UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH BIO 2010:
DAL 1993, UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH OFFRE UN'INNOVATIVA MISCELA MUSICALE CON SEMPRE PIÙ CRESCENTE CONSENSO DI PUBBLICO, PROPONENDO CANZONI PROPRIE E RIELABORANDO BRANI DELLA TRADIZIONE GOLIARDICA DIALETTALE IN CHIAVE ROCK. IL TARGET DI PUBBLICO DELLA BAND È COMPOSTO DA PERSONE DI ETÀ COMPRESA TRA I 5 ED I 99 ANNI TRA I QUALI VI È UNA FOLTA SCHIERA DI MUSICISTI.
UL MIK AFFRONTA VARIE TIPOLOGIE DI ESIBIZIONI LIVE: PICCOLI PUB, GRANDI LOCALI IN CUI VIENE PROPOSTA MUSICA DAL VIVO, FESTE DELLA BIRRA, RILEVANTI LE PARTECIPAZIONI A FESTIVAL DI IMPORTANZA REGIONALE, NAZIONALE E NONOSTANTE IL PARTICOLARE CANTATO IN "MILANESE", ANCHE ALL'ESTERO.
UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH OTTIENE OTTIMI RISULTATI CON LA VENDITA DEI DUE FULL LENGHT "POLENTA VIOLENTA" E “BONARDA BASTARDA”, CON UNA MEDIA DI 2000 COPIE A TITOLO VENDUTE.
NEI DISCHI IN QUESTIONE, SON PRESENTI OSPITI DI FAMA NAZIONALE ED INTERNAZIONALE QUALI: NANNI SVAMPA, GERRE - TANKARD, PINO SCOTTO, ANDY PANIGADA - BULLDOZER, JOHN - NECRODEATH, ALESSANDRO BISSA – VISION DIVINE, ALBERTO E OSCAR - GLI ATROCI, GEZOL - SABBAT (JAP).
OTTIME RECENSIONI SONO APPARSE SULLE PRINCIPALI RIVISTE E SITI INTERNET DI SETTORE.
"UL MIK": CANTANTE, LEADER E FONDATORE DEL PROGETTO E’ PRESENTE DA OLTRE 20 ANNI NELLA SCENA ROCK E METAL ITALIANA ANCHE CON LA THRASH METAL BAND VEXED. ALTRESI’ PROMOTER MUSICALE DI REALTA’ UNDERGROUND E NON, IN ITALIA E ALL'ESTERO, HA COLLABORATO E ORGANIZZATO DIVERSI SPETTACOLI LIVE, TRA I QUALI TRADATE IRON FEST 2004 / HELLBLAST FEST / JOHNNY'S FEST / NIHIL FEST 2009. ANCHE WEB DESIGNER, É L' AUTORE DI TUTTE LE COPERTINE DI VEXED, UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH E DI BEN ALTRE BAND DEL PANORAMA ROCK UNDERGROUND. 9 ALBUM ALL'ATTIVO, PIU' DI 200 CONCERTI IN ITALIA ED EUROPA E NUMEROSE PARTECIPAZIONI A TRASMISSIONI RADIOFONICHE QUALI RADIO LUPO SOLITARIO, ROCK FM E RADIO PADANIA.
COLLABORAZIONI PRINCIPALI - MIK HAS PLAYED / WORKED WITH WITH HIS VARIOUS PROJECTS TOGETHER:
BAND / ARTIST: DESTRUCTION, TANKARD, WHIPLASH, AGENT STEEL, NANNI SVAMPA, DAVIDE VAN DE SFROOS, ENRICO RUGGERI, PINO SCOTTO (VANADIUM), ANDY PANIGADA, BULLDOZER, OMAR PEDRINI, BEPI & THE PRISMAS, SKANNERS, DARK QUARTERER, METALGANG, SABBAT (jap), IMPALED NAZARENE, SINISTER, ENTHRONED, AURA NOIR, RAW POWER, STRANA OFFICINA, DISMEMBER, NECRODEATH, SCHIZO, ARTILLERY, OMEN, VIRGIN STEELE, DESASTER, PENTACLE, OPERA IX, MORTUARY DRAPE, WATAIN, NEGURA BUNGET, RAZA DE ODIO, ANAEL, HORRID, DOOMSWORD, SKIANTOS, GLI ATROCI, PROPHILAX, HATEWORK, HYADES, THE VISION BLEAK, MORRIGAN, RAISING FEAR, RAIN, ATTACKER, HANDFUL OF HATE, DEVIL LEE ROT AND AUTOPSY TORMENT, WATAIN.
CLUB & FESTIVALS: MAGAZZINI GENERALI, ROCK ACE FESTIVALE ROMA, JAILBREAK, TEATRO DAL VERME MILANO, ZOE CLUB, INDIAN’S SALOON, MUSIC DROME, ESTRAGON, CLUB 71, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL / R'N'R ARENA, TRADATE IRON FEST, ROCK INN SOMMA, JOHNNY’S FEST, MAXIMUM ROCK FEST, HELLBRIGADE FEST, NOTE RADICI FEST – PROV. VARESE, IDENTITA’ & MUSICA – REGIONE LOMBARDIA, TUNES OF DEATH – BERLIN, METAL TERROR FEST. - PORTUGAL.
