It
is amidst the melting, shiny ruins of Summer 98 that drummer Manuel
Togni and Fabio Bellan set the cornerstone of a new musical entity,
soon joined by guitarist Dave Battaglia and bassman Nik Mazzucconi.
None of them draws creative boundaries nor strict genre cages, but
all of them knows what the root of all evil is gonna be: a boiling
old stock heavy metal, unusual, powerful, obscure, sick.
Still without a name, the band loses Bellan and Mazzucconi after a
few rehearsals, to be joined by Giorgio Bonacorsi on bass (January
99), guitarist Simone Nava and keyboard player Andrea Taeggi (March
99), while guitarist Battaglia extends his skills to the role of singer.
A name is needed to spread the word: and this word is ALEPH, inspired
by the short novel by J.L. Borges. Chaos is finally able to manifestate
itself.
With this name and line up the band releases the 6 track demo “Falx
Lunae” in January 2000: but shortly after the recordings
and a couple of shows (including a supporting act to Italian epic
metallers WHITE SKULL), Taeggi quits, soon followed by Nava (February
2000), the latter promptly replaced by guitarist Andrea Perucchini
(March 2000).
The band keeps on playing live without keyboards until September 2000,
when joined by keyboard player Giulio Gasperini; this renewed line
up hits the road again in April 2001 and releases its second creative
effort in February 2002: it is the 3 track “Promo
2002”. It is in Autumn that the opening song “Hallowed
hatred” is featured on the Lithuanian compilation “Atlantida
vol. 17”.
July 2003: guitarist Perucchini leaves ALEPH and it is only in November
that the 6 string talents of Lorenzo Fugazza come to reinforce the
band.
But an evil fate lurks behind the corner and in June 2004 Bonacorsi
withdraws his bass from the thundering rhythm section; but this does
not stop ALEPH from recording the unreleased “Acid Tears”
(August 2004) for the Italian compilation “Climbers”
(November 2004) with Battaglia drawing the bass lines.
The band, however, decides to keep on playing live (supporting the
Italian thrash metal legends NECRODEATH in February 2005), although
bassless (July 2004-July 2005).
In another shiny, iron-melting, hellish Summer (July 2005) the seeds
for the third work are sown: with the help of the very first bassman
Nik Mazzucconi, ALEPH enters the studio for the recordings of the
5 track demo “In tenebra”.
Meanwhile, the arrival of bass player Antonio “Ceres”
Ceresoli allows the band to be reborn as a
full line up...
...impatiently waiting for the black heart of Autumn, for the day
when darkness returns to the towns...
...once again.