Vision Divine

Location:
IT
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Progressive / Metal / Rock
Site(s):
Type:
Indie
VISION DIVINE was born in 1998, originally intended as Olaf Thorsen's

solo project (Labyrinth's guitarist at the time). Very soon he starts

collaborating again with Fabio Lione (lead singer of Labyrinth on their

first album "No Limits" and current frontman of Rhapsody) and the solo

project rapidly turns into a real band, its name being a combination of

"Vision" -old Labyrinth's monicker when Olaf created the band- and

"Divine" -the title intended for Olaf's solo album. The line-up got

completed with Mat Stancioiu (drums), Andrew Mc Pauls (keyboards) and

Andrea Tower Torricini (bass). In 1999 their first studio album,

self-titled "VISION DIVINE", is released and immediately becomes a huge

hit. In 2001 the band starts writing and recording the new album, called

"SEND ME AN ANGEL", to be released in January 2002. At the end of that

same year Olaf decides to leave Labyrinth to focus exclusively on VD and

stop any annoying rumor about VISION DIVINE being considered a mere

"side project". In three years VD release two albums, and thanks to good

sales results the band starts touring around the world. We'd like to

mention the great South American Tour in December 2000, where for the

1st time an italian Heavy Metal band got the chance to headline sold-out

concerts in Argentina , Chile, Brasil , Panama and Mexico. in order to

give the band a more consistent and definitive identity, Mat Stancioiu

and Andrew Mc Pauls leave VD to play exclusively with Labyrinth, and get

replaced by Oleg Smirnoff on the keyboards (ex Eldritch and Death SS)

and Matteo Amoroso on drums (ex Athena). In 2003 the band begins the

songwriting for the third forthcoming album, when unfortunately Fabio

Lione's career with Rhapsody ( now Rhapsody of Fire) and his duties in

VISION DIVINE enter in conflict due to a new contract he had to sign (

together with all the other Rhapsody's members) with the management

Magic Circle. After a few months, they mutually agree to split in a

friendly way,so to give VD the chance of continuing their career without

having to stop for a long therm. The new singer to be chosen is Michele

Luppi, a highly skilled and talented guy. Now it is finally possible to

complete the last songs needed, so the new concept album gets recorded

and entitled "STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS" , released in April 2004. With a

brand new line-up and renewed ambitions the band cancels any previous

deal and joins Scarlet Records for distribution on Italian territory,

King Records for Japan and Metal Blade for the rest of the world. Surely

now nobody can say that VISION DIVINE is a "side project" anymore.

During 2004, VD bring their last album in tour, and after a year since

the release of "STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS", in April 2005, due to the

persistent demand by their record labels and their fans, the

bandaccepted to record its first live DVD. Then, after almost three

months, "STAGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS" is released, featuring on DVD the

successful "STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS" played live in its entirety.

Meanwhile, Olaf starts working hard on a new record (a concept album

again) in collaboration with Oleg Smirnoff and Michele Luppi. In October

2005, as the live DVD gets released in Japan , the band flies to the

Land of the Rising Sun for two incredible shows in Osaka and Tokio. The

fourth release of VD, "The Perfect Machine" (out in Japan in October and

in the rest of the world in November 2005) defines the maturity of the

band. Again, another huge success, also thanks to the supervision and

production of Timo Tolkki (Stratovarious). There are some further

changes in the line-up, and the new members are Alessio Lucatti

(keyboards), Cristiano Bertocchi (ex-Labyrinth,bass) and Alessandro

Bissa(drums). This band, which is tested onstage on various italian and

international gigs, gives life to the fifth album: "The 25th Hour",the

ideal follow-up to the story started with SOC.Vision Divine and the

great production skills of Timo Tolkki take us to the disclosure of

Stream of Consciousness' pending plots, the first chapter of what we

could call the mystic trilogy of Vision Divine!

In the middle of 2008 Fabio Lione rejoins the band after almost 5 years,

and in 2009 Vision Divine are ready to release their 6th studio

album,titled "9 degrees west of the moon", under the melodic label

Frontiers Records: a complex and dark album, in which the bands states

once and for all its will to be free from any particular metal genre,

accentuating their many influences which vary from hard rock to Trash

metal, across progressive arrangements. At the moment the band is

preparing the new tour which will bring them,once again, all around the

world.



Discography:



2009: "9 Degrees West of the Moon"

2007: "The 25th Hour"

2005: "The Perfect Machine"

2005: "Stage Of Consciousness" DVD

2004: "Stream of Consciousness"

2002: "Send me an Angel"

1999: "Vision Divine"



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