Mastercastle band |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Heavy metal neo-classical metal power metal |
| Years active | 2008 - present |
| Labels | Lion Music |
| Associated acts | Giorgia Gueglio Pier Gonella Labyrinth |
| Website | Mastercastle official myspace site |
| Members | |
| Giorgia Gueglio Pier Gonella Steve Vawamas Alessandro Bissa Bix |
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Mastercastle is a heavy metal band formed in 2008 in Italy by the guitar player Pier Gonella and the singer Giorgia Gueglio
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Mastercastle were founded in January 2008 by the guitar player Pier Gonella and the singer Giorgia Gueglio. The pair had several music projects in the past and wanted to try something different. No fixed genre was chosen with the emphasis being on producing music in a natural way.
The result was a natural mix of the virtuoso guitar style of Pier with the individual female voice of Giorgia Gueglio which worked well together. The pair wrote a great number of songs and recorded a 4 songs promo to gain label interest. In the meantime the line-up was completed by the drummer Alessandro Bissa aka Bix and the bassist Steve Vawamas; their joining changed the initial project into a real band and the name Mastercastle was settled on for the new real band).[1]
On July 2008 they sent the demo to Lion Music who offered a deal which leads us up to the release of Mastercastle’s debut album The Phoenix on April 17, 2009).[2] The album was very well accepted worldwide, and the band had also a deal with the label Spiritual Beast for a Japanese release).[3] .
In the meantime the band started immediately writing new stuff for a new album. Another 4 songs demo was sent to Lion Music and they get another deal. With the great experience of the previous album, the band worked better than before and produced 12 tracks (2 instrumental). The new album Last Desire was released by Lion Music on June 18, 2010)[4]