Is there any bond between film score music and heavy metal? 

Atlas Pain is an italian Epic-Folk Metal band that combine the epicness of cinematic music with the speed and power of the sacred pagan metal.
The orchestrations took a fundamental role in their compositions, showing to the world how hard and beautiful the task to join these two such different worlds is.

HISTORY:

The band was born during May 2013 from Samuele Faulisi's mind that found help during the next years in Fabrizio Tartarini, Riccardo Floridia and Louie Raphael.

During the first months of 2014 Atlas Pain released a debut Demo that showed the real potential of these musicians. It received immediately a stunning acclaim from the critic that prompted the band to set live concerts from all over the northern Italy.

On October 2014 the band signed a promotion and booking deal with Ronin Agency, that helped them to promote their music all over the world, contributing in reaching more fan both in the homeland and abroad.

During the first months of 2015 the band continued touring the north of Italy ready to enter another time in the studio to record the first official EP.
And so it was, on March 2015 Atlas Pain started the recordings of "Behind The Front Page" with the help of Davide Tavecchia from Twilight Studio (Holy Shire, Cidodici) and Maurizio Giannotti of Newmastering Studio (Afterhours, Punkreas, Drakkar).
The release came out on 18th May accompanied by the lyric video of the first single "Each Uisge" and followed by dozens of stunning reviews.

The band is currently on tour to promote "Behind The Front Page", ready record their debut album.

For fans of Equilibrium, Wintersun, Ensiferum, Hans Zimmer, John Williams.

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GOALS:

DECEMBER 2013: "Once Upon A Time (Demo's Single Version)" out.
MAY 2014: Demo released.
OCTOBER 2014: Ronin Agency sign.
APRIL 2015: "Each Uisge (Behing The Front Page's Single)" out.
MAY 2015: Behind The Front Page released.

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SHARED THE STAGE WITH / IMPORTANT VENUES:

Negura Bunget, Evenoire, Vallorch, Holy Shire, Artaius, Mellowtoy, In.Si.Dia, Ulvedharr.
Played at Circolo Colony (Brescia), Pirates of Rock, UMA Fest.

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QUOTES:

"[...] Combining components of Extreme Metal, Pagan/Folk and Symphonic elements they aimed to create epic cinematic melodies. Well after listening to “Behind The Front Page” they have succeeded in this mission. [...]". - Metal Temple (10/10).

"[...] We are opposite to f****n' musical genius, I'm pretty sure about it.
These boys deserve to be supported, deserve to be launched, deserve to kick some asses to the big ones and deserve a place right there, on the top of the Olympus of the metal gods [...]". - The Empty Dream (9/10).

"[...] After the good demo we couldn't expect nothing more than this great work from Atlas Pain, that confirmed their technical and musical abilities [...]". - We Rock (9/10).

"[...] Atlas Pain strikes again. "Behind The Front Page" is an amazing job and I wouldn't be surprised if the next band's effort will be a full lenght. In fact they have all the qualities to emerge in the international scene. We'll see. [...]". - Mondo Metal.

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CONTACTS:

Official Website: http://atlaspainofficial.wix.com/atlaspain
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AtlasPain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtlasPainBand
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/atlaspainofficial
Bandcamp: https://atlaspain.bandcamp.com/
E-Mail: atlaspainofficial@gmail.com


Cap De Craniu is a death metal / metal / grindcore band from Bucharest, Romania, formed in spring 2007. 
Shortly after they formed the band, CDC(Cap De Craniu) released "First EP for a Surgery", in April 2007, being credited with defining the Romanian grindcore scene by incorporating elements of hardcore and punk, vocals with severe growls and squeals reflected in horror and social lyrics.
CDC was formed in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, in March 2007 by Calin Raduta and Costin Chioreanu, who were already playing in numerous local bands and projects since the early '90s (H8, Hang Him, Kendo, Crize, Protest Urban, Deviant, Nightpray, My Shadow, Discordless, Subway Night Orchestra, Retribution, Sistem Nervos, etc).
The duo was inspired by horror and gore movies similar to "Evil Dead", mostly creating stories around a fictive character(Laur, the protagonist in all their lyrics), about the human kind in our days and also giving an ironical meaning to the most common social disorders(as they say: "if you want get past evil, smile first!").
The first stable line-up of the group consisted of Calin Raduta on guitar, Costin Chioreanu on bass, Razvan Raduta Penda on drums and Dragos Drunea on vocals. CDC consists of 4 members and, besides music, they have some strong points in music engineering, graphic design and video production. They became a DIY group, self releasing "First EP for a surgery" and performing at many important concerts and festivals along bands like Suffocation, Rotting Christ, or Parkway Drive.
After entering their own studio to record "I'll Kill If I Live", the fifth member Radu Ionascu joined CDC on guitar.
In the summer of 2011, the band faced a period of hardship, with 3 of the members quitting the band.
As a duo group, the two brothers, Calin and Razvan decided to collaborate with Metalfan Records Division and finished producing the debut album, called "I'll Kill If I Live", released during the spring of 2012.
Constantly thinking forward, seeking the best for the future band structure, they chose to recruit Nicolae Paul as the bassist and not one, but two vocalists: Mihai Ionescu and Vicentiu 'Averac' Busuioc, in order to reach the look and the sound of a higher dimension.
With the new Cap de Craniu line up, the guys finished converting the vocal line of the new album fitting both vocalists in all the shows they'll perform, already enthusiastic about the new material they're about to compose in this formula.

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