Guitars
Massimiliano Mendolia: Drums & Keyboards

Sounds Like: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Funk
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None