BOOKING / AGENCY / MEDIA / MANAGEMENT: GROOVE COMPANY, CONSEL EVENTI, MACHADA BOOKING, ROCK PLANET, NIHIL PROD, BOLOGNA ROCK CITY, ON DEAD SOUND, EAGLE BOOKING, CPA BOOKING, ANDROMEDA DISCHI, SELF DISTRIBUZIONE, FUEL REC, PUNISHMENT PROD, IRON TYRANT, MY GRAVEYARD PROD. , WITCHES BREW - GERMANY, WITCHHAMMER – THAILAND, UNSILENT – BRAZIL, ASHEN PROD - AUSTRIA, DEADSUN / HURRICANE ENT - FRANCE, PONGO EDIZ. MUSICALI, ROCK HARD, METAL HAMMER, METAL MANIAC, TRUE METAL, EUTK, RADIO LUPO SOLITARIO, ROCK FM, RADIO PADANIA, LIBERO, CORRIERE DELLA SERA, TERRA INSUBRE, DOMA' NUNCH, LA VUS DE L'INSUBRIA, PROV. VARESE, REGIONE LOMBARDIA.
UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH BIO 2009 - YEAR BY YEAR:
1993 - MIK STARTS WITH HIS WORK AS GUITARIST OF DEATH METAL BAND "PUTREFACTION", FOR FEW MONTHS AND THEN THIS EXPERIENCE HE DECIDED TO LEFT THE GUITAR FOR SINGING ONLY. "LONGOBARDEATH" BAND WAS FORMED BY MIK IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
1994 - AFTER SOME CATASTROPHIC LIVE GIGS AND A PERIOD IN REHEARSAL ROOM, "LONGOBARDEATH" WAS SPLIT-UP.
1995 - MIK FORMS "ALEA JACTA", MELODIC DEATH METAL BAND .
1996 - "VEXED" WERE FORMED BY MIK WITH THE INTENTION TO AIM TO A DEVASTATING BLACK/THRASH METAL BASTARDLY OLD SCHOOL.
1998 - OTHER TWO NEW PROJECTS ARE CREATED BY MIK THIS YEARS: "EVILNASTY" ( BLACK-DEATH METAL OLD SCHOOL) AND "BLOOD 7.62" ( EXTREME ELECTROMETALGOTH).
1999- RELEASED THE DEBUT TAPES E.P." VEXED" 'S “ABYSS OF AGONY” AND "ALEA JACTA" 'S "SPIRITS IN OBLIVION".
2000 - MORE "VEXED" SONGS WERE COMPOSED AND RECORDED / MIXED BY JOHN FROM "NECRODEATH" AT “DyNAbyte STUDIO”,; THE TRACKS RECORDED HAVE BEEN DESTINED FOR PROMOTION, RECEIVING GOOD FEEDBACK AND REVIEWS ANYWHERE. FROM THIS PROMO, THE BAND HAS RELEASED: “ENDLESS ARMAGEDDON” (2002) ON WITCHHAMMER PROD., “BLOOD UPON THE VOID” (2001) ON ANGER MUSIC AND A SPLIT VERSION OF THIS, WITH THE BRASILIAN THRASHERS "FARSCAPE" (2001) ON DEATHSTRIKE REC.
2001- RECORDINGS FOR A SPLIT WITH "VEXED" AND THEIR FRIENDS "HATEWORK". TOOK PLACE. THE TWO BANDS DECIDE TO ESPECIALLY COMPOSE SOME MATERIAL BOUND TO GIVE VALUE AND HONOUR TO ITALIAN METAL UNDERGROUND SCENE. END OF "ALEA JACTA" ACTIVITY.
2002 - RELEASED ON AMATHIEN REC. "LONGOBARDEATH" DEMO E.P. "KI L'E' DUR".
2003 - RELEASED WITH "VEXED" A NEW SINGLE 7” FOR DREAM EVIL RECORD, “NUCLEAR BABYLON” AND THE SECOND FULL LENGTH ALBUM “NIGHTMARE HOLOCAUST” RELEASED FROM WITCHES BREW RECORDS. SPECIAL GUEST JOHN FROM "NECRODEATH" ON “BLASPHEMER”, "SODOM" COVER.
2004 - RELEASED AND PRINTED THESE WORKS: "VEXED" "DESTRUCTION WARFARE", "BLOOD 7.62" "DOGMASEAR" ALBUMS AND "EVILNASTY" "BLASPHEMIA CANORAE" E.P. MIK PLAYS AT "TRADATE IRON FEST" WITH "VEXED" BAND.
2005 - REUNION OF "UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH" AS A SOLOIST PROJECT !! PLANNED AND RELEASED MANY GIGS IN TOTAL ALCOHOLIC DELIRIUM! REPRINTED TOO, THE LEGENDARY DEMO "KI L'E' DUR" ON CD, WITH INEDIT SONGS AND LIVE BONUS TRACKS AND VIDEO.
2006 - RELEASED ON ASHEN PROD. THE FOURT VEXED'S FULL LENGTH ALBUM. CALLED “HELLBLAST EXTINCTION”; RECORDED TOO SOME LAST GIGS, FOR RELEASING THE NEW DVD PLANNED FOR END 2006. BOTH WORKS WILL BE RELEASED FOR FEASTING THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF "VEXED". "UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH" PLAYS AT "NOTE RADICI FEST." AND "WACKEN O. A. - METAL BATTLE ITALY", 3RD POSITION IN BOTH EVENTS !!!.
2007 - RELEASED ON METAL VOLTAGE RECS. / PONGO MUSIC. THE 2ND "UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH" FULL LENGTH ALBUM, CALLED “POLENTA VIOLENTA”; RELEASED FOR B.A. RECS / TFR REC / IRON TYRANT . THE 1ST "EVILNASTY" FULL LENGTH ALBUM, CALLED “NECROMANIAC BLOOD”!!
2008 - RELEASED ON ANGER / PONGO MUSIC. THE 3RD "UL MIK LONGOBARDEATH" FULL LENGTH ALBUM, CALLED “BONARDA BASTARDA”, E.P. "ACCIAIO BIANCOBLU", "SACCH DE PICCH" BOX AND "VEXED" SPECIAL 5 CDs "VIOLENT BLAST METAL" BOX !!
