ALEPH

It is amidst the melting, shiny ruins of Summer 98 that drummer Manuel Togni and guitarist/vocalist Fabio Bellan set the cornerstone of a new musical entity, soon joined by guitarist Dave Battaglia and bassman Nik Mazzucconi. None of them draws creative boundaries nor strict genre cages, but all of them knows what the root of all evil is gonna be: a boiling old stock heavy metal, unusual, powerful, obscure, sick. Still without a name, the band loses Bellan and Mazzucconi after a few rehearsals, to be joined by Giorgio Bonacorsi on bass (January 99), guitarist Simone Nava and keyboard player Andrea Taeggi (March 99), while guitarist Battaglia extends his skills to the role of singer. A name is needed to spread the word: and this word is ALEPH, inspired by the short novel by J.L. Borges. Chaos is finally able to manifestate itself. With this name and line up the band releases the 6 track demo “Falx Lunae” in January 2000: but shortly after the recordings and a couple of shows (including a supporting act to Italian epic metallers WHITE SKULL), Taeggi quits, soon followed by Nava (February 2000), the latter promptly replaced by guitarist Andrea Perucchini (March 2000). The band keeps on playing live without keyboards until September 2000, when joined by keyboard player Giulio Gasperini; this renewed line up hits the road again in April 2001 and releases its second creative effort in February 2002: it is the 3 track “Promo 2002”. It is in Autumn that the opening song “Hallowed hatred” is featured on the Lithuanian compilation “Atlantida vol. 17”. July 2003: guitarist Perucchini leaves ALEPH and it is only in November that the 6 string talents of Lorenzo Fugazza come to reinforce the band.But an evil fate lurks behind the corner and in June 2004 Bonacorsi withdraws his bass from the thundering rhythm section; but this does not stop ALEPH from recording the unreleased “Acid Tears” (August 2004) for the Italian compilation “Climbers” (November 2004) with Battaglia drawing the bass lines. The band, however, decides to keep on playing live (supporting the Italian thrash metal legends NECRODEATH in February 2005). In another shiny, iron-melting, hellish Summer (July 2005) the seeds for the third work are sown: with the help of the very first bassman Nik Mazzucconi, ALEPH enters the studio for the recordings of the 7 track album “In tenebra”. Meanwhile, the arrival of bass player Antonio “Ceres” Ceresoli allows the band to be reborn as a full line up… …Impatiently waiting for the black heart of Autumn, for the day when darkness returns to the towns… …Once again. _________________________________________________________