line-up led to the giving up of Baudo and Fasciani, while Rossi contributed to the recordings of the album as an additional musician. The bass player and the keyboardist were replaced by Andrea Orciuolo, from the local club circuit, and Fabio Bernardi, from the Roman group River of Change; from River of Change came also the new drummer Luca Iovieno.
About the vocal parts, both the band and Underground Symphony were sure that the quality of the songs could justify the cooperation of a well known international vocalist, so they submitted Steal Seal’s promo CD to some of the worldwide top metal singers and gained the willingness to take part in the recordings from renowned singers among which D.C. Cooper (Royal Hunt, Silent Force), who was the final choice for the debut album. During 2006 Steel Seal and D.C. Cooper completed the recordings of the album and ‘By The Power Of Thunder’ was released in Japan in December 2006 and during 2007 in the rest of the world.
In 2008, while the tracks for the second album were taking shape, new problems with the line-up led to the defection of Orciuolo and Bernardi and to the consequent comeback of Fasciani and Rossi. As already happened with the latter for ‘By The Power Of Thunder’, also Bernardi contributed to the recordings of the new album, entitled ‘Redemption Denied’, as an additional musician, togheter with Lorenzo Milone, a talented guitarist with several experiences with Italian bands, and Marco Ronci, from the Roman band Entròpia.
The vocal parts were this time committed to another worldwide well-known metal singer, Thomas Vikstrom (Candlemass, Brazen Abbot, Stormwind, Therion, ecc.), who recorded them in Argentina in January 2009; on one song Vikstrom has a duet with the Italian vocalist Val Shieldon (Sigma, Oracle Sun), also credited for the backing vocals in many tracks. The recordings of the new album finished in the second part of 2009 and ‘Redemption Denied’ is about to be released worldwide by Underground Symphony.
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Redemption Denied
By the Power of Thunder
Line-Up:
Fabio Lione: Vocals
Marco Valerio Zangani: Guitars
Adriano Rossi: Keyboards
Roberto Fasciani: Bass
Luca Iovieno: Drums
Info: www.steel-seal.com
