SECRET SPHERE Announces Lineup Changes, Begins Writing New Material

August 5, 2009

Italian symphonic power metal band SECRET SPHERE has issued the following update:

"After ten years of SECRET SPHERE, we decided to change to members of the band: [Paolo] Paco Gianotti [guitar] and Antonio Agate [keyboards]. Antonio will continue to arrange the music for the new album but he is not a fixed member of the band.

"We wanna welcome two young talented guys: Marco Pastorino on rhythm guitars and Gabriele Ciaccia on keyboards. Some of you already saw them live with us in the last shows.

"We are already writing the new material absolutely more heavy always with the typical SECRET SPHERE touch! Soon we will post online the next live shows planned in some parts of Italy never played during these years and Europe for the next fall."

"Sweet Blood Theory", the latest album from SECRET SPHERE, was released in October 2008 via Dockyard 1. The CD was recorded between December 2007 and February 2008 at Authoma Studios by Federico Pennazzato and mixed in March 2008 at Germany's Indiscreet Audio by Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, BRAINSTORM).

According to a press release, "Sweet Blood Theory" is a concept album based on the novel "The Vampire", written by John William Polidori in 1814. The book is widely considered to be one of the earliest novels to include a vampire character.

To embrace the concept and create the music for this fantasy epic, the band took inspiration from the famous movie director Tim Burton ("Nightmare Before Christmas", "The Corpse Bride", "Edward Scissorhands" etc) in trying to re-create the typical atmospheres of his most famous movies in both the orchestral score (reminiscent of that of Danny Elfman, who did the music for the aforementioned Tim Burton movies) and for the artwork. The result is huge step forward for the band — the music is as aggressive as before yet keeping the typical SECRET SPHERE melodic touch.

For more information, visit the band's MySpace page.

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