Years active 2003 – present Website [1] | ||
Genres Neoclassical/Power Metal Members Marco Valerio ZanganiRoberto FascianiAdriano RossiLuca IovienoThomas Vikstrom | ||
Steel Seal is an Italian Neoclassical Power Metal band that formed in 2003 by guitar player and main songwriter, Marco Valerio Zangani (Sacer Tiber), and vocalist Bruno Baudo, bassist Roberto Fasciani and the keyboardist Adriano Rossi. They produced their first demo in 2003, entitled Demo 2003, which led to a recording contract with Italian label Underground Symphony in 2004. Internal band problems resulted in the departure of Baudo and Fasciani, and the arrival of Andrea Orciuolo, Fabio Bernardi, Luca Lovieno. With a hole in the vocalist spot, the band recruited world-renowned singer D.C. Cooper (Royal Hunt, Silent Force) as a session vocalist and By the Power of Thunder was released in Japan in December 2006 and worldwide in 2007. In 2008, original members Fasciani and Rossi replaced Orciuolo and Bernardi and this time around, Thomas Vikstrom (Candlemass, Brazen Abbot, Stormwind, Therion, etc.) handled vocal duties for the follow-up album, recording them in Argentina in January 2009. On one song, Vikstrom sings a duet with Italian vocalist Val Shieldon (Sigma, Oracle Sun), who also is credited for the backing vocals on many tracks. Redemption Denied was released worldwide by Underground Symphony in 2010.