Mastercastle

Mastercastle band
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

Mastercastle is a heavy metal band formed in 2008 in Italy by the guitar player Pier Gonella and the singer Giorgia Gueglio

History

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,^{[citation needed]} 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]

Discography

Studio album

• 2009 - The Phoenix
• 2010 - Last Desire
• 2011 - Dangerous Diamonds

Collaborations

• 2011 - Embrace the Sun^[5] (guest in the track 14: Sakura)

External links

• Mastercastle - Official myspace site of the band
• Mastercastle interview for webzine Ice Vajal
• Mastercastle interview for "Behind the veil" webzine

References

1. ^ "Mastercastle biography from Lion Music web site". lionmusic.com. http://www.lionmusic.com/artists/mastercastle.html. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
2. ^ "Mastercastle will release his debut album on 17 april 2009". BlabbermouthNews.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Search&searchtext=mastercastle&x=69&y=13. Retrieved 2010-07-01. 
3. ^ "Mastercastle The Phoenix, Japan release". Spiritual Beast records. http://www.spiritual-beast.com/mastercastle/index.html. Retrieved 2011-05-01. 
4. ^ "Mastercastle Last Desire". Lion Music Records. http://www.lionmusic.com/cd/lastdesire.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-01. 
5. ^ Embrace thr sun - Lion Music Web